Commercial law firm Watson Burton has offered a job to only one or two of its eight qualifying trainees, according to blawgs. However, the firm has helped all but one of those trainees find alternate employment. For instance, one will join a client of the firm, and another has been hired by a local accountant. In March, [...]
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...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Commercial law firm Mallesons will begin a redundancy consultation in August, targeting 5% of the firm’s workforce. The redundancies are being characterized as voluntary, and will affect 100 lawyers and staff. Some lawyers will be offered more than one year’s pay. The offers are to include a payment based on years of service, an additional stipend, and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 29, 2009
Like Dentons before it, Taylor Wessing will only hire half of their trainees. Thirteen of its 24 2009 trainees will be kept on in September. The firm is offering training and networking opportunities to those not hired. Taylor Wessing LLP is an international law firm established in 2002, following the merger of UK law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
Connecticut’s Shipman & Goodwin, which cut 26 jobs in April, is deferring three of its eight incoming associates. The three associates joining its Hartford office will start in Fall 2010. The others will begin on time this Fall. The firm is working on placement opportunities for the deferred associates. Founded in 1919, Shipman & Goodwin has 335 employees, [...]
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...Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Day Pitney, which laid off 66 staff members across it offices in February, today announced that 20 lawyers have been laid off, and incoming associates will be deferred to January 2010. From the memo: Earlier today, we met with 20 associates and counsel to notify them that their positions are being eliminated. The reductions are spread throughout [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 24, 2009
Late last year, New York City’s Schulte Roth & Zabel laid off 30 lawyers. This week the firm asked 20 attorneys to update their CVs. The layoffs affected the corporate, real estate, and litigation practices. Those asked to leave have been given two months notice, and will get outplacement assistance. The firm has also shortened its 2009 summer [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 19, 2009
Washington DC’s Howrey has laid off 25 secretarial staffers. Cuts came in all offices except Palo Alto and New York. Those affected are getting severance packages, health care assistance and outplacement. In addition, Howrey is demanding that non-equity partners contribute capital; and all partners, equity and non-equity, will be able to contribute voluntary capital, and some have [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 11, 2009
Maclay, Murray & Spens, one of the “big four” Scottish law firms, will cut 6% of its workforce, including some lawyers. CEO Magnus Swanson says 38 positions will be made redundant, out of a total 579. Those let go will get an “enhanced” severance package, including outplacement services. The firm has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Aberdeen and [...]
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