Schnader, which held layoffs in April, has cut associate salaries by $10,000; and partners have agreed to a 5% reduction in compensation. Staff who make more than $60,000 a year…
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…
Baltimore’s Venable is cutting salaries across the board, affecting all lawyers and staff, including partners. Base compensation for our first year associates is being cut from $160,000, formerly the Biglaw…
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, which in April deferred start dates for first-year associates to February 2010, will cut all associate salaries between 5% and 10%. It is unclear if the…
Phoenix, Arizona’s Snell & Wilmer, which in May laid off between 30 and 40 staff members, has now cut associate salaries by 10% across the board. The pay cuts are…
Blawgs are reporting that Portland, Oregon’s Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt will cut associate salaries and hold layoffs of support staff. The firm is expected to announce associate pay cuts of…
Lawyers for the City of San Francisco have voted to continue a 2% pay cut for another year. The Municipal Attorney’s Association, the union representing the lawyers, approved the continued…
Incoming associates at Cincinnati’s Frost Brown Todd will get a lower salary, although specific numbers have not been released. In addition, the new associates will spend their first 1,000 hours…
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…
Bryan Cave has announced it is cutting associate salaries 10% across the board. No one’s salary will be reduced below the newly-established entry-level rates: $145,000 in Chicago, Irvine, New York,…
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