law firm layoffs

Trowers & Hamlins Lays Off 17 Lawyers & Staff

Trowers & Hamlins, which has laid off at least 11 lawyers in recent months, has now cut 17 lawyers and…

According to online sources, New York's Shearman & Sterling is laying off 5% of its litigation associates, plus associates in…

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

Perkins Coie has cut 12 attorneys and 26 staff. Affected employees have been offered an expanded severance package that includes…

Happy Monday. Here's the news: Last week in law firm layoffs: 144 lawyers, 310 staff... Pillsbury Winthrop, which fired 155…

Maclay, Murray & Spens, one of the "big four" Scottish law firms, will cut 6% of its workforce, including some…

One of the world’s leading international offshore law firms, Harney Westwood & Riegels, has laid off two lawyers and six…

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

Chicago's Chapman and Cutler is taking steps to reduce costs, including laying off an undisclosed number of "underperforming" lawyers, and…

DLA Piper, which just laid off 8 associates in Dubai, has additionally placed almost 20% of the remaining Dubai-based lawyers…

According to sources in the blawgosphere, 20 staffers at Willkie Farr & Gallagher were laid off in January, and around…

Nine lawyers from Chicago-based Vedder Price are vedder, vedder upset to have been laid off. The firm blames a downturn…