The Art of Retaining Laterals

Firms that retain lateral partners seem to excel at three things: understanding a lateral candidate's practice during the recruiting process; providing professional staff to ease the partner's move; and tracking the new partner's progress through mentoring and productivity analysis. tracked 2,423 moves in and out of The Am Law 200. Read more about the star laterals, the firms with the top gains and biggest losses, and firms' techniques for keeping their lateral partners on board.