Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
The
firm’s
fine,
I
don’t
view
this
as
the
firm
being
jilted
or
left
at
the
altar
or
anything
like
that.
— Jon
Truster,
a
partner
at
recruiting
firm
Macrae,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
concerning
where
Alston
&
Bird’s
headspace
is
in
the
wake
of
its
failed
merger
talks
with
Cadwalader
Wickersham
&
Taft.
Cadwalader
instead
decided
to
combine
with
Hogan
Lovells,
for
what’s
believed
to
be
the
largest
law
firm
merger
in
history.
Truster
pointed
out
that
Alston
had
grown
its
New
York
headcount
to
about
200
lawyers,
and
said
that
“the
right
large
group
of
lawyers
would
be
very
appealing
to
Alston
and
any
other
firm
in
New
York
of
that
size.”
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