U.S. lawyers at Quinn Emanuel can “work from anywhere” indefinitely, the law firm announced Monday.
The move is primarily designed to attract and retain lawyers in a competitive market, John Quinn, the firm’s founder, said in an interview.
“We need more high quality lawyers. That’s the real impetus for this,” Quinn said. “We shouldn’t be limited to recruiting high quality lawyers who just happen to be in a city where we don’t have an office.”
The announcement comes as large law firms grappling with office returns face a new hurdle posed by the spread of the omicron variant of Covid-19. ...