We’re letting you know about this survey as it isn’t conducted by a recruiter and does pull comments out of MP’s at some of the US’s Top 200 firms..
Law.com report… here’s the introduction
Law Firms Leaders Feeling Less Grim About the Future, Survey Shows
June 24, 2009
Law firm leaders feel the economy is stabilizing and could even improve over the next six months, a survey from consulting firm Hildebrandt International says.
About two-thirds of 133 managing partners or chairmen surveyed said the economy is the same or better than six months ago, and 59 percent expect a stable or improving economy over the next six months.
However, many still expect layoffs in the near future due to rising expenses.
More than one in three managing partners expect to cut non-equity lawyers in the near future, and one in four anticipate their equity partnership will shrink, according to Hildebrandt’s Managing Partner Confidence Index, released Tuesday.
The survey (.pdf) taps the national leaders of each firm, the bulk of which are among the Am Law 100 and Second Hundred.
"It’s been a brutal six months," the report says, "but … there is a strong sense among law firm managing partners that the worst of the recession may finally be over.
Link to the story and download the pdf at this url http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431712640&Law_Firms_Leaders_Feeling_Less_Grim_About_the_Future_Survey_Shows
