law firm layoffs

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

This week in law firm layoffs: LG: 12 lawyers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer : 14 lawyers Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 79…

London-based law firm LG, formerly Lawrence Graham LLP, will hire just nine members of its incoming trainee class of 21.…

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has eliminated 79 administrative positions across its US offices. Those targeted will get severance packages with…

Mark Kirsch, head of Clifford Chance's US litigation practice, has left the firm, leaving the 29 associates in the firm's…

When Mayer Brown laid off 45 lawyers and 90 staff in April, it promised "placement opportunities with pro bono organizations…

According to stories in the blawgosphere, Covington & Burling is in the process of laying off an undisclosed number of…

Ropes & Gray, which deferred start dates in March, has let go between 30 and 40 associates. Blawgs are reporting…

Eversheds has seen a 27% drop in profit per equity partner, to £404,000 ($548,000) in fiscal 2008. The firm's profit…

This week in (amazingly, thankfully few) law firm layoffs: Ropes & Gray: 40 lawyers Blake Lapthorn: 33 staff Addleshaw Goddard:…

The American Lawyer has assembled a list of AmLaw 200 law firms by percentage layoffs since January, 2008. More than…

Blake Lapthorn has launched its third redundancy consultation in the past nine months, targeting 33 positions in business services and…

This week in law firm layoffs: Collas Day: 6 staff Matheson Ormsby Prentice: 25 lawyers Pannone LLP: 35 staff Thomson…