The pace of law firm layoffs may be slowing, but the numbers continue to grow, hitting more than 10,000 this month for the year of 2009 alone. While layoffs are slowing, another trend appears to be gaining steam. Several law firms are cutting associate pay.In any event, for the first time since the beginning of the year, we are seeing a slowdown in terms of overall layoff numbers:
- 1,125 (May 2009)
- 1,500 (April 2009)
- 3,500 (March 2009)
- 2,000 (February 2009)
- 1,500 (January 2009)
LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST - JUNE 2009
Law firms that are conducting June 2009 layoffs in their U.S. offices are listed here:
- Barlows Clyde & Gilbert (49 staff)
- Bass Berry (10 attorneys, 22 staff)
- Clifford Chance (10 attorneys)
- Cravath (25 attorneys)
- Dorsey & Whitney (55 staff)
- Dykema (17 attorneys, 30 staff)
- Honigman Miller (11 attorneys)
- McDermott Will & Emery (25 attorneys, 47 staff)
- Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone (13 attorneys)
- Paul Hasting (25 staff)
- Simpson Thacher (10-20 staff)
Law firms that are conducting May 2009 layoffs in their U.S. offices are listed here:
- Day Pitney (20 attorneys)
- Eckert Seamans (119 temp. attorneys by 7/1)
- Fennemore Craig (10 staff)
- Fenwick & West (15 attorneys, 7 staff)
- Fish & Richardson (35 attorneys, 85 staff)
- Hunton & Williams (23 attorneys, 64 staff)
- McDonough Holland & Allen (4 attorneys, 13 staff)
- Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy (49 attorneys, 40 staff)
- Ropes & Gray (30 - 40 attorneys)
- Ruden McClosky (2 attorneys, 18 staff)
- Seyfarth Shaw (30 attorneys, 20 staff)
- Simpson Thatcher (20 staff)
- Snell & Wilmer (30-40 staff)
- Sullivan & Cromwell (15-20 attorneys)
- Thompson & Knight (17 attorneys, 25 staff)
- Weil Gotshal & Manges (79 staff)
There were twenty-eight (28) law firms that were responsible for April 2009 layoffs. They included:
- Allen & Overy (250 attorneys and 200 staffers)
- Alston & Bird (14 attorneys and 38 staffers)
- Baker & Daniels (5 attorneys and 11 staffers)
- Baker & McKenzie (38 attorneys and 86 staffers)
- Brownstein Hyatt (15 attorneys and 22 staffers)
- Clifford Chance (15 attorneys and 20 staffers)
- DLA Piper (8 attorneys)
- Faegre & Benson (15 attorneys)
- Herbert Smith (33 attorneys and 51 staffers)
- Hogan & Hartson (93 staffers)
- Howrey (25 staffers)
- K&L Gates (20 staffers)
- Kilpatrick Stockton (24 attorneys)
- Kirkland & Ellis (80 staffers)
- Mayer Brown (45attorneys and 90 staffers)
- McCarthy Tetrault (12 attorneys)
- Perkins Coie (12 attorneys and 26 staffers)
- Quinn Emanuel (10 staffers)
- Schnader Harrison (8 attorneys and 10 staffers)
- Schulte Roth & Zabel (20 attorneys)
- Shipman Goodwin (5 attorneys and 21 staffers)
- Squire Sanders (32 attorneys)
- Townsend & Townsend (28 attorneys)
- Troutman Sanders (16 attorneys and 45 staffers)
- Vedder Price (9 attorneys)
- Wildman Harrold (10 attorneys and 7 staffers)
- Womble Carlyle (10 attorneys and 10 staffers)
While layoffs may have slowed down, law firms have begun to look at another popular cost-cutting measure: salary cuts. In terms of salary reductions, we are starting to see the first cracks in the lockstep compensation model.
