salary cuts

Hard Times at Seyfarth Shaw

Seyfarth Shaw has told half of its deferred associates that they will not be starting in January as planned. Instead,…

Just a few weeks after announcing it was moving away from lockstep compensation and doing away with associate classes, Reed…

Drinker Biddle managed to avoid deferring its incoming associates this year by cutting salaries, as we reported back in May.…

Do you wake up every morning hoping that today will be the day that your firm will improve attorney development,…

Allen Matkins is having a rough year. Back at the end of March the firm let some attorneys go. First…

Morrison & Foerster is lowering the starting pay of its associates to $145,000 in California, while associates in New York…

In February we told you about staff layoffs at Nixon Peabody, and in April we reported on salary cuts. Those…

Half of the incoming class of associates at Chadbourne & Parke have been deferred indefinitely. The firm will pay the…

Dozens of Broward County, Florida public lawyers and staffers protested in front of a Fort Lauderdale courthouse this week, over…

Denver's 200-attorney Brownstein Hyatt has laid off 15 attorneys and 22 staff. Partners consulted with associates to determine a balance…

Dublin law firm William Fry has made 17 staff redundant, and implemented pay cuts of up to 10%. The firm,…

California's Allen Matkins has cut six associates and four staffers, according to online sources. In addition, first years' salaries have…