It was a slow roll till the third quarter on the hiring front and I am grateful to the law firms and candidates who trusted me and stuck with me through the process this year. The job and candidate search in any market can be a roller coaster of emotions and as a sherpa of sorts guiding both sides through trends in practice groups, industries, salaries and billables, in office or remote work, and more. But the past five years since the pandemic have been more challenging to predict and this year