Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
Anytime
there’s
a
merger
or
a
new
entrant
into
the
market,
that
volatility
creates
movement
among
lawyers.
The
reason
is
that
the
merged
firm
may
not
be
the
best
place
for
all
of
the
lawyers
who
were
at
each
of
the
legacy
firms,
but
it
also
means
that
the
merged
firm
might
be
of
interest
to
candidates
who
might
not
have
been
interested
in
either
firm
pre-merger.
— David
Schwartz,
a
partner
with
Major
Lindsey
&
Africa
partner,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
concerning
the
number
of
lateral
candidates
available
on
the
market
given
the
spate
of
recent
merger
announcements
among
some
of
the
biggest
of
Biglaw
firms.
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Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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