Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at how Chicago-founded firms are trying to grow in their own backyard. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.
A group of major law firms founded in Chicago want to reverse a trend of shrinking local headcounts and start growing their Windy City offices by poaching talent from neighboring competitors.
At Sidley Austin, launched in Chicago in 1866, Chris Abbinante is leading a nascent recruiting effort that’s already reached out directly to “dozens” of local partners at marquee firms. ...
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