A JDJournal tipster informs us that layoffs are underway at Hogan & Hartson.
The layoffs include senior associates who were not up for promotions. The tipster tells us “this was never an ‘up or out’ track until now.”
We don’t yet know any numbers, or which practices are being affected.
In April the firm let go 93 support staff, and cut associate pay.
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Founded in 1904, Hogan & Hartson is the oldest major law firm headquartered in Washington, DC. It is a global firm with more than 1,100 lawyers in 27 offices worldwide, including offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
UPDATE
Another tipster writes in, and makes a startling allegation:
Hogan & Hartson’s associate attorney layoffs have not just started. Associates have been being laid off since last, December to my knowledge. Most dispicably, the firm is laying off mostly minorities in its first wave of “letting you go when things just don’t work out.” Don’t be confused however, white associates are also being let go. They offer no severance pay or anything else. Associates [are even] being asked to turn in their BlackBerries, or [the cost] will be taken out of their last check.
