AmLaw: The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis
The American Lawyer expects a "a paradigm-shifting, blood-in-the-suites, terror-on-the-campus hiring and retention crisis" in 2009. If nothing changes, this fall…
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Thring Townsend to Cut 20 Staff
Bath & Swindon, UK-based Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons has begun a 30-day period of consultation with employees across its…
Was Black Thursday Just the Beginning?
The National Law Journal wonders if last week, during which 1,100 lawyers lost their jobs, is just a sample of…
Wyatt Tarrant Closing Branch Office
The Bowling Green, Kentucky branch of the Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs law firm will close next month. The law office…
Holland & Knight Cuts 70 Lawyers, 173 Staff
Holland & Knight has cut 70 lawyers and 173 support staff positions across its 21 offices. All the affected lawyers…
Black Thursday — 700 Lawyers & Staffers Laid Off
Yesterday, Thursday, February 12th, 2009, six prominent firms fired over 700 attorneys and legal staffers, in what is becoming known…
Update: Bryan Cave Lays Off 134, Freezes Salaries
Bryan Cave LLP is laying off 58 attorneys and 76 staff today. It is the second national law firm to…
Epstein Becker Lays Off 53
In December we reported that Epstein Becker & Green canceled bonuses for 2008. Now they're canceling employment for 2009. The…
Update: DLA Piper Lays Off 180
Two days ago, we reported that DLA Piper would let go 30 lawyers and 100 staffers. Today the firm announced…
Ninety at Dickinson Dees Reduntant
UK firm Dickinson Dees is laying off 90 staff out of a total of 775, a number which includes 15…
Dechert Lays Off 19 Lawyers
Today Philadelphia's Dechert is laying off 19 attorneys due to a "reduction in demand." The layoffs are just the latest…
ATL: Bryan Cave Laying Off 58 Attorneys
A tipster to Above the Law reports that major layoffs are taking place today at Bryan Cave. The firm had…