To date, law firms that have cut salaries include:
- Allen Matkins (-10% across the board)
- Baker & McKenzie (between 10% and 25% )
- Brownstein Hyatt (-8.5- to 10%% across the board)
- Bryan Cave (10%% across the board)
- Chadbourne & Parke (Figures unknown)
- Davis Wright Tremaine (-10% across the board)
- Dorsey & Whitney (-10% across the board)
- DLA Piper (1st Years $145K to $130K)
- Frost Brownn & Todd (numbers not yet disclosed)
- Gardere Wynne Sewell (1st Years $160k to $145k + -$15K for 2nd years)
- Greenberg Traurig (-10% across the board)
- Hogan & Hartson ($145K at the 1800 hour billable track)
- Kaye Scholer (-15% for less than 1600 hours billed)
- Kilpatrick Stockton (-10% across the board)
- McGuire Woods (-10% across the board)
- McGuireWoods (-10% across the board)
- McKenna (1st Years from $160k to $140k)
- Nixon Peabody (1st Years from $160k to $145k)
- Pillsbury Winthrop (5-20% based on billables)
- Reed Smith (-10% across the board)
- Robinson & Cole (- $10K across the board))
- Seyfarth Shaw (Associates unknown, 5-20% for Partners)
- Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt (5-10%)
- Snell & Wilmer (-10% across the board)
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (-10% across the board)
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (1st Years from $160k to $145k)
- Thompson Hine (-$17,500 across the board)
TOP TEN LAYOFF LIST
According to the American Lawyer, the top 10 large law firms cutting associates, to date, are primarily California and Midwestern firms. The American Lawyer has assembled a list of AmLaw 200 law firms by percentage layoffs since January, 2008. More than 2,900 attorney jobs have been cut, or 2.62%.
Here is the top 10 so far in terms of percentage:
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 29.8%
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, 14.3%
- McKee Nelson, 13.3%
- White & Case, 13.02%
- Dechert, 11.8%
- Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, 10.20%
- O'Melveny & Myers, 10.16%
- Latham & Watkins, 9.04%
- Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy, 8.43%
- Proskauer Rose, 8.38%
COMPLETE LAYOFF LAW FIRM LIST FIRMS:
- Akin Gump
- Allen & Overy
- Alston & Bird
- Andrew Kurth
- Arent Fox
- Bass Berry
- Baker & Daniels
- Baker & McKenzie
- Baker Botts
- Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
- Barlows Clyde & Gilbert
- Bell Boyd & Lloyd
- Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod
- Bingham McCutchen
- Blank Rome
- Bose McKinney & Evans
- Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck
- Bryan Cave
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
- Cahill Gordon
- Calfee, Halter & Griswold
- Chadbourne & Park
- Choate, Hall & Stewart
- Clifford Chance
- Cooley Godward
- Cozen O'Connor
- Cravath
- Day Pitney
- Dechert
- Dewey & Leboeuf
- Dickstein Shapiro
- DLA Piper
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Drinker Biddle & Reath
- Duane Morris
- Dunlap & Seeger
- Dykema
- Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
- Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
- Epstein Becker
- Faegre & Benson
- Fennemore Craig
- Fenwick & West
- Fish & Richardson
- Foley Hoag
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Gardere Wynne Sewell
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Goldberg Kohn
- Goodwin Procter
- Gunderson Dettmer
- Heller Ehrman (dissolved)
- Herbert Smith
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Hodgson Russ
- Hogan & Hartson
- Holland & Knight
- Honigman Miller
- Howrey
- Hunton & Williams
- Ice Miller
- Jenner & Block
- K&L Gates
- Katten Muchin Rosenman
- Kaye Scholer
- Kilpatrick Stockton
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Locke Lord Bissell & Lidell
- Loeb & Loeb
- Lovells
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips
- Mayer Brown
- McCarthy Tetrault
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McDonough Holland & Allen
- McKee Nelson
- Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
- Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone
- Moore & Van Allen
- Morgan & Finnegan (dissolved)
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius
- Morrison & Foerster
- Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
- Patton Boggs
- Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
- Pepe & Hazard
- Perkins Coie
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
- Powell Goldstein
- Proskauer Rose
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Hedges
- Reed Smith
- Robinson & Cole
- Roetzel & Andress
- Ropes & Gray
- Ruden McClosky
- Saul & Ewing
- Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
- Schulte Roth & Zabel
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
- Sherman & Sterling
- Shipman Goodwin
- Shutts & Bowen
- Sidley Austin
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
- Snell & Wilmer
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
- Stroock Stroock & Lavan
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
- Synnestvedt & Lechner
- Taylor Wessing
- Thatcher Profitt & Wood (dissolved)
- Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner (dissolved)
- Thompson Hine
- Thompson & Knight
- Townsend & Townsend & Crew
- Troutman Sanders
- Vedder Price
- Venable
- Weil Gotshal & Manges
- White & Case
- Wildman Harrold & Dixon
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Winstead
- Wolf Block (dissolved)
- Womble Carlyle
LAYOFF DETAILS PER FIRM:
ANDREW KURTH
Andrew Kurth Lays Off 20 Lawyers
Texas Lawyer
March 4, 2009
AKIN GUMP
Akin Lays Off 47 Associates and 57 Staff
The Legal Times
March 9, 2009
Akin Cuts 65 Support Staff
The National Law Journal
January 19, 2009
Allen & Overy Axes 250 Attorneys and 200 Staff
Legal Week
April 30, 2009
Allen & Overy Lay Off 2 Staff and 3 Associates
Above the Law
January 23, 2009
ALSTON & BIRD
Alston & Bird Lays Off 14 Associates and 38 Staff
Fulton County Daily Report
April 6, 2009
Alston & Bird Lays Off 24 Staff and Less Than 10 Associates
Fulton County Daily Report
January 23, 2009
ARENT FOX
Arent Laying Off 13 Associates and 15 Staff
The Legal Times
March 6, 2009
BAKER BOTTS
Baker Cuts 30 Lawyers
Above the Law
March 13, 2009
BAKER & DANIELS
Baker & Daniels Cuts 17 Jobs
The ABA Journal
April 17, 2009
BAKER & MCKENZIE
Baker Eliminates 38 Attorney and 86 Paralegals
The American Lawyer
April 8, 2009
Baker Cuts 2o Lawyers in London
Above the Law
January 23, 2009
Baker & McKenzie Axes 6 in NY
Above the Law
June 8, 2008
BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL
Firms Continue to Scale Back Attorneys and Staff
The Legal Intelligencer
January 16, 2009
The Legal Intelligencer
June 5, 2008
BARLOW CLYDE & GILBERT
Barlow Lays Off 49 Staff
Law Schucks
June 12, 2009
BELL BOYD & LLOYD
Chicago's Bell Boyd & Lloyd Lays Off 10 Associates
The National Law Journal
Nov. 3, 2008
Bell Boyd Confirms Layoffs
Above the Law
Oct. 30, 2008
BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE
Layoffs Confirmed this Month
The ABA Journal
Feb. 27, 2009
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN
Bingham McCutchen Lays Off 16 Associates and 23 Staff
Above the Law
March 5, 2009
Bingham McCutchen Lays Off 10 Staff Members
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
July 30, 2008
Bingham Lays Off San Francisco Bay Area Staff
The National Law Journal
May 21, 2008
BLANK ROME
Blank Rome Cuts 27 Associates and 52 Staff Positions
The National Law Journal
March 13, 2009
Boston’s Foley Hoag Lays Off 32 Associates and Staff
Above the Law
Jan. 16, 2009
Law Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates
The Legal Intelligencer
June 5, 2008
BROWN RUDNICK BERLACK ISRAELS
Boston-Based Brown Rudnick Lays Off 20 Lawyers, 20 Staff Members
The National Law Journal
November 21, 2008
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SHRECK RUDNICK
Brownstein Hyatt Lays Off 15 Lawyers and 22 Staffers
Above The Law
April 10, 2009
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck
BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS
