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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
The firm said in March that it had launched a task force to evaluate the timing of a wide-scale return to the office as well as the future of virtual work, but any changes won’t happen until June 30 at the earliest.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Lawyers and staff are not expected to return to the office until January 2022, firm leader William Hartnett said in late March.
Milbank
Chairman Scott Edelman said he doesn’t expect a mandatory return to office until September at the earliest, “but as people get vaccinated, we are encouraging them to start coming back in the office, and we’re starting to see a pickup.”
Nixon Peabody
The firm said it is targeting a July 6 return, although it will reevaluate at the end of May. If the firm decides to not return in July, it expects to push the date to September.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Chairman and CEO Mitch Zuklie said he’s optimistic about returning around Labor Day in September, but that the firm hasn’t made a final decision yet.
Perkins Coie
Firm personnel can continue working remotely until October, per an April 9 announcement. Amid plans for a 24% contraction in the firm’s total footprint, the firm plans to adopt a “hybrid workplace” working model allowing a mix of in-office and remote work in October. That will mean a mix of office sharing, hoteling and reverse hoteling for many in the firm, according to a March interview.
Ropes & Gray
The firm in March said that its current policy of “permissive office usage” in the firm’s U.S. offices will continue until Labor Day. Chairwoman Julie Jones said she’s optimistic the continued rollout of vaccines will make it possible to resume working together in person even in advance of Sept. 6.
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Chairman David Sanford said in an email to the firm that beginning June 1, all offices will be officially open, and everyone will be “welcome to return for as much or as little as you like.” Everyone returning to the office beginning June 1 is required to be vaccinated and will continue to follow COVID-19 safety protocols.
Beginning Sept. 9, Sanford wrote, “everyone will be expected to work in the office for at least some of the week.”
“Please plan on being in the office and, therefore, plan on moving back to the city of your assigned office by September 7 and making any logistical and practical arrangements necessary to ensure your physical presence in the office,” the email said.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
The firm will not require its attorneys to return to the office through 2021.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
The firm will not require its attorneys to return to the office through 2021.