ChrisL68
Riley Skinner
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I spent the first four years of my career in BigLaw and have been in a 6 lawyer boutique (started by one of the partners I worked for in BigLaw) for the last 3 years and I can't express enough how much I think this is the way to go. Some practices lend themselves much better to a boutique practice. You can see it all over the country in my practice area (trusts & estates). While there are still some BigLaw firms with great T&E practices, the trend is definitely for them to move to boutiques. It's better for the lawyers and it's better for the clients. I can see the boutique not working so well in other areas that are much more labor intensive (i.e., things that require a lot of doc review) - you just wouldn't have the manpower to do it. But, the more shit work that can be outsourced, the more practices that will be able to move to a small firm model.
We basically do the same thing with corporate tax work. It is so easy competing against the big boys in the areas we work.