TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 6, 2021

As corporate transactions return to, or surpass, pre-pandemic levels, some local legal insiders are reporting a “high demand” for junior attorneys in the field, the Nashville Post reports. Candice Reed, executive vice president at Latitude, a company that provides contract attorneys to law firms and businesses, says she’s seeing “an extremely high demand for junior attorneys in transactional fields.” Reed also notes that national firms are moving into Nashville, which is adding to the labor crunch. Am Law 50 firm, K&L Gates, recently launched a Nashville office, and other national firms are recruiting Nashville attorneys to work for their existing clients remotely, without establishing a physical office in Nashville. While salaries at some firms have increased, Reed says in-house positions generally have not, which “could impact the flow of attorneys moving from law firms to in house.” Brian Holmes, managing partner at Cornelius & Collins, didn’t see many drastic changes, but his firm did see an uptick in employment work. “People keep suing even when times are bad,” Holmes said.