Bose Is Eliminating 10 Attorneys and 15 Staffers
The Indiana Business Journal
March 27, 2009
BROWNSTEIN HYATT
Brownstein Lays Off 15 Attorneys and 22 Staffers
Above the Law
April 10, 2009
BRYAN CAVE
58 Attorneys, 76 Staff at Bryan Cave Let Go
Above the Law
Feb. 12, 2009
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY
Buchanan Ingersoll Makes More Staff Cuts
The Legal Intelligencer
Feb. 20, 2009
Buchanan Ingersoll to Cut Legal Secretaries, Administrative Staff
The Legal Intelligencer
November 24, 2008
CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT
Cadwalader Set to Cut Staff From London Office
Legal Week
Feb. 12, 2009
Cadwalader Laying Off 35 in Wake of Slumping Markets
New York Law Journal
Jan. 10, 2009
Cadwalader Lays Off 96 More Lawyers
The American Lawyer
July 30, 2008
CAHILL GORDON
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Cahill Gordon (12)
Above the Law
Jan. 12, 2009
CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD
3 More Cleveland Firms Cut Attorneys, Staff
The Plain Dealer
Feb. 19, 2009
CHADBOURNE & PARKE
Chadbourne Lays Off 25 Attorneys
The National Law Journal
March 11, 2009
CHOATE, HALL & STEWARD
Boston's Choate Hall Lays Off Lawyers, Staff
The National Law Journal
Jan. 27, 2009
CLIFFORD CHANCE
Clifford Chance's New York Litigation Team Leaves the Circle
Above the Law
June 17, 2009
CC, White & Case in Talks Over Partner Departures
Legal Week
April 30, 2009
Clifford Chance Lays Off 20 Staffers in NY
Legal Week
April 22, 2009
Clifford Chance Lays Off 10 Attorneys
Legal Week
April 10, 2009
Clifford Chance Layoffs of 24 Transactional Associates in NY
The National Law Journal
March 27, 2009
Clifford Chance Confirms Layoffs of 20 Litigation Associates in NY and DC
Above the Law
March 19, 2009
Clifford Chance Confirms Layoffs of 35 Staff in NY and DC
Above the Law
March 19, 2009
Clifford Chance Lays Off 115 Staff in London Office
Legal Week
March 4, 2009
CC Set to Lay Off Up to 80 Lawyers in the City
Legal Week
Jan. 8, 2009
The National Law Journal
Oct. 29, 2008
COOLEY GODWARD
Cooley Axes 52 Lawyers, 62 Staff
The Recorder
Jan. 22, 2009
COZEN O'CONNOR
Cozen O'Connor Lays Off 61 Staff
The Recorder
Feb. 13, 2009
CRAVATH
Cravath Conducting Stealth layoffs Since December 2008
Above the Law
June 16, 2009
DAY PITNEY
Day Pitney Lays Off 20 Attorneys
Above the Law
May 12, 2009
Layoffs Hit Conn. Law Firms (66)
The Connecticut Law Tribute
Feb. 20, 2009
DECHERT
Dechert Lays Off 19 Associates
The Am Law Daily
Feb. 12, 2009
Law Firms Eliminating Staff Members
Philadelphia Business Journal
Dec. 16, 2008
Dechert Chairman: Layoff Rumors Are 'Bull'
The Legal Intelligencer
Oct. 22, 2008
Layoffs Hit Dechert Following Record Financial Year
The Legal Intelligencer
Feb. 29, 2008
DEWEY & LEBOEUF
Dewey to Drop 30 Attorneys and 100 Staff
The National Law Journal
March 4, 2009
Dewey to Shutter San Francisco Office, Keep SiliconValey Presence
The Recorder
Feb. 4, 2009
Dewey & Leboeuf Parts Ways with L.A. Associates
Above the Law
Jan. 13, 2009
Dewey & LeBoeuf Closes Charlotte Office
Above the Law
Oct. 20, 2008
Dewey Stay or Dewey Go? D&L Decamps from Hartford, Austin, Jacksonville
Above the Law
April 4, 2008
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Dickstein Shapiro (10)
Above the Law
Jan. 8, 2009
DORSEY & WHITNEY
Dorsey & Whitney Cuts 55 Staff Members
Above the Law
June 2, 2009
DLA PIPER
DLA Piper Lays Off 8 Dubai Attorneys
Legal Week
April 3, 2009
DLA Piper Lays Off 20 Lawyers, 34 Staffers in Asian Offices
Am Law Daily
March 3, 2009
DLA Piper Lays Off 80 Associates and 100 Staffers
The National Law Journal
Feb. 12, 2009
DLA Set to Cut Up to 140 in New Redundancy Round
Legal Week
Feb. 10, 2009
DLA Review Sees Five Lawyers Redundant
The Lawyer
Aug. 4, 2008
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH
Law Firms Eliminating Staff Members
Philadelphia Business Journal
Dec. 16, 2008
DUANE MORRIS
Duane Morris Lays Off Additional Staff
The Post Bulletin
March 20, 2009
DUNLAP & SEEGER
