The Boston-based law firm also added attorneys in New York.

Neal & Harwell will shut down Aug. 31 after 54 years of being part of some of the highest-profile civil cases of the past half-century in the U.S., according to a source.

Overall, lateral compensation “has gone up across the board for the top players at any stage, said Sabina Lippman, a recruiter for elite firms.

“If you're known to be a firm when it's a Republican administration, and you're known to be a firm that works in that space, then I think clients are mindful of that, said Jill Holtzman Vogel, of Holtzman Vogel.