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...Monday, June 1, 2009
A group of seven attorneys, including three partners, from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will join the Wilmington, Delaware office of Saul Ewing. William E. Manning, Teresa K.D. Currier and Richard A. Forsten are joining Saul Ewing as partners, while James D. Taylor joins as Special Counsel. Joining the firm as associates are Jennifer Morgan Becnel-Guzzo, Michael [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
DLA Piper, which this week laid off 24 lawyers and 100 support staff across its UK offices, today announced salary reductions. From the memo: Our partners… have already accepted significant reductions in our projected 2009 compensation, and compensation levels for Of Counsel and Senior Counsel have also been reduced. We are now taking the further steps of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 1, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona-based Lewis & Roca has launched a new Mountain View, California law office, staffed with an intellectual property team from the Palo Alto office of White & Case. The three attorneys and two paralegals will be joined by further hires as business picks up, and may move to Palo Alto. Lewis and Roca LLP is based [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
Herbert Smith announced today it has begun a redundancy consultation at its London HQ, targeting 84 positions. The redundancies target 24 fee earners and professional support lawyers in the corporate practice; 9 fee earners and PSLs in real estate; nine paralegals and 42 support staff. Herbert Smith also announced that it is freezing pay for all London [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
Eversheds has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 10 lawyers in its real estate practice. The firm may find new positions within Eversheds for some of those affected. Eversheds has laid off 73 lawyers and staff since September 2008. Also, the firm will defer start dates for roughly half its incoming associates, offering £5,000 to defer for a year. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Orange County, California office of New York’s United Law Group is hiring more than 70 attorneys, paralegals, processors and customer service representatives to staff a new office in Irvine. The employees will help litigate homeowner debt-related issues. That includes going after “predatory loan modification companies.” The firm has already hired about 130 staff members for the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana’s Bose McKinney & Evans is cutting 10 attorney, two paralegal and 13 staff positions. The cuts affect 7% of the attorneys and 11% of the staff of the firm. If you know any additional details about these layoffs, please — send us a confidential tip! Founded in 1855, Bose McKinney & Evans also has an office [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Since October, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has laid off employees nationwide; 12 attorneys, 3 paralegals, and 32 administrative staff. The firm blamed the economic meltdown. Manatt’s Los Angeles headquarters has been the hardest hit by the layoffs. If you know any additional details about these layoffs, please send us a confidential tip. Founded in 1965, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Baltimore’s Venable has announced layoffs. From the official email announcement: We understand that communicating this action by email is not ideal. However, it is important that you know of the Firm’s action as soon as possible. Approximately 3% of our attorneys (16), 8% of our full time staff (43), and 7% of our paralegals (5) will be directly [...]
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