Forgive me for being a cynic (who me?), but I’m not at all convinced that law firm managers are losing sleep when women lawyers fly the coop.

I’m reacting to a recent article in The American Lawyer (“What It Costs When Talent Walks Out the Door”) by Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, a behavioral economist at Harvard Law School. Her thesis is that it’s costly to replace female talent, and that it behooves firms to make sure that women stay.