JD Journal » Howard Kennedy http://www.jdjournal.com Legal Industry News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:14:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Week in Law Firm Layoffs http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/04/18/the-week-in-law-firm-layoffs-6/ http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/04/18/the-week-in-law-firm-layoffs-6/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:31:47 +0000 Erik Even http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=11108 This week in law firm layoffs:

Keep out!Howard Kennedy: 40 lawyers and staff

Kirkland & Ellis: undisclosed staff

LG: 15 lawyers and 18 staff

Troutman Sanders: 28 lawyers (unconfirmed)

Eversheds: 10 lawyers

Trowers & Hamlins: 17 lawyers and staff

Shearman & Sterling: undisclosed lawyers

Wells Fargo & Co: undisclosed lawyers

Womble Carlyle: over 20 lawyers and staff

Perkins Coie: 12 lawyers and 26 staff

Maclay, Murray & Spens: 38 lawyers and staff

Harney Westwood & Riegels: 2 lawyers and 6 staff

Total: 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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Howard Kennedy laid off 20 fee earners and 30 support staff last June.

It has recently completed two mergers with personal injury boutique Douglas-Mann & Co. and London’s DMA Legal.

Ranked among the top 100 UK law firms, Howard Kennedy has 75 partners, 170 lawyers and 270 staff. Founded in 1936 by Harry Howard, the firm was known as H. Howard & Co. before merging with Kennedy and others in 1950 to form Howard Kennedy & Co, and moving into their current offices in Cavendish Square in London’s West End. The firm has been known as Howard Kennedy since 1984.

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