Dunlap Plans First Layoff; Cuts 2 Lawyers and 3 Staff
The Legal Intelligencer
Aug. 22, 2008
DYKEMA
Dykema Cuts 17 Attorneys and 30 Staff
Crain's Detroit Business
June 22, 2009
ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT
Eckert Plans to Lay Off 199 Attorneys By July 1st
The Triangle Business Journal
May 5, 2009
EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER & DODGE
Edwards Angell Lays Off 25 Lawyers and 35 Staffers In 6 Offices
The National Law Journal
March 27, 2009
EPSTEIN BECKER
Epstein Becker Lays Off 23 Attorneys and 30 Staff
The Recorder
Feb. 13, 2009
FAEGRE & BENSON
Faegre & Benson Lays Off 15 Attorneys
Legal Week
April 23, 2009
Faegre & Benson Lays Off 29 Attorneys
The Recorder
Feb. 13, 2009
FENNEMORE CRAIG
Fennemore Cuts 10 Staff
Phoenix Business Journal
May 13, 2009
Fennemore Drops 7 Attorneys
Phoenix Business Journal
Feb. 18, 2009
FENWICK & WEST
Fenwick Cuts 15 Associates and 7 Staff
The Recorder
May 6, 2009
Fenwick Cuts 36 Staff; Freeze Associate Salaries
The Silicon valley/San Jose Business Journal
Jan. 30, 2009
FISH & RICHARDSON
Fish & Richardson Lays Off 35 Attorneys and 85 Staff
Above the Law
May 13, 2009
Lawyer Layoffs; 49 Have Left Since November
The Daily Law Journal
Feb. 2, 2009
FOLEY HOAG
I'm Shipping Up To Boston (32)
Above the Law
Jan. 14, 2009
FRAGOMEN, DEL REY,BENSEN & LOEWY
Fragomen Del Rey Announces Associate Layoffs
The Am Law Daily
Nov. 21, 2008
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Freshfields Lays Off Real Estate Associates
Legal Week
Sept. 22, 2008
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Freshfields Lays Off Real Estate Associates
Legal Week
Sept. 22, 2008
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON
Fried Frank Lays Off 41 Associates abd 58 Staff
Legalweek.com
March 31, 2009
Fried Frank Trimming ‘Less Than 10 Percent’ of Firm’s Staff
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Aug. 20, 2008
GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL
Gardere Lays off 20 Attorneys and 40 Staff
Above the Law (Numbers unconfirmed by firm)
March 13, 2009
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER
Gibson Confirms Lay Off of 36 Staffers Across 9 U.S. Offices
The Legal Times
March 30, 2009
GOLDBERG KOHN
Golberg Kohn Cuts 25% of Associates and Reduces Partner Salaries
The National Law Journal
March 24, 2009
GOODWIN PROCTER
Goodwin Procter Lays Off 38 Associates and 36 Staff
The Recorder
Feb. 13, 2009
GUNDERSON DETTMER
Gunderson Axes 8 Associates
The Recorder
Dec. 18, 2008
HERBERT SMITH
Herbert Smith Cuts 84 Jobs
Legal Week
April 20, 2009
HELLER EHRMAN
Big Wave of Layoffs Hits Heller
The Recorder
Oct. 17, 2008
Mass Layoffs at Heller
The Recorder
Oct. 13, 2008
HINSHAW & CULBERTSON
Chicago-Based Firm Joins Long List of Midsized Firms Making Cuts (28)
The National Law Journal
Feb. 6, 2009
Mass Layoffs at Heller
The Recorder
Oct. 13, 2008
HODGSON RUSS
Firm Cuts 5 Associates and 8 Staff
Business First of Buffalo
Feb. 3, 2009
HOGAN & HARTSON
Hogan & Hartson Cut 93 Staff
Legal Times
April 3, 2009
Hogan & Hartson Offers Buyouts to 240 Staffers
The National Law Journal
Feb. 10, 2009
Hogan & Hartson Offers Buyout of 250-300 Staff
Above the Law
Feb. 9, 2009
HOLLAND & KNIGHT
Holland & Knight Lays Off 243 Employees
Daily Business Review
Feb. 12, 2009
South Florida Law Firms Feel the Real Estate Slump
The National Law Journal
May 29, 2008
HONIGMAN MILLER
Honigman Cuts 11 Partners
Detroit News
June 23, 2009
HOWREY
Howrey Has Cut 25 Staff Positions
Above the Law
April 17, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Howrey Lets 10 People Go for 'Performance'
Above the Law
Dec. 10, 2008
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
Hunton & Williams Lays Off 23 Attorneys and 64 Staff
The Am Law Daily
May 14, 2009
Hunton & Williams to Redeploy Charlotte Associates
The American Lawyer
May 16, 2008
ICE MILLER
Squire Sanders and Ice Miller Lay Off Staffers
The National Law Journal
May 16, 2008
JENNER & BLOCK
Jenner Eliminates 34 Support Staff Position in Chicago and D.C.
