This week Morgan Lewis lost energy partner Jim Glasgow to Pillsbury, but gained Baker Botts‘ global Oil & Gas Practice head David Asmus. Michael King joins Asmus as a partner…
Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being cut between 10% 5% and 20%, depending on how many…
Pillsbury, which has delayed start dates for its incoming first year associates to January 2010, is now offering $60,000 to associates willing to forget about working at the firm. Other…
Pillsbury, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice. Palo Alto-based partner Jennifer McCall, head of Pillsbury‘s estates, trusts and tax planning group, is…
It was another disastrous week for law firm layoffs. Here are the totals: Arent Fox: 13 attorneys, 15 staff Bingham McCutchen: 16 attorneys, 23 staff King & Spalding: 37 attorneys,…
It’s been another disastrous week for law firm layoffs. So far: O’Melveny & Myers: 90 attorneys, 110 staff Shearman & Sterling: 78 staff Dewey & LeBeouf: 15 attorneys, 115 staff…
Pillsbury Winthrop this week let go 55 associates, 10 paralegals, and 90 staffers. The firm had previously announced a “voluntary departure” plan. It is unknown how many of these departures…
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has confirmed online rumors that the firm will be laying off an undisclosed number of attorneys in the near future. Legal blawg Above the Law quoted…
Aggressive cost-cutting delivered level profits for NYC’s Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in 2008, despite a slight drop in revenue. Revenue dipped 2% to $576 million. While other firms with relatively…
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