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A JDJournal tipster informs us that Atlanta’s King & Spalding, which laid off 37 lawyers and 85 staff in March, is “converting a significant number of associates to staff attorneys.” That’s all the information we have at the moment. If you know anything about the situation at King & Spalding, please — send us a confidential [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama’s Bradley Arant has laid off 35 staff. Attorneys were not affected. The firm is also eliminating duplicate positions created by its recent merger with Nashville’s Boult Cummings Conners & Berry. Those laid off will get outplacement support. Tracing its roots to 1871, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has more than 350 attorneys in seven offices, and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 24, 2009
Blawgs are reporting on rumors that global law juggernaut DLA Piper plans to force out some equity partners. The finance and projects groups are said to be particularly targeted, at the offices in the United Kingdom and Dubai. Earlier this month, the firm laid off 21 lawyers and 100 staff in Chicago and New York. The firm [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 16, 2009
Husch Blackwell, which in March laid off 17 lawyers and 45 staff, announced this week it has laid off 10 lawyers. No further details are availability. If you know anything about layoffs at Husch Blackwell, please — send us a confidential tip! Husch Blackwell Sanders is a multi-national litigation and business services law firm based in St. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Weil Gotshal, which in May laid off 79 staff and in June announced the closure of its Austin, Texas office, is cutting the salaries of new associates at its London location. Newly-qualified lawyers at One South Place will see their compensation cut 5.5%, to £85,000 ($137,500). Still, the new reduced salary is higher than the going [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
Florida’s Ruden McClosky, which laid off two lawyers and 18 staff in May, and cut associate and non-equity partner compensation in June, has laid off an additional eight lawyers. The layoffs affected associates at the firm’s litigation, corporate and land-use practices. Ruden’s gross revenue fell by 9%, to $85.3 million in fiscal 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Ruden McClosky [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Weil Gotshal, which in May laid off 79 staff, is shuttering its Austin, Texas office on December 1st, 2009. Partner Kevin Kudlac will be transferred to Houston. The office’s 16 associates and 11 staffers have been offered positions in the firm’s other offices. Those who turn down the relocation offer will get severance benefits. Weil, Gotshal & [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Detroit’s Miller Canfield, which according to tipsters laid off 25 people last Monday, has let go another 13 attorneys this Monday, according to press reports. The layoffs affected various offices and practice groups. The firm employs 380 attorneys. If you know anything about layoffs at Miller Canfield, please — send us a confidential tip! Miller, Canfield, Paddock & [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 22, 2009
Howrey, which laid off 25 staff in April, is adopting an “apprenticeship” program for its incoming associates, similar to that proposed by Drinker Biddle in May. Under Howrey’s Tier 1 Program, new associates will spend only one-third of their time in their first year on billable client work. The rest will be spent on pro bono [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona’s Snell & Wilmer, which in May laid off between 30 and 40 staff members, has now cut associate salaries by 10% across the board. The pay cuts are effective July 15th. The firm promises to pay performance-based bonuses later this year. Snell & Wilmer was founded in 1938 by Frank Snell Jr. and Mark Wilmer. [...]
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