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Find a lateral recruiter who is located in that state and has at least two years of agency-side recruiting experience. They'll help you determine which firms to target (and can give you inside details on each firm and group if they've worked extensively in the market), provide firm/market compensation scales, and can help you navigate the process confidentially and concurrently so that you ideally have multiple offers. If you share your state of interest, I may be able to recommend a recruiter who covers that state and will be a good starting point to determine the viability and timeline of a move.
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Maybe you can call/email that state bar to ask them if they’ll be contacting your current employer? Doesn’t hurt to explain your situation to them
I’m not sure you can avoid, the state would need to reach out to confirm your dates of employment
Do you have ties to the state? You can always tell your current employer that you have ties there and will be trying to get in there as well. If it is near your current state, you can say you want to attract clients from that state as well. Call the bar to see when they do background checks. If you need to take an exam, it may not be until you pass the exam.
I went to law school in the state I am applying for. My state is adjacent. I have reached out to the bar admissions but they are difficult to get ahold of. Will continue to try. I do need to take the exam, so perhaps they will wait on the C+F, but from what I remember with my current barred state, the C+F was completed prior to taking the exam.
Does your current firm have an office in the state you’re looking to move to? If so, I would just tell your firm that you are seeking licensure in the other state for the purpose of making you more marketable to potential clients of the firm. This way you can do whatever you want and not worry about it.
They do not, unfortunately. State I currently practice in is large and our firm is local to the state only.