ANALYSIS: Bankruptcy Attorneys Are in No Rush to End Remote Work

Some law firms are feeling new pressure to call their attorneys back into the office. If this becomes a widespread trend, return-to-office mandates could hit bankruptcy attorneys particularly hard.

Based on results from Bloomberg Law’s Remote Practice 2021 Survey, which asked attorneys for their views on the future of remote work in the legal industry, bankruptcy practitioners seem more ready to welcome a virtual future than attorneys in other practice areas. Although fewer than half of all non-bankruptcy respondents said they want remote options to continue for uncontested hearings and status or discovery conferences, a full 71% of bankruptcy ...