Big Law’s Addiction to ‘Prestige’ Numbed by Pandemic (Podcast)

For his 100th column for Bloomberg Law, Roy Strom looked back at the seismic changes that have taken place in the legal industry during the pandemic. He says the pandemic has shown many of the country’s biggest law firms that there is much more to Big Law than chasing prestige.

Law firms are now opening satellite offices in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas. And we’ve seen Big Law continue to move away from lockstep compensation, which many in the industry now consider an anachronism. Additionally, the mindset of prizing revenue above all else is starting to fade as well. ...