Biglaw
firms
are
usually
pretty
quick
to
fall
in
line
when
it
seems
like
a
trend
is
afoot.
Associate
raises?
Check.
Bonuses?
Check.
Increased
attendance
mandates?
And
check.
Almost
as
soon
as
Paul
Weiss
announced
that
it
had
switched
up
its
office
attendance
policy
to
mandate
a
four-day,
in-office
work
week,
another
top
Biglaw
firm
swooped
in
to
announce
its
own
similar
policy.
Earlier
this
week,
associates
at
WilmerHale
—
a
firm
that
brought
in $1,498,257,000
gross
revenue
in
2023
—
were
informed
that
starting
on
April
28,
they’d
have
to
work
from
the
office
four
days
each
week.
Sources
say
that
attorneys
will
not
have
a
set
Monday
through
Thursday
schedule
in
the
office;
they
will
be
able
to
choose
their
office
days
themselves
at
their
own
convenience.
WilmerHale
now
joins
the
likes
of Davis
Polk; Latham;
Paul
Weiss; Ropes
&
Gray; Simpson
Thacher; Skadden; Vinson
&
Elkins;
and Weil
Gotshal in
its
four-day,
in-person
attendance
policy. Sullivan
&
Cromwell has
taken
its
attendance
policy
one
step
further,
requiring
attorneys
to
work
from
the
office
five
days
each
week.
Best
of
luck
to
associates
at
WilmerHale
as
they
adjust
to
their
new
lives
at
the
end
of
April,
which
will
be
mostly
spent
at
the
office.
As
soon
as
you
find
out
about
office
attendance
plans
at
your
firm,
please email
us (subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Office
Reopening”)
or
text
us
at
(646)
820-8477.
We
always
keep
our
sources
on
stories
anonymous.
There’s
no
need
to
send
a
memo
(if
one
exists)
using
your
firm
email
account;
your
personal
email
account
is
fine.
If
a
memo
has
been
circulated,
please
be
sure
to
include
it
as
proof;
we
like
to
post
complete
memos
as
a
service
to
our
readers.
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can
take
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of
the
memo
and
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if
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are
worried
about
metadata
in
a
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or
Word
file.
Thanks.
WilmerHale
Tells
Lawyers
to
Hit
Office
Four
Days
a
Week
[Bloomberg
Law]
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