Hawaii’s Goodsill Anderson laid off nine administrative staffers last week. No attorneys were affected. In fact, the firm plans to hire three more lawyers for its corporate and intellectual property practices. Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, established in 1878, is Hawaii’s largest law firm. It is based in Honolulu, and lists 69 lawyers on its Web site.
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
McDermott Will & Emery, which last week cut pay for its summer associates, announced today it has laid off 25 associates and 47 staff. Some first year associates were cut, but are being offered a public service fellowship. The amount of the stipend was not disclosed. In March the firm froze associate salaries; in February, McDermott laid [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 29, 2009
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has eliminated 79 administrative positions across its US offices. Those targeted will get severance packages with transitional income and benefits, including health care and outplacement. In March, the firm deferred start dates for incoming associates. Weil, Gotshal & Manges is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. It is one of the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
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DLA Phillips Fox, an affiliate of DLA Piper, has cut 12 lawyers from its offices in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, CEO Tony Crawford will step down after 10 years as chief executive at DLA Phillips Fox, and almost 30 years at the firm. DLA Phillips Fox has over 800 fee earners and 1,400 staff in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
Blake Dawson has eliminated 23 lawyers and 66 support staff in the wake of its March review of business. Details have not been released. If you know anything about the situation at Blake Dawson, please send us a confidential tip! Founded in Melbourne in 1841, Blake Dawson is a commercial law firm that operates in the Asia-Pacific [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
Australia’s Minter Ellison has laid off 11 lawyers and 24 support staff from its Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices. The redundancies targeted senior and junior associates in the firm’s property, construction and finance practices. There are no current plans for further redundancies. Minter Ellison is one of the largest full-service law firms in the Asia-Pacific region. It [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
A tipster informs us that Texas’ Brown McCarroll has laid off a “significant number” of attorneys and staff in its Austin, Dallas and Houston offices. From the tipster (edited for length): All the personnel who received the proverbial “pink slip” were given no notice of the impending dismissals. In fact, the day of receiving notice of the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
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New York City-based Milbank has laid off 49 associates and 40 staff. The layoffs took place across the firm, but the corporate practice was especially hard hit. If you have any details about layoffs at Milbank, please — send us a confidential tip! New York’s Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has offices in Washington DC, Los Angeles, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 4, 2009
A JDJournal tipster informs us that Holme Roberts & Owen laid off between 10 and 15 associates in mid-April. According to the tipster: Several first year and second year associates were cut. This is less than six months after the firm told us our jobs were safe. Both the Denver Post and the ABA Journal ran stories [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 30, 2009
The UK’s Allen & Overy announced in February a plan to lay off 450 jobs in a redundancy consultation. Well, today’s the day. Allen & Overy own Black Thursday sees 47 equity partners, 200 associates, and 200 support staff shown the door. Half the cuts will affect the London HQ. There as also been an undisclosed number [...]
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