Big Law Says Goodbye to Five-Day In-Office Work Weeks (Video)

The pandemic forced lawyers to leave the office and work from home. Now, as many of those offices open back up, leaders of Big Law firms are grappling with what tasks need to be done in person and what can be done remotely. In this video, we asked leaders from some of the country’s biggest law firms to share their return to office plans and whether hybrid work is here to stay.

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• Ira Coleman, Chair of McDermott Will & Emery
• Jackie Park, Co-US managing partner of DLA Piper
• Julie Jones, Chair of Ropes & Gray
• Michele Farquhar, Office managing partner, Washington, D.C. of Hogan Lovells
• Paul Schmidt, Chair of BakerHostetler
• Stephen Zubiago, CEO and managing partner of Nixon Peabody
• Joe Krasovec, Managing partner of Schiff Hardin