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Walker Associates provides clients who are ready to move forward with the insight to do so in a positive and confident manner. Our candidates and clients trust us to take the time and consider their needs and strategic goals. They value our professionalism and discretion as we tailor plans for their success.
Our extensive industry connections and decades of experience allow us to help clients and candidates capitalize on transition opportunities. We understand the legal landscape and deliver trusted industry and practical advice. From market research on trends, news, forecasts and updates, Walker Associates is a valued resource.
We strive to ensure that the strategic goals of our candidates and clients are achieved through a customized recruitment and placement process.
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LATEST WALKER PUBLICATIONS
For Law Firms, a Deep Dive Into Private Equity Can Be Lucrative
If there’s a single practice sector that law firms should seek to grow in 2019, it’s deal work from middle-market private equity firms. Renowned for transforming lackluster companies into top performers ripe for a profitable spinoff or an IPO, private equity funds in...
How Law Firms Can Prepare for FinTech Wave
The world of financial services is being upended by new technologies—from virtual currencies and blockchain to peer-to-peer lending and enhanced mobile banking—that are capturing customers, as well as the attention of Wall Street investors and industry regulators....
Legal Recruiter Q&A: Job Seeker Advice from Keith Fall, Walker Associates
In our new series for Lawjobs.com, we’re asking legal recruiters for their insider tips about where the biggest job seeker opportunities are, and for advice on how candidates can best position themselves to get them. This Q&A is with Keith Fall of Walker...
For Law Firms, a Deep Dive Into Private Equity Can Be Lucrative
If there’s a single practice sector that law firms should seek to grow in 2019, it’s deal work from middle-market private equity firms. Renowned for transforming lackluster companies into top performers ripe for a profitable spinoff or an IPO, private equity funds in...
How Law Firms Can Prepare for FinTech Wave
The world of financial services is being upended by new technologies—from virtual currencies and blockchain to peer-to-peer lending and enhanced mobile banking—that are capturing customers, as well as the attention of Wall Street investors and industry regulators....
Legal Recruiter Q&A: Job Seeker Advice from Keith Fall, Walker Associates
In our new series for Lawjobs.com, we’re asking legal recruiters for their insider tips about where the biggest job seeker opportunities are, and for advice on how candidates can best position themselves to get them. This Q&A is with Keith Fall of Walker...
For Law Firms, a Deep Dive Into Private Equity Can Be Lucrative
If there’s a single practice sector that law firms should seek to grow in 2019, it’s deal work from middle-market private equity firms. Renowned for transforming lackluster companies into top performers ripe for a profitable spinoff or an IPO, private equity funds in...
How Law Firms Can Prepare for FinTech Wave
The world of financial services is being upended by new technologies—from virtual currencies and blockchain to peer-to-peer lending and enhanced mobile banking—that are capturing customers, as well as the attention of Wall Street investors and industry regulators....
Legal Recruiter Q&A: Job Seeker Advice from Keith Fall, Walker Associates
In our new series for Lawjobs.com, we’re asking legal recruiters for their insider tips about where the biggest job seeker opportunities are, and for advice on how candidates can best position themselves to get them. This Q&A is with Keith Fall of Walker...
LATEST WALKER BLOG POSTS
The Myth Behind Lone Lateral Partner Losses
Anyone who works in the Big Law industry has probably heard the myth that lone lateral partner hires are a waste of law firms’ time and money. First, the legend goes, more than half of all laterals fail to meet their new firms’ expectations. Having promised more than...
When a Smaller Firm is the Smarter Choice
These days, among managing partners of Am Law 200 firms, it’s rare that a week goes by without receiving a merger or acquisition offer. Law firms announced a record-breaking 79 mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2018, according to Altman...
2018 and Beyond: A Radical Turnaround in Lateral Associate Hiring?
Among Big Law associates, 2018 should go down as a banner year. A majority of Am Law 200 firms adopted sweeping pay increases. Several firms continued last year’s positive trends, including expansion of gender-neutral parental leave policies as well as remote-work...
The Myth Behind Lone Lateral Partner Losses
Anyone who works in the Big Law industry has probably heard the myth that lone lateral partner hires are a waste of law firms’ time and money. First, the legend goes, more than half of all laterals fail to meet their new firms’ expectations. Having promised more than...
When a Smaller Firm is the Smarter Choice
These days, among managing partners of Am Law 200 firms, it’s rare that a week goes by without receiving a merger or acquisition offer. Law firms announced a record-breaking 79 mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2018, according to Altman...
2018 and Beyond: A Radical Turnaround in Lateral Associate Hiring?
Among Big Law associates, 2018 should go down as a banner year. A majority of Am Law 200 firms adopted sweeping pay increases. Several firms continued last year’s positive trends, including expansion of gender-neutral parental leave policies as well as remote-work...
The Myth Behind Lone Lateral Partner Losses
Anyone who works in the Big Law industry has probably heard the myth that lone lateral partner hires are a waste of law firms’ time and money. First, the legend goes, more than half of all laterals fail to meet their new firms’ expectations. Having promised more than...
When a Smaller Firm is the Smarter Choice
These days, among managing partners of Am Law 200 firms, it’s rare that a week goes by without receiving a merger or acquisition offer. Law firms announced a record-breaking 79 mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2018, according to Altman...
2018 and Beyond: A Radical Turnaround in Lateral Associate Hiring?
Among Big Law associates, 2018 should go down as a banner year. A majority of Am Law 200 firms adopted sweeping pay increases. Several firms continued last year’s positive trends, including expansion of gender-neutral parental leave policies as well as remote-work...