This week in law firm layoffs:
LG: 12 lawyers
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: 14 lawyers
Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 79 staff
Snell & Wilmer: 40 staff
Covington & Burling: undisclosed lawyers
Ropes & Gray: 40 lawyers
Total: 66 lawyers, 119 staff
Previously:
Week of May 17th: 40 lawyers, 118 staff
Week of May 10th: 274 lawyers, 499 staff
Week of May 3rd: 274 lawyers, 160 staff
Week of April 26th: 352 lawyers, 220 staff, 70 undisclosed
Week of April 19th: 61 lawyers, 184 staff
Week of April 12th: 67 lawyers, 50 staff, 115 unidentified
Week of April 5th: 144 lawyers, 310 staff
Week of March 29th: 199 lawyers, 474 staff
Week of March 22nd: 455 lawyers, 219 staff
Week of March 15th: 91 lawyers, 177 staff
Week of March 8th: 574 lawyers, 812 staff
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Given that recently some lawyers have committed suicide after having been laid off, the graphic in this post is in poor taste and extremely inappropriate.