Lateral Movement of Lawyers in Massachusetts – Conflicts, O'Donnell, and the Future Under Amended ABA Model Rule 1.10, 54

Over the last 25 years, Massachusetts private-firm lawyers have become more and more transient. Long past are the days when new associates in law firms expected to matriculate over several years to partnership and, thereafter, spend their professional lives at the same firm. Rather, the “expected” path is much the opposite, with lateral lawyer movement very common.