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Pannone Lays Off 35 Staff, Goes to 4-Day Week

Erik Even — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:57:43 +0000

Law firm Pannone has laid off 35 staff, and is asking employees to voluntarily work a four-day week.

The layoffs affected administrative and support staff in the firm’s real estate and corporate practices.

Founded in 1852, Manchester, UK’s Pannone LLP is a full service law firm with 380 solicitors, 92 partners and a total staff of 780, who all work within specialist teams focusing on the niche work carried out by their department. Headquartered in Manchester, Pannone has satellite offices in Alderley Edge and Hale.

Maslon Edelman Cuts Five Admin Positions

Erik Even — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:22:56 +0000

Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand has cut five administrative positions.

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Founded in 1956, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based firm employs more than 80 lawyers. The firm specializes in business & securities, estate planning, financial services, labor & employment, litigation and real estate.

Buchanan Ingersoll Continues Staff Cuts

Erik Even — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:48:13 +0000

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has continued firmwide staff cuts this week; between 25 and 30 administrative positions were eliminated.

The firm is also wrapping up its annual review period, and attorneys may be let go for performance reasons.

Buchanan Ingersoll cut 25 administrative positions across the firm in November.

Buchanan Ingersoll has seen a number of high-level departures since 2007 and has said it wouldn’t jump to fill those spots simply to increase attorney headcount.

Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC is a large US law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm has over 500 lawyers in sixteen offices nationwide, and was ranked 82nd on the National Law Journal’s 2008 list of the 250 largest law firms in the United States.