Even by Big Law’s standard of hyper-competitive hiring, the Dallas lateral market stands out.
It’s a market where newcomers swing big to survive and firms pounce on the faintest cracks in rivals’ armor. Large-scale raids, such as the moving of a dozen partners from Winston & Strawn to King & Spalding over the past three months, don’t surprise the locals.
“It’s not shocking,” said Jeff Bloom, managing principal at Abbey Partners. “When you see an office that’s new, there’s a window of time that you try to be aggressive.”
Law firms are storming the Dallas Fort Worth metro area to …