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DC Bar May Defer Dues for Unemployed Lawyers

DC Bar May Defer Dues for Unemployed Lawyers

While The District of Columbia Bar considers deferring due payments for unemployed lawyers, it has voted to raise annual dues from $195 to $224. Inactive members will pay $126, up…

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Poaches Personal Injury Team from DLA Piper

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Poaches Personal Injury Team from DLA Piper

London’s Barlow Lyde & Gilbert will open a fifth office in Manchester, UK, and has hired two attorneys from DLA Piper to run the office. Personal injury lawyers Rob Muttock…

Goodwin Procter Defers Start Dates

Goodwin Procter Defers Start Dates

Boston’s Goodwin Procter is deferring start dates for 60 members of its 125-person incoming associate class. Half will be pushed back to January 2010, the rest to October 2010. At…

Womble Carlyle Lays Off Lawyers, Cuts Pay

Womble Carlyle Lays Off Lawyers, Cuts Pay

Womble Carlyle has laid off an undisclosed number employees. At least 20 associates and staff have been let go. In addition, the firm is planning pay cuts of up to…

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Good morning! The top stories: Jenner & Block has opened its first California office in Los Angeles… Cayman Islands law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman will open an office in…

Northwestern to Let Deferred Grads Postpone Loan Payments

Northwestern to Let Deferred Grads Postpone Loan Payments

Northwestern University Law School will allow deferred graduates to postpone their monthly student loan payments until they start working. The school is also offering short-term medical insurance to grads. The…

Davis Wright Cuts Associate Salaries

Davis Wright Cuts Associate Salaries

Sources on the blawgosphere report that Seattle’s Davis Wright Tremaine has cut associate salaries by 5%. The cut affects all class years. Davis Wright is also pushing back start dates…

Greenberg Traurig Decimates New Associate Salaries

Greenberg Traurig Decimates New Associate Salaries

Greenberg Traurig is cutting the salaries of its summer and first year associates by 10%. First year associate start dates may be delayed. Associates will start between September and January,…

Perkins Coie Lays Off 12 Lawyers, 26 Staff

Perkins Coie Lays Off 12 Lawyers, 26 Staff

Perkins Coie has cut 12 attorneys and 26 staff. Affected employees have been offered an expanded severance package that includes continuation of health insurance for the rest of the year.…

McKenna Long Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

McKenna Long Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

McKenna Long & Aldridge is cutting starting salaries for entering first-year associates by $20,000. In 2007, McKenna moved to a merit-based promotion system. An associate’s compensation & billing rates are…