Why would, as recently reported, partners making moves within the AmLaw 100 neglect to ask the most basic questions?

Why would, as recently reported, partners making moves within the AmLaw 100 neglect to ask the most basic questions? Maybe because they assume all BigLaw Firms are alike (they’re not). Maybe they don’t know the questions to ask. Barbara Mayden co-authored with Valerie Fontaine an article in the National Association of Legal Search Consultants Newsletter, proposing that just as law firms request lateral partner candidates to answer questions in an “LPQ – Lateral Partner Questionnaire,” perhaps lateral partner candidates should provide prospective firms with their own set of questions – an “LFQ – Lateral Firm Questionnaire” so to speak. A sampling of those questions is contained in the NALSC article.

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