Lateral partner hires in Washington, D.C. among Am Law 50 and Magic Circle firms were down by about 6% in the first half of the year, even as partner moves in other markets boomed, recruiting firm Macrae found.
The number of partner moves in several practices in D.C. also fell compared with the pace of moves in the first half of 2023. That included, in D.C., antitrust (down 8%), banking (down 50%), corporate (down 40%), government (down 92%) and litigation practices (down 28%) in the first two quarters of 2024.
