Big Law firms in Washington, D.C., are being inundated with resumes from lawyers frozen out of their government jobs.
“We’re seeing probably at least double the amount of usual applicants,” said Haley Lelah, global director of talent acquisition and integration at McDermott Will & Emery. “This is definitely a unique situation.”
Resumes are flowing from lawyers who have worked at the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Internal Revenue Service, said Kristin Koehler, managing partner of Sidley Austin’s DC office. “There’s high numbers of them and really extraordinary talent that’s out on the market right now,” she ...