Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, L.L.P. v. Bonasera

Frye, Judge.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} The model of a lawyer newly called to the bar joining a firm, gaining experience, advancing to partnership, and then enjoying tenure until retirement is — if it ever truly existed — observed less in recent years. In its place are frequent lateral moves by lawyers both within the private bar and in and out of government or business. While the movement of senior-level lawyers with a book of business attracts most attention, even newer lawyers move with frequency. Thus, within three years after law school, more than a third of lawyers responding to a 2004…