The Am Law 100 continued to push lawyers to return to office last year, according to Law.com data, with a group of firms either increasing their in-office requirements or else instituting a new in-office policy requiring workers to go into the office a set number of days a week. But public reports of stricter attendance policies thus far in 2026 have been scarce.

Among at least 10 Am Law 100 firms that increased or changed their RTO requirements in 2025, according to Law.com survey data, eight increased their requirements from three days a week to four days a week. Some of those firms included Duane Morris, Goodwin Procter, Haynes and Boone, Reed Smith, White & Case, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr.

"Connecting in-person with our clients and our colleagues is a core value of our firm’s culture," explained Duane Morris chairman and CEO Mathew Taylor in response to a request for comment. "Our policy that attorneys and staff are either connecting in person with our clients, representing our clients in court or in business meetings or otherwise being in the office four-days-a-week is one facet of this core value."

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