Temporary Attorney

It's not a position, it's a blog -- with good information like this:

Tom the temp quotes: "The use of contract and temporary attorneys grew 11 percent last year, many markets are beginning to utilize the trend, two, three, four years ago, it wasn't as common; that growth came at the expense of attorneys in the survey's 'other' category, 10,749, which includes of counsel, senior counsel and staff attorneys."

Tom the temp writes: "Why bill a client $250 an hour and have to pay an associate $75 an hour while you can bill a client $250 an hour and pay a temp $25 an hour to do the same work? Last year, one particular mid-town firm shocked the legal community when its profits per partner far outpaced that of its peers. What could explain this miraculous transformation? Temps, temps, temps! Don't think the other firms didn't take notice. Everyone is know clamoring in one unified voice to bring on the temps!"

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