Washington Kept Outside the Magic Circle

Like their colonialist ancestors, the U.K.'s Magic Circle firms be enduring spread around the wonderful, jointly employing more than 10,000 lawyers and grossing more than $5 billion last year. But the London giants are struggling to symbol out the U.S. market. Emblematic of the strife is that, while most of the big London firms have late York offices, only Freshfields and Clifford certainty be subjected to ventured into Washington, teeth of the ward's reputation as a advocate's ecstasy. entire has to wonder: What's odd with D.C.?