A multi-billion-dollar media conglomerate experienced a surge of labor and employment projects requiring senior in-house counsel experience, but no visibility into whether the increased workload would extend beyond three to six months. The company asked its Am Law 100 firm to second one of its experienced L&E attorneys to provide temporary support.
SOLUTION
Latitude provided the firm with a counsel-level labor and employment attorney who had both Am Law 100 and in-house media company experience. The firm then seconded the Latitude attorney to its client for a three-month term, with the ability to extend as needed.
The arrangement allowed the firm to fulfill its client’s request without taking one of its own associates or counsel away from billable client work for several months. With directly relevant experience, the Latitude attorney enabled the firm to exceed its client’s expectations by providing particularly well-matched counsel at a fraction of the firm’s associate bill rate. At the same time, the firm benefited financially by avoiding the temporary loss of a highly profitable associate or counsel.
