Florida’s Akerman Senterfitt, which in July announced a 10% cut in associate salaries, has laid off five associates. Two of the five let go are first-years. Akerman Senterfitt was founded in 1920, and has grown to become one of the largest law firms in the United States. In 2008, the National Law Journal ranked the firm as [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
Last week, we reported that Fulbright & Jaworski has laid off six associates and four staff at its Los Angeles office. Now a JDJournal tipster tells us that the firm cut 10 support staff from its San Antonio, Texas office; eight from New York; and 24 from Dallas, including 20 secretaries, one recruiter, one accountant, a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 23, 2009
Blawgs are reporting that Fulbright & Jaworski has laid off six associates and four staff at its Los Angeles office. Five of the associates targeted were first-years. If you have any details about layoffs at Fulbright & Jaworski, please — send us a confidential tip! Founded in 1919, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP employs over 1,000 lawyers in 16 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 20, 2009
DLA Piper, which in April laid off eight associates in Dubai, is making another 22 positions redundant in its Middle East offices. Those affected are one partner, eight non-partner lawyers, and 13 staff. One third of the layoffs are in the Dubai office. The firm has offices in Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Kuwait. DLA Piper is one [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 2, 2009
WilmerHale has informed an undisclosed number of associates and counsel that they will lose their jobs this Fall. The firm stresses that these are not “layoffs,” although rational persons are hard-pressed to tell the difference. Those affected are being given “a number of months” to find new jobs. The cuts are the result of a new [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 28, 2009
When Mayer Brown laid off 45 lawyers and 90 staff in April, it promised “placement opportunities with pro bono organizations and corporate legal departments for some associates.” The firm has come through on its promise for nine former associates, who have been placed in year-long, in-house jobs at seven Mayer Brown corporate clients. The law firm [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
Virginia’s Hunton & Williams has laid off 87 people across its US offices. From the memo: Today, we reduced approximately 23 associate and counsel positions and 64 staff positions in our U.S. offices. The reductions are spread among most of our teams and offices. We did not come to this very difficult decision lightly. We have, over [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Bay Area’s Fenwick & West, which in January laid off 36 staff and froze associate salaries, has laid off 15 associates and seven staffers. According to online sources, the firm is also laying off an undisclosed number of corporate of counsel. Founded in 1972, Fenwick & West LLP is a full service law firm focusing on [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Philadelphia’s Saul Ewing has laid off seven lawyers and seven staff. All of the lawyers are associates and come from various practice groups. All but one were located in Philadelphia, with the other based in Washington, DC. The staff members were spread throughout the firm’s offices. Saul Ewing has roughly 260 lawyers and 275 staff. Founded in 1863, Saul [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Tipsters tell Above the Law that Paul Hastings’ Atlanta office is going through a round of layoffs, and ten associates have been let go. That’s 15% of the associates in that office. The firm told ATL: As in previous years, there is some limited turnover taking place in our Atlanta office as part of our annual performance [...]
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