The American Lawyer has assembled a list of AmLaw 200 law firms by percentage layoffs since January, 2008. More than 2,900 attorney jobs have been cut, or 2.62%.
Here are the top five, as of today:
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft: 29.8%
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe: 14.3%
McKee Nelson: 13.3%
White & Case: 13.0%
Dechert LLP: 11.8%
I wonder within the ranks of associates laid of at BigLaw firms, what the overall percentages of diverse attorneys were laid off, compared to the relatively low numbers of diverse associates of color? Within that number, how many will be rehired when the economy comes back and how much will they be dinged for the layoff period that they had to endure?