San Francisco-based intellectual property firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew has laid off 16 attorneys, 45 staff.
From the memo:
…Townsend today has joined so many other AmLaw 200 firms and implemented a reduction in force. This is the most painful decision any of us has ever had to make at this firm…
As a result, today we have informed sixteen attorneys and forty-five members of our staff that their positions are being eliminated. Individuals in all seven of our U.S. offices are included. All have been offered severance benefits and outplacement services…
Townsend and Townsend and Crew has offices in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Palo Alto, and San Diego, California; Denver, Seattle, Washington DC and Tokyo.
