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title: 2024 Partner-Level Hiring Report for AmLaw 200 Firms
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\+ FIRM PROSPECTS RESEARCH - 2024 REPORT

# 2024 Partner-Level Hiring Trends

Gain Exclusive Insights into Partner-Level Hiring Trends Across AmLaw 200 Firms

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The 2024 Partner-Level Hiring Trends Report offers key insights into evolving legal hiring trends, highlighting talent movement, thriving practice areas, and leading firms in partner recruitment.

#### **A Glimpse Inside the Report:**

- 2024 saw the second-highest partner hiring in five years, with 2,716 hires, an 8.9% rise from 2023, reflecting strong demand for top legal talent.
- Litigation-led partner hiring accounted for 26%, followed by corporate law at 17.5% and intellectual property at 7.2%.
- Geographic Hotspots: New York City led partner hiring with 553 hires, while Birmingham, AL, and Southfield, MI, experienced significant growth, indicating a shift in flourishing legal markets.
- Kirkland & Ellis and Lewis Brisbois led partner recruitment, with 113 and 112 hires, respectively, setting a benchmark in attracting top legal talent.

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