law firm layoffs

Kummer Kaempfer Lays Off Attorneys, Staff

Nevada law firm Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw & Ferrario has laid off a number of attorneys and staff this week.…

McKee Nelson, which last November laid off 17 lawyers and 15 staff, has announced a new round of cuts; six…

Connecticut's Updike, Kelly & Spellacy has laid off three secretaries and two first-year lawyers in its Hartford office. "We have…

A&L Goodbody will cut 45 jobs, and the firm’s 555 remaining staff are likely to have their pay cut by…

The meltdown of the legal services industry, in the wake of the financial meltdown, is hurting biglaw firms as they…

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has confirmed online rumors that the firm will be laying off an undisclosed number of attorneys…

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

Allen & Overy, the UK's fourth-biggest law firm by revenue, will cut as many as 150 lawyers, sever ties with…

Tipsters to Above the Law report that "at least 50" lawyers and staffers have been laid off from Thompson Hine.…

New York's Kramer Levin has confirmed it laid off 18 lawyers and 21 staff members. From managing partner Paul Pearlman:…

Final details of Linklaters ’ "New World" are starting to emerge, with 14 associates in the firm’s banking practice and…

Simmons & Simmons has announced a review that could lead to layoffs of up to 20 associates and 49 support…