My law firm has the same business development expectations for attorneys based in big markets, such as New York or Los Angeles, as they do for attorneys in smaller markets where it is far more difficult to develop business, such as New Orleans and Louisville. That has always struck me as ludicrous. Why is it okay to base an attorney's starting salary on the market demands but ignore it for purposes of setting expectations for how much revenue that lawyer should generate?

Am I missing something?

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This is why there will be 2 partners and 7 associates in New Orleans and 250 partners and 1000 associates in NYC.

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Not that I can see at the moment. Imagine this on a global scale.

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