<p>If recruiters said they target that range, then they are doing it as a "bait and switch." That is the range targeted for lateral moves from one big firm to another. That is the bread and butter of the recruiting world and recruiters will very often make up an in house job requesting an associate with a few years experience just to get those attorneys in the hopper for other law firms jobs. I know this because I have been headhunter for over 20 years and, over the years, I have found it is not hard to distinguish myself just by being honest. When Mr. Lat has over 20 years of recruiting experience and is no longer affiliated with a business - Lateral Links - that makes its income by enticing associates to sign up to get job postings, then I'll consider him properly armed for a conversation with me about legal recruitiing. Until then, unless I see it in Mother Teresa's letters, it's just not so.</p>