The National Law Journal
March 20, 2009
Jenner & Block Shows 10 Partners the Door
The National Law Journal
Oct. 21, 2008
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN
Katten Lays Off 23 Attorneys and 46 Staffers
The National Law Journal
March 20, 2009
Layoffs Hit Attorneys, Staff at Katten and Sonnenschein Firms
The National Law Journal
Oct. 20, 2008
KAYE SCHOLER
Kaye Scholer Trims Five Secretaries
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Jan. 21, 2009
KILPATRICK STOCKTON
Kilpatrick Stockton Lays Off 24 Associates and Counsel Across U.S. Offices
Fulton County Daily Report
April 29, 2009
KING & SPALDING
King & Spalding Lays Off 122 Firmwide, including 37 Lawyers
Fulton County Daily Report
March 9, 2009
KIRKLAND & ELLIS
Kirkland & Ellis Lays Off 80 Staffers
Above The Law
April 21, 2009
Kirkland & Ellis Fires Non-Equity Partners (10)
Above The Law
Jan. 7, 2009
Legal Recruiters Say Kirkland & Ellis May Lay Off 15 or More Attorneys
The National Law Journal
Jan. 9, 2009
K&L GATES
K&L Gates Eliminates 20 Staffer Positions
Above the Law
April 20, 2009
K&L Gates Eliminates 36 Associate and 76 Staffer Positions
The National Law Journal
March 10, 2009
LATHAM & WATKINS
Latham to Cut 190 Associates, 250 Staff
The American Lawyer
Feb. 27, 2009
LINKLATERS
Linklaters Set to Make Job Cuts in Stockholm
Legal Week
Feb. 6, 2009
Linklaters Review Set to Claim up to 270 Jobs
Legal Week
Jan. 29, 2009
LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDELL
Unconfirmed Reports of Layoffs, 6% of Associates
Above The Law
March 31, 2009
LOEB & LOEB
Loeb & Loeb Layoffs Round 2
Above The Law
January 12, 2009
Loeb & Loeb Cuts Eight Associates
The National Law Journal
November 11, 2008
Nationwide (Stealth) Layoff Watch: Shearman & Sterling and Loeb & Loeb
Above The Law
November 10, 2008
Loeb & Loeb Cuts Eight Associates
The National Law Journal
November 11, 2008
LOWENSTEIN SANDLER
Layoffs Confirmed this Month
The ABA Journal
Feb. 27, 2009
LOVELLS
Lovells to Cut Up to 94 Jobs in Staffing Review
Legal Week
Feb. 9, 2009
LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON & SCRIPPS
Luce Forward Lays Off 27
The Recorder
Feb. 6, 2009
MANATT PHELPS & PHILLIPS
Manatt Confirms Lay Offs Since October 2008 of 12 Attorneys and 35 Staff
Above the Law
March 19, 2009
MAYER BROWN
Mayer Brown Lays Off 45 Lawyers and 90 Staff in U.S. Offices
The Chicago Tribune
April 3, 2009
Mayer Brown Cuts 55 Lawyers and Staffers in London
Above the Law
March 20, 2009
Mayer Brown Lays Off 33 Lawyers
Legal Times
November 21, 2008
McCARTHY TETRAULT
McCarthy Lays Off 12 Attorneys
Globe and Mail Update
April 7, 2009
McDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY
McDermott, Will & Emery Lays Off 25 Attorneys, 47 Staffers
Am Law Daily
June 4, 2009
McDermott, Will & Emery Lays Off 60 Attorneys, 89 Staffers
The National Law Journal
Feb. 4, 2009
McDONOUGH HOLLAND & ALLEN
McDonough Lets Go 4 Associates and 13 Staff Members
Sacramento Business Journal
March 8, 2009
McKEE NELSON
McKee Nelson Lays Off Attorneys and Staff; Co-Founder Optimistic
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Nov. 3, 2008
New York Law Journal
Nov. 4, 2008
MILBANK TWEED HADLEY & MCCLOY
Is Milbank Confirms Layoffs of 49 Associates and 40 Staff
The American Lawyer
May 6, 2009
Is Milbank Setting Up For Stealth Layoffs? Not According to Milbank
Above the Law
Jan. 13, 2009
Milbank Didn't Fire 'All' Its Staff Attorneys
Above the Law
April 18, 2008
MILLER CANFIELD PADDOCK AND STONE
Miller Canfield Cuts 13 Attorneys
Crain's Detroit Business
June 22, 2009
MOORE & VAN ALLEN
Moore & Van Allen Lays Off 20 Staff Members
Above the Law
Oct. 15, 2008
MORGAN & FINNEGAN
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Morgan & Finnegan
Above the Law
Aug. 21, 2008
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS
Morgan Lewis Lays Off 55 Attorneys and 161 Staffers
The National Law Journal
March 10, 2009
Morgan Lewis Lays Off Associates; Numbers Could Reach 50
Above the Law
Jan. 28, 2009
MORRISON & FOERSTER
200 Lose Job at Foerster & Morrison
The Recorder
Jan. 29, 2009
NEAL, GERBER & EISENBERG
Neal Gerb Lay Off 19 Attorneys and 32 Staff
The Chicago Tribune
Feb. 24, 2009
O'MELVENY & MYERS
O'Melveny & Myers Lays off 90 lawyers and 110 staffers
The American Lawyer
March 4, 2009
O'Melveny Cuts Associate, Staff Headcount
The National Law Journal
Oct. 27, 2008
Nationwide Layoff Watch: O'Melveny & Myers
Above the Law
Oct. 23, 2008
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
Orrick Announces Layoffs of About 100 Associates, 200 Staffers
Above The Law
March 3, 2009
Orrick to Trim About 40 Lawyers, 35 Staff--“Unrelated to Performance”
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Nov. 13, 2008
The Am Law Daily
Nov. 13, 2008
Orrick Lays Off Associates, Staff
The Recorder
Nov. 13, 2008
PARKER POE ADAMS & BERNSTEIN
NC’s Parker Poe Lays Off 13 Lawyers
Triangular Business Journal
Jan. 9, 2009
PATTON BOGGS
Pain at Patton Boggs
Texas Lawyer
July 2, 2008
PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER
Simpson Thacher Lays Off 15 Staffers
Above the Law
June 15, 2009
Paul Hastings Lays Off 44 Associates and 87 Staff
The National Law Journal
March 11, 2009
Paul Hastings Denies Reports of Layoffs
The American Lawyer
May 12, 2008
PEPE & HAZARD
Connecticut-Based Pepe & Hazard Lays of 5 lawyers and 7 Staff
Connecticut Law Tribune
March 11, 2009
PERKINS COIE
Perkins Lays Off 12 Attorneys and 26 Staffers
Above The Law
April 14, 2009
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN
Pillsbury Memo To Lay Off 55 Associates, 10 Paralegals, and 90 Support Staff
Above the Law
March 5, 2009
Pillsbury Offers ‘Voluntary Departure Plan’ to Lawyers
Above the Law
Feb. 24, 2009
Pillsbury Confirms Layoff Leak (15-20)
The Recorder
Feb. 20, 2009
More About Pillsbury Winthrop (but at Least They Get iPhones!)
