"Cooley - a firm that brought in $2,152,017,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting it at No. 24 on the Am Law 100 - recently announced that it will increase its in-person attendance policy to four days each week. This new requirement is set to begin on January 1, 2026, and will affect all attorneys working in the U.S. and Europe."
"Quite a few Biglaw firms are now requiring four days in the office firmwide, including the likes of Davis Polk; Latham; Paul Weiss; Ropes & Gray; Simpson Thacher; Skadden; Vinson & Elkins; Weil Gotshal; WilmerHale; White & Case; Sidley; Hogan Lovells; A&O Shearman; Covington; and DLA Piper (corporate associates). Sullivan & Cromwell has taken its attendance policy one step further, requiring attorneys to work from the office five days each week."
Cooley will require attorneys in the U.S. and Europe to be in the office four days per week beginning January 1, 2026. Cooley generated $2,152,017,000 in gross revenue in 2024 and ranked No. 24 on the Am Law 100. Several Cooley Asian offices already operate five days per week. Many leading Biglaw firms have implemented firmwide four-day in-office mandates, including Davis Polk, Latham, Paul Weiss, Ropes & Gray, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Weil Gotshal, WilmerHale, White & Case, Sidley, Hogan Lovells, A&O Shearman, Covington, and DLA Piper (corporate associates). Sullivan & Cromwell requires five days in the office.
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