{"id":150917,"date":"2026-05-11T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/11\/the-biglaw-firm-that-lost-8-percent-of-its-partners-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:00:15","slug":"the-biglaw-firm-that-lost-8-percent-of-its-partners-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/11\/the-biglaw-firm-that-lost-8-percent-of-its-partners-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biglaw Firm That Lost 8 Percent Of Its Partners Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which elite Biglaw firm saw its partnership ranks shrink by 8% last year, the most of any top firm?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: The firm is now reportedly going out of its way to recognize and promote younger talent in an effort to stem the tide of lateral departures while still maintaining a single tier of partnership.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/the-biglaw-firm-that-lost-8-percent-of-its-partners-last-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Biglaw Firm That Lost 8 Percent Of Its Partners Last Year<\/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=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1067675674-300x212.jpg?resize=300%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which elite Biglaw firm saw its partnership ranks shrink by 8% last year, the most of any top firm?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: The firm is now reportedly going out of its way to recognize and promote younger talent in an effort to stem the tide of lateral departures while still maintaining a single tier of partnership.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/the-biglaw-firm-that-lost-8-percent-of-its-partners-last-year\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/the-biglaw-firm-that-lost-8-percent-of-its-partners-last-year\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which elite Biglaw firm saw its partnership ranks shrink by 8% last year, the most of any top firm? 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