law firm layoffs

Legