Today Dechert, which laid off 63 lawyers and 62 staff in March, let go a significant number of associates, plus paralegals, staff attorneys and legal secretaries. The firm has not made any official announcement or released precise numbers, but blawgs with sources inside the firm suggest that 25 associates were let go. If you have any details [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 29, 2009
Mark Kirsch, head of Clifford Chance’s US litigation practice, has left the firm, leaving the 29 associates in the firm’s New York litigation group under threat of layoffs. The group and its associated staffers have been informed that layoffs are coming, but no numbers have been revealed. Kirsch will be replaced in his position by Juan Morillo. In [...]
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...Wednesday, April 29, 2009
K&L Gates, which admitted to laying off 36 associates and 79 staff in March, has cut a rumored 20 staffers since then, including some informed today. The firm will not make an official statement, but the report is circulating in the blawgosphere. If you know anything about layoffs at K&L Gates, please send us a confidential tip! K&L [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A JDJournal tipster reports that at least one lawyer has been laid off from Miller Canfield. Unfortunately, there is no further information at this time. If you now anything about the situation at Miller Canfield, please — send us a confidential tip! Be sure to put “Miller Canfield” in the subject. The firm recently opened a new [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 23, 2009
Philadelphia’s Schnader Harrison laid off partners, associates and staff in March. Three partners were let go, along with five associates and “less than 10″ staff – I assume that means “nine.” The firm has no plans for further cuts. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP was founded in Philadelphia in 1935 by former Pennsylvania Attorney General William A. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
According to rumors repeated by reliable blawgs, Kirkland & Ellis is laying off an undisclosed number of support staff today. It is said no lawyers will be affected. All laid off employees will be notified by the end of the day today. Severance has not been mentioned. The cuts are said to affect the Chicago, New York [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 3, 2009
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 34% of the legal services jobs created since the 2001 recession have been lost in the current downturn. Since the recession began in December 2007, the legal industry has lost an estimated 24,900 jobs. In March 2009 alone, the industry lost 2,700 jobs. Last week, JDJournal recorded the layoffs [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
Mayer Brown, which just cut 55 lawyers and staff in London, today let go 45 lawyers and 90 staff in the US. From the press release: Following the completion of an extensive review of its global operations, Mayer Brown announced today that it has made job reductions in its offices in the United States affecting 45 lawyers [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 28, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher: 36 staff Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: undisclosed lawyers, 50 staff Bose McKinney & Evans: 10 lawyers, 15 staff Clifford Chance: 24 lawyers Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge: 25 lawyers, 35 staff Dechert LLP: 63 lawyers, 62 staff Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP: undisclosed Saul Ewing: 7 lawyers, 7 staff Goldberg [...]
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