“Randy Block, a Dallas headhunter who owns Performance Legal Placement, said that the almost-even balance between promoted litigators and transactional lawyers is an indication of a strong legal economy in Texas in 2012 and the year to come.”
“ ‘The fact that it’s 31-26 is unique to Texas because around the country transactional attorneys were laid off in the recession or could not get a high quantity of billable hours that are necessary to be made partner in eight or nine years,” Block said. “The fact that in Texas people are being made partner in very similar numbers from transaction to litigation shows the strength of the Texas legal market.’ ”