Allen Matkins is having a rough year. Back at the end of March the firm let some attorneys go. First year associate salaries were cut, along with the salaries of some additional associates. Now it appears they are finishing the job with additional layoffs and more salary cuts. Tipsters at Above the Law [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 4, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: DLA Piper: 8 lawyers Alston & Bird: 14 lawyers, 38 staff Lovells: 18 lawyers, 61 staff Honigman: 15 lawyers, 30 staff Hogan & Hartson: 93 staff Mayer Brown: 45 lawyers, 90 staff Locke Lord: undisclosed lawyers & staff Allen Matkins: 6 lawyers, 4 staff Robinson & Cole: 11 lawyers, 19 staff Reed Smith: 26 lawyers, 74 staff Stroock: undisclosed lawyers [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 31, 2009
California’s Allen Matkins has cut six associates and four staffers, according to online sources. In addition, first years’ salaries have been cut from $160,000 to $145,000. Other associates will see their salary reduced by up to 30%; the criteria for choosing which associates will be affected have not been announced. Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP was [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP announced the expansion of its corporate practice group with the addition of Daniel McIntosh as chair of the firm’s corporate practice group in the firm’s Los Angeles and Century City offices. He joins Allen Matkins as the former co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Los Angeles Entertainment and Technology [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 7, 2009
The ABA Journal notes that an unprecedented wave of law firm layoffs is leading to a second wave of ex-employee lawsuits. The suits could air “salacious allegations that once remained hidden within firm walls,” according to the Daily Journal. To help avoid suits, law firms need to follow the advice they give their own clients, the [...]
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