Covid Propelled Office-Free Law Firms to 1,000-Lawyer Movement

Oct. 27, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we look at the rise of office-free (or office-lite, at least) law firms have thrived during the pandemic. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.

The law firm John Lively launched in 2018 with 11 lawyers wasn’t conventional—it’s called Practus LLP—but the concept wasn’t exactly novel, either. Its lawyers would work from home and they’d keep a larger share of the fees they collected, thanks to the firm’s lower overhead costs.

Four years and a ...

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