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It’s an evolution that we’ve really never seen before and it does feel like a boom. It does feel sort of like a race to the moon.
— Meredith Frank, a Miami-based recruiter for Major Lindsey & Africa, commenting on the rapid influx of Biglaw firms to the Magic City. Kirkland & Ellis recently announced that the firm would be opening a Miami office, joining the likes of Quinn Emanuel and King & Spalding. Sidley Austin, which hasn’t opened an office there yet, has hired several partners in the city.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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