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Report: Baker Donelson Vies for Talent in Smaller Cities

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 13, 2022

Fast-growing smaller cities have helped fuel new hiring at Baker Donelson, Bloomberg Law reports. The news source looked at the Tennessee-based firm and the rate at which it has added associates and shareholders since the pandemic. Mark A.B. Carlson, the firm’s chief growth officer who focuses on lateral attorney recruiting, acquisition and integration, said the talent market is “incredibly competitive” but that the cities in the firm’s footprint are among the fastest growing and they take advantage of that to hire whenever they can. The firm — with Tennessee offices in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville and the Tri-Cities — added 100 lawyers last year in its two dozen offices.