Above the Law
July 16, 2008
Pillsbury Winthrop Axes 15 in California?
Above the Law
July 14, 2008
PIRCHER NICHOLS & MEEKS
75 Lawyer Pircher Lays Off 8 Attorneys, 4 Staff
The National Law Journal
Dec. 18, 2008
POWELL GOLDSTEIN
Powell Goldstein Associates, Staff Feel the Pinch of Layoffs
Fulton County Daily Report
June 23, 2008
PROSKAUER ROSE
Proskauer Lays Off 23 Lawyers
Above The Law
Dec. 4, 2008
Proskauer Cuts 60 People
Above The Law
Dec. 4, 2008
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & HEDGES
Quinn Lays Off 10 Staffers This Week
The National Law Journal
April 9, 2009
REED SMITH
Reed Smith Cuts Attorneys, Staff in U.S. and London
The Legal Intelligencer
March 31, 2009
Reed Smith Cuts Attorneys, Staff in U.S. and London
The Legal Intelligencer
March 31, 2009
Law Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates
The Legal Intelligencer
June 5, 2008
Reed Smith Cans Staff, Associates, 'And Your Little Dog Too'
Above The Law
Dec. 4, 2008
Law Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates
The Legal Intelligencer
June 5, 2008
ROBINSON & COLE
Rob. & Cole lays off 30; almost half in Hartford
Hartfordbusiness.com
March 31, 2009
ROPES & GRAY
Ropes & Gray Lays Off Between 30-40 Associates
Above the Law
May 22, 2009
Ropes & Gray Cuts 106 Staff Positions; 10 Percent of Nonlawyer Staff
The National Law Journal
Jan. 30, 2009
Above The Law
Jan. 29, 2009
ROETZEL & ANDRESS
3 More Cleveland Firms Cut Attorneys, Staff
The Plain Dealer
Feb. 19, 2009
RUDEN McCLOSKY
Ruden Lays Off More Than 20 Staff, Lawyers
Daily Business News
May 8, 2009
SAUL & EWING
Saul Ewing Cuts 7 Associates and 7 Staff
The Legal Intelligencer
March 24, 2009
SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS
Schnader Harrison Lays Off 5 Associates and Less Than 1o Staffers
The Legal Intelligencer
April 23, 2009
SEYFARTH SHAW
Seyfarth Bucks Trend, Publicly Announces Layoffs
Law.com
Dec. 12, 2008
Seyfarth Shaw Lays Off 30 Attorneys
Above the Law
Dec. 5, 2008
Above the Law
July 10, 2008
SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON
25 Layers Let Go Since January
The ABA Journal
Feb. 24, 2009
SHERMAN & STERLING
Sherman Shrinks Staff, 60 Staff in U.S. and 18 positions in the U.K
The National Law Journal
March 4, 2009
SHIPMAN & GOODWIN
Shipman Announces 26 Job Cuts
The Hartford Courant
April 4, 2009
SHULTE, ROTH & ZABEL
Schulte Lays Off 20 Attorneys
Above the Law
April 24, 2009
SHUTTS & BOWEN
South Florida Law Firms Feel the Real Estate Slump
The National Law Journal
May 29, 2008
SIDLEY AUSTIN
Sidley Lays Off 89 Associates, Staff Associates and 140 Staffers
The National Law Journal
March 13, 2009
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
Simpson Thacher Lays Off Staff
Above the Law
June 16, 2009
Simpson Thacher Denies Layoffs Report
The American Lawyer
Aug. 12, 2008
SKADDEN ARPS
Looses 11 Attorneys to New Boutique, and Lays Off 25 Staffers in D.C.
