Like most professional service companies, law firms are seeking cost-controlling initiatives. In Chicago, that means that many are reducing their office footprints to attain higher operational savings, according to the 2018 North American Legal Trends Report from CBRE’s law firm practice group.Overall, Chicago recorded 702,971 square feet of law firm transaction activity (of 10,000-square-foot transactions or greater) from the third quarter in 2017 through the second quarter in 2018. The vast majority of these, 98.5 …