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...Sunday, July 5, 2009
Winstead, which in April canceled its 2009 summer associate program, has let go 20 employees, according to the Dallas Morning News. No additional information, such as whether lawyers were affected, is available. If you know anything about layoffs at at Winstead, please send us a confidential tip. Winstead PC has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Winstead has added three attorneys from the San Antonio office of Bracewell & Giuliani. Frank Ruttenberg joins Winstead in San Antonio as a shareholder. Elizabeth Breazeale joins as of counsel, and D. Farr Nolen joins as an associate. All three join the real estate development and investment practice. Winstead PC has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 11, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: Brownstein Hyatt: 15 lawyers, 22 staff Chapman and Cutler: undisclosed lawyers Quinn Emanuel: 10 staff DLA Piper: estimated 32 lawyers Willkie Farr & Gallagher: 24 undisclosed Vedder Price: 9 lawyers Townsend and Townsend and Crew: 16 lawyers, 45 staff Bracewell & Giuliani: undisclosed staff Baker & McKenzie: 38 lawyers, 86 staff De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek: 90 staff Clifford Chance: 10 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 6, 2009
Last month Winstead, a Texas law firm with seven offices, canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The firm is offering $5,000 each to the 2Ls who are left without summer employment. Now online sources are claiming the firm has revoked offers to incoming associates, without any kind of severance. The firm denies the revocation rumor, stating that [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
Winstead PC, a Texas law firm with seven offices, has canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The Am Law 200 firm is offering $5,000 each to the 2Ls who are left without summer employment. Winstead has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and The Woodlands, Texas; and in Washington, DC.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
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