Managing partner of a Midwestern family law firm. Four lawyers and three staff. We have been a 100% remote and electronic practice since March. With COVID numbers spiking again, we have no plans to return to our office space anytime soon. In 7 months we have not gotten the value of our $35k in rent payments. Interested to know what other similarly sized firms are doing about their rent and office space please?

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Our lease is up in Aug 2021 and we will get a short term sublease space for 2-3 years max for about 1/2 the people. Other 1/2 want to continue WFH. We will use that time to decide if we go virtual completely. Note: our clients never come to our office and our negotiations are all via phone and email so we can easily be virtual.

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If your building didn’t officially close, which most office buildings did not, then you will likely not have success with a claim against your landlord. In my state, lawyers were essential businesses so technically we didn’t have to lock down. We argued for abatement with our landlord and got no where. And for context, leasing is a major part of several of my partners so we know the arguments.

Agree. No shot unless you were legally obligated to be home

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