Phoenix, Arizona-based law firm Fennemore Craig has announced it cut 17 jobs.
Ten staffers were let go this month; and seven attorneys were shown the door this February. The firm blames the economic meltdown.
Business law firm Fennemore Craig, PC employs over 200 attorneys, across offices in Phoenix, Tucson, and Nogales, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Denver, Colorado.
The firm offers legal services in financial restructuring, bankruptcy, and creditor’s rights, commercial litigation, estate planning, government relations, and intellectual property. The firm also offers services in American Indian law.
Fennemore Craig is one of the oldest law firms in the Mountain West, first established in Phoenix in the Arizona Territory in 1885. It is the oldest law firm in Arizona. In 2008, the firm was listed number 220 on the The National Law Journal 250.