Rumor: Stealth Layoffs at Alston & Bird

Various blawgs report that stealth layoffs are underway at Atlanta’s Alston & Bird.

The firings seem to be taking place across all practices, but are hitting real estate especially hard.

Laid off lawyers are being given three months to find new positions.

First year associates have been laid off as well.

If you know anything about layoffs at Alston & Bird, please send us a confidential tip!

Alston & Bird LLP is the second largest law firm in Atlanta and the forty-third largest in the United States. Founded in 1893, the firm has local offices in Atlanta; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; New York City; Washington, DC; Dallas; Los Angeles, the Silicon Valley and Ventura County.

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Posted by Erik Even on March 16, 2009. Filed under Home,Law Firm News,Layoffs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry