{"id":131980,"date":"2025-08-25T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/25\/the-biglaw-firm-bucking-the-return-to-office-trend\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:58:01","slug":"the-biglaw-firm-bucking-the-return-to-office-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/25\/the-biglaw-firm-bucking-the-return-to-office-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biglaw Firm Bucking The Return To Office Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This [Husch Blackwell\u2019s fully virtual office, The Link] is working. We figured it out. And I think that people who are most frustrated are the people who were so successful and then enjoyed some of the benefits of it, and now their companies and their firms are saying, \u2018well, we don\u2019t care. We want you to go back in the office.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2013J.Y. Miller, managing partner of Husch Blackwell\u2019s The Link, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/08\/25\/as-some-tighten-attendance-rules-this-am-law-100-firm-saw-a-16-fold-increase-in-its-virtual-office-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Law.com<\/a> the virtual office was been wildly successful \u2014 participation in the virtual office is up 16-fold since it\u2019s launch. Miller continued, \u201cWe\u2019ve had a tremendous amount of growth. We are a national firm in terms of our reach and our expertise, but now we\u2019ve been able to really expand and put boots on the ground wherever our clients need us and wherever we see as a strategic growth area.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/the-biglaw-firm-bucking-the-return-to-office-trend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Biglaw Firm Bucking The Return To Office Trend<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/lawyer-work-from-home-GettyImages-1247903569-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>This [Husch Blackwell\u2019s fully virtual office, The Link] is working. We figured it out. And I think that people who are most frustrated are the people who were so successful and then enjoyed some of the benefits of it, and now their companies and their firms are saying, \u2018well, we don\u2019t care. We want you to go back in the office.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2013J.Y. Miller, managing partner of Husch Blackwell\u2019s The Link, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/08\/25\/as-some-tighten-attendance-rules-this-am-law-100-firm-saw-a-16-fold-increase-in-its-virtual-office-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Law.com<\/a> the virtual office was been wildly successful \u2014 participation in the virtual office is up 16-fold since it\u2019s launch. Miller continued, \u201cWe\u2019ve had a tremendous amount of growth. We are a national firm in terms of our reach and our expertise, but now we\u2019ve been able to really expand and put boots on the ground wherever our clients need us and wherever we see as a strategic growth area.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This [Husch Blackwell\u2019s fully virtual office, The Link] is working. We figured it out. And I think that people who are most frustrated are the people who were so successful and then enjoyed some of the benefits of it, and now their companies and their firms are saying, \u2018well, we don\u2019t care. 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