The Legal Times
March 30, 2009
Latest Layoffs: Skadden Staff Attorneys
Above the Law
Jan. 20, 2009
SNELL & WILMER
Snell & Wilmer Has Let Go 30 to 40 Staff Members
Phoenix Business Journal
May 8, 2009
SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL
Sonnenschein To Shutter Charlotte, NC Office (11 attorneys and 8 staff)
The American Lawyer
February 27, 2009
Layoffs Hit Attorneys, Staff at Katten and Sonnenschein Firms
The National Law Journal
Oct. 20, 2008
Sonnenschein Announces Layoffs -- More Than 100 Legal, Nonlegal Jobs Cut
The American Lawyer
May 28, 2008
SQUIRE SANDERS & DEMPSEY
Squire Sanders Lays Off 32 Attorneys
Above the Law
April 27, 2009
Squire Sanders and Ice Miller Lay Off Staffers
The National Law Journal
Jan. 21, 2009
Squire Sanders Asks 30 Associates, Paralegals to 'Explore Opportunities Elsewhere'
The National Law Journal
November 21, 2008
STROOCK STROOCK & LAVAN
Stroock Stroock & Lavan Layoff About 10% of Their Associates
Above the Law
March 30, 2009
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
Sullivan & Cromwell Lay Off 15-20 Associates in NY
Above the Law
May 4, 2009
SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN
Sutherland Trims Associate Ranks
Fulton County Daily Report
April 30, 2008
SYNNESTVEDT & LECHNER
IP Boutique's Fall Is Fox Rothschild's Gain
The American Lawyer
Aug. 27, 2008
TAYLOR WESSING
Taylor Wessing Becomes Latest Firm to Cut Jobs
Legal Week
Oct. 31, 2008
THATCHER PROFITT & WOOD
Thacher Proffitt Announces Expected Dissolution
Blog of Legal Times
December 22, 2008
Thacher Proffitt Loses Half its Lawyers as 100 Jump to Sonnenschein
The New York Times
December 22, 2008
THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER
Thelen Lays Off 26 Associates, 85 Staffers
The Recorder
March 20, 2008
TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW
Townsend Lays Off 45 Staff and 16 Lawyers
The Recorder
April 9, 2009
THOMPSON & KNIGHT
Thompson Lays Off 17 Associates and 25 Staff
Above The Law
April 6, 2009
THOMPSON HINE
3 More Cleveland Firms Cut Attorneys, Staff
The Plain Dealer
Feb. 19, 2009
TROUTMAN SANDERS
Unconfirmed Attorneys Layoffs, Could Be as High as 4%
Fulton County daily Report
April 17, 2009
Troutman Plans Buyout of Staff, Layoff of Associates
Fulton County daily Report
March 20, 2009
VEDDER PRICE
Vedder Lays Off 9 Lawyers
Crain's Chicago Business
April 9, 2009
VENABLE
Venable Cuts 64 Employees, Including 16 Attorneys
The National Law Journal
March 11, 2009
WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES
Weil Lays Off 79 Staff After Strong 2008
Boston Law Journal
May 29, 2009
WHITE & CASE
CC, White & Case in Talks Over Partner Departures
Legal Week
April 30, 2009
White & Case Lays Off 200 Associates and 200 Staff
The National Law Journal
March 10, 2009
White & Case Lays Off 70 Associates
The Am Law Daily
Nov. 11, 2008
Above The Law
Nov. 11, 2008
Divorce, Italian Style
The American Lawyer
Oct. 24, 2008
WILDMAN HARROLD & DIXON
Wildman Harrold Lays Off 10 Associates and 7 Staffers
Above the Law
April 28, 2009
Wildman Harrold Axes 10 Attorneys
Above the Law
Jan. 9, 2009
WILSON SONSINI GOODRIC & ROSATI
Wilson Sonsini Lays Off 45 Associates, 68 Support Staff
National Law Journal
Jan. 27, 2009
WINSTEAD
Winstead to Lay Off 20 in Dallas Office
The Dallas Morning News
Feb. 14, 2008
WOLF BLOCK
Law Firms Eliminating Staff Members
Philadelphia Business Journal
Dec. 16, 2008
Above the Law
Dec. 15, 2008
WOMBLE CARLYLE
Law Firms Eliminating 20 Positions
Above the Law
April 14, 2009
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