Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
It
is
impossible
to
know
if
this
pace
will
continue
in
the
second
half
of
the
year,
but
if
it
does,
then
2025
will
be
the
fourth
year
in
a
row
that
U.S.
law
firm
leasing
sets
an
annual
record.
—
an
excerpt
from
Cushman
&
Wakefield
Legal
Sector
Advisory
Group’s
Legal
Sector
Q2
Leasing
Trends
report,
which
revealed
that
law
firm
leasing
activity
saw
the
“strongest
start
to
a
year
on
record”
after
reaching
10
million
square
feet
during
the
first
half
of
2025.
David
Smith,
head
of
Americas
insights
at
Cushman
&
Wakefield’s
Global
Think
Tank,
went
on
to
say
that
“[t]he
momentum
continues
for
law
firms,”
with
firms
being
“very
office-centric”
thanks
to
new
attendance
mandates
that
place
lawyers
in
the
office
three-to-four
days
each
week.
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