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Law Practice

Apr. 1, 2009

Poll: Law Firm Leaders Sour On Legal Market, Profits

Managing partners' overall confidence in the economy and the legal market was lower for the first quarter of 2009 than the previous quarter, according to a new survey.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The recession appears to have tamed the optimistic spirits of any law firm leaders still hoping their firms would survive unscathed.

Managing partners' overall confidence in the larger economy, the legal market and economic prospects for their own firms was even lower for the first quarter of 2009 than the previous quarter, according to a managing partner confidence index released Monday b...

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