The segmentation that we’ve been seeing for a number of years between top-of-the-market elites and the rest of the Big Law world is beginning to manifest itself in a new area: return-to-office mandates.
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the abrupt shift to work-from-home arrangements from the COVID-19 pandemic, a pattern is beginning to emerge. Based on recent reports, the firms that are pushing their personnel into the office four days a week (or more) have one thing in common: profits per equity partner exceeding $3 million in 2023.
