Dinsmore & Shohl LLP issued the following announcement on Jan. 12.
Going on nearly two years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, businesses are constantly adjusting to evolving challenges, and Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is serving those business clients accordingly. In kind, the firm’s Chicago office has put its growth into overdrive since March of 2020.
“Notwithstanding the myriad challenges of the pandemic, most sectors of the legal market have continued to thrive during the past two years,” said Dinsmore Chicago Office Managing Partner Bobby Lucas. “This required us to continue to grow our talented team and to meet the continued demand for legal services from our clients.”
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Dinsmore has added 25 total employees in its Chicago office, including 12 attorneys and 13 support staff. In 2021 alone, the local office added eight attorneys and eight staff members.
The attorneys represent an excellent cross-section of Dinsmore’s full-service offering, including five commercial litigators, four transactional attorneys, and one each in labor and employment, intellectual property and commercial finance – all areas of significant client need during the tumult of the pandemic.
“While many areas of practice have been robust during the pandemic, none more so than the transactional practice” Lucas said. “Each of M&A, commercial finance and employee benefits practices have been extremely busy during the past two years and required significant hiring to meet demand .”
The growth has not just been strategic in terms of client demand, but also in accordance with Dinsmore’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Among the 25 new hires, 43% are racially diverse and 60% are women – both groups underrepresented in the legal industry.
“I’m especially proud that we have respond to the demands of our clients and the legal market while furthering our commitment to diversity,” Lucas said. “Adding talented, diverse attorneys does not happen by accident and is the result of a continued focus on intentional recruitment and hiring.”
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