Eckert Seamans, which laid off 90 temporary attorneys in July, has canceled its 2010 Summer associates program. Other than a terse announcement on its website, the firm has made no official statement. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC is a national full-service law firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with two offices located in the Pittsburgh area and [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
Baker & McKenzie reports its average profits per equity partner in fiscal 2008 fell 17%, to $992,000. Revenue was down 3.5% to $2.11 billion. The firm, which in April laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals, has taken a number of other cost cutting measures. Baker & McKenzie was founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
Nixon Peabody, which in February laid off 56 attorneys and staff, has hired away two partners from McKee Nelson. Keith Krasney and Peter Morreale will head up Nixon Peabody’s securitization and structured finance team. Krasney will work out of New York City, while Morreale will set up shop in Washington DC. Nixon Peabody LLP is one of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
New York’s Proskauer Rose, which in March laid off 23 attorneys, is deferring its current Summer associates to Fall 2011. Proskauer has not announced how many Summers will get job offers, and there has so far been no mention of stipends or fellowships. The firm deferred its 2009 incoming associates class to March 2010 with a $20,000 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 22, 2009
New York City’s Schulte Roth & Zabel, which in April laid off 20 attorneys and deferred 2009 associates to 2010, has informed its current Summer associates that no job offers will be made at this time. Usually, the firm extends job offers for the next year to Summer associates at the end of the program, which [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona-based law firm Fennemore Craig has announced it cut 17 jobs. Ten staffers were let go this month; and seven attorneys were shown the door this February. The firm blames the economic meltdown. Business law firm Fennemore Craig, PC employs over 200 attorneys, across offices in Phoenix, Tucson, and Nogales, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Denver, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The American Bar Association estimates that at least 3,500 attorneys and staff lost their jobs in March 2009. In February, the group estimates 2,000 jobs were lost, with 1,500 on the street in January. Firms that did not report solid layoff numbers were not included in the tally. In just the last week, JDJournal estimated the loss of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Skadden, which on Friday laid off an undisclosed number of staff attorneys and 50 support staffers, is introducing a litigation program for its incoming class. From the memo: … To address this issue, the relative underutilization of first year corporate associates, and with the firm belief that first year legal work should serve to set the groundwork [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
This week Skadden laid off 50 support staffers. In addition, an undisclosed number of staff attorneys has been cut, with only staff attorneys who are needed for ongoing matters to be kept, at least for now. The layoffs occurred across Skadden’s US offices. No associates have been cut. If you know any details about the situation at Skadden, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 21, 2009
Nevada law firm Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario has laid off a number of attorneys and staff this week. The firm also canceled its summer internship program. Kummer Kaempfer eliminated the jobs of at least nine attorneys and all related staff. The firm has offices in Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City.
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