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Pandemic Hampered Hiring in 2020, Texas Lawyer Headcount Flat

The top 50 corporate law firms operating in Texas added an average of one lawyer per firm in 2020, which would make for lonely orientations. Even one new face is more than most industry insiders anticipated a year ago as the Covid-19 pandemic and sinking oil prices plunged the economy into recession.

Taken together, the 50 largest firms in the Lone Star State employed 7,209 lawyers in 2020, according to new research by The Texas Lawbook. The overall increase from 2019 was 61 attorneys, just less than 1%.

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