This week in law firm layoffs: Eckert Seamans: 90 lawyers Hogan & Hartson: 30 lawyers Clifford Chance: 50 lawyers DLA Piper: 21 lawyers, 100 staff Keddies Lawyers: 40 undisclosed lawyers, staff Cahill Gordon: undisclosed lawyers Winstead: 20 undisclosed Mishcon de Reya: 12 staff Total: 191 lawyers, 112 staff, 60 undisclosed Previously: Week of June 28th: 49 lawyers, 11 staff, 175 undisclosed Week of June 21st: 30 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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
Here’s the rundown for law firm layoffs this week: K&L Gates: 36 associates and 79 staff Burges Salmon: 18 lawyers Morgan Lewis: 55 attorneys and 161 staff White & Case: 200 associates and 200 staff Venable: 16 attorneys, 48 staff Chadbourne & Parke: 25 lawyers Pepe & Hazard: 5 attorneys and 7 staff Proskauer Rose: 23 attorneys Pircher, Nichols & Meeks: 8 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Despite the fact that February 12th is still known as Black Thursday and generally considered the worst day for law firm layoffs since the economic meltdown began, the truth is it’s only the third worst day to date. Yesterday, March 9th, had the largest number of single day layoffs: White & Case announced 400 layoffs (although [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 7, 2009
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, 85 staff Akin Gump: 47 attorneys, 57 staff O’Melveny & Myers: 90 attorneys, 110 staff Shearman & Sterling: 78 staff Dewey & LeBeouf: 15 attorneys, 115 staff Clifford Chance: 115 staff Wiggin and Dana: [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
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 Clifford Chance: 115 staff Wiggin and Dana: 14 attorneys, 14 staff Stinson Morrison Hecker: 30 staff DLA Piper: 20 attorneys, 34 staff Haynes and Boone: 2 attorneys, 1 staff Pillsbury Winthrop: 55 attorneys, 100 [...]
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