Michael Levinson Noted in National Law Journal
"Life after de-equitization"

The article in the July 2, 2007 National Law Journal’s article, “Life After de-Equitization,” notes that several partners at large firms in Chicago are now in the lateral-move market. “Attorneys from several major Chicago law firms that cut partners over the past two years have filed into the city's legal job market, crowding the in-boxes of legal recruiters, former colleagues and other firm managers with their résumés. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Winston & Strawn; and Jenner & Block have all reportedly asked groups of partners to leave or take nonequity positions at different times since late 2005, forcing lawyers to seek new work. Some additional lawyers at the firms have followed suit, sensing that the changing climate was not quite right for them, recruiters said… Michael Levinson, who leads the litigation group at Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago, said he would consider hiring the lawyers because they’re mainly talented attorneys who may have a specialization important to clients.”