Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 11, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories… The American Bar Association will reduce the cost of annual dues for solo and public interest lawyers… GM’s Rod Gillum has joined Jackson Lewis… Law firm Ruden McClosky is not dissolving despite several departures… Revenues are up and profits per partner are down [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Last week 8 lawyers at Ruden McCloskey, including some prominent partners, left the firm for Adams and Reese. The firm is down to 123 lawyers from 175 at the beginning of 2009 and has fallen out of the National Law Journal’s annual ranking of the nation’s 250 law firms. The firm laid off 35 staffers [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 6, 2009
Good morning! Here are the top stories: This week in law firm layoffs: 49 lawyers, 11 staff, 175 undisclosed… A JDJournal tipster tells us that Mishcon de Reya has begun a round of redundancies, targeting 10 to 12 staffers… Winstead which has let go 20 employees, according to the Dallas Morning News… Linklaters is now the UK’s largest law [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 4, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: Ruden McClosky: 8 lawyers Allens Arthur Robinson: 114 undisclosed Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 16 lawyers, 11 staff Barlow Lyde & Gilbert: 49 undisclosed Taylor Wessing: 11 lawyers Denton Wilde Sapte: 14 lawyers Harvard Law School: 12 undisclosed Total: 49 lawyers, 11 staff, 175 undisclosed Previously: Week of June 28th: 30 lawyers, 43 staff Week of June 14th: 51 lawyers, 34 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
Florida’s Ruden McClosky, which laid off two lawyers and 18 staff in May, and cut associate and non-equity partner compensation in June, has laid off an additional eight lawyers. The layoffs affected associates at the firm’s litigation, corporate and land-use practices. Ruden’s gross revenue fell by 9%, to $85.3 million in fiscal 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Ruden McClosky [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Florida’s Ruden McClosky, which laid off two lawyers and 18 staff in May, is cutting associate and non-equity partner compensation by 8%. Equity partners are not likely to receive the holdbacks of 18% of their pay. The firm is struggling, as it relies heavily on real estate transactional work, which has been negatively affected by the global [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: McDonough Holland & Allen: 4 lawyers, 13 staff Ruden McClosky: 2 lawyers, 18 staff Thompson & Knight: 17 lawyers, 25 staff Berwin Leighton Paisner: 30 lawyers, 55 staff Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott: 119 lawyers Fenwick & West: 15 lawyers, 7 staff Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy: 49 lawyers, 40 staff Holme Roberts & Owen: 15 lawyers Sullivan [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 8, 2009
Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Ruden McClosky has laid off two lawyers and at least 18 secretaries and paralegals. Last Fall, the firm cut one lawyer and 15 staffers. At year’s end, the firm employed 172 lawyers in 11 Florida offices. The firm has hired four new lateral partners in recent months. Ruden McClosky is a full-service Florida law firm [...]
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
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