salary reductions

Update: Squire Sanders Lays Off 32 Lawyers

Earlier this week we reported the rumor that Squire Sanders fired 30 attorneys last Friday. It has now been confirmed…

Linklaters is cutting pay for starting lawyers, and shrinking salary increases. The firm will pay new lawyers £61,500 ($91,300), down…

Nixon Peabody, which laid off 20 attorneys and 36 staff in February, is now cutting salaries. All associates, including incoming…

Squire Sanders has announced it is cutting associate salaries by 10% in May. Online rumors say the law firm fired…

Chicago's Shefsky & Froehlich is slashing pay across the board, with partners taking pay cuts of up to 30%. The…

Crowell & Moring has told as many as 20 lawyers across the firm that their salaries will be reduced in…

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

Chadbourne & Parke, which laid off 25 lawyers last month, has informed its attorneys and staff that salaries will be…

Wiley Rein is bumping down underperforming associates to a lower salary track. Associates not on track to bill 1,950 hours…

Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported…

Hartford, Connecticut's Robinson & Cole is cutting all associate and counsel salaries by $10,000. The pay cuts are effective immediately,…

Womble Carlyle has laid off an undisclosed number employees. At least 20 associates and staff have been let go. In…