Am Law 100

Rumor: Blank Rome Layoffs on the Way

Blawgs are reporting that between 25 and 50 attorneys will be let go from Blank Rome this week, most likely…

Am Law 100 firm Kirkland & Ellis saw an increase in revenue and flat profits per partner in the 2008…

The Am Law 100's Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, a firm with about 75% of its 750 lawyers in New…

Sheppard Mullin, which instituted salary freezes in January, now admits it has been shedding attorneys since the beginning of 2009.…

Philadelphia's Dechert has become the latest Am Law 100 firm to announce a decline in revenues and profits for 2008.…

Profits for Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins fell 21% in 2008, one of the biggest falls so far reported by…

Gross revenue at Charlotte, North Carolina Am Law 100 firm Moore & Van Allen edged up 1.5% to $164.5 million.…

Revenue at 400-lawyer Quinn Emanuel Urquardt Oliver & Hedges was $441.9 million in 2008, up 15% from 2007. Profits jumped…

The American Lawyer reports that new Obama administration appointees Eric Holder Jr., Jeh Johnson, Ronald Kirk and Tom Vilsack raked…

Am Law 100 firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had a solid 2008, with both revenue and profits on…

Nixon Peabody , one of the largest law firms in the US, told the County of Monroe, New York Industrial…

According to the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal services industry in the United States shed some 7,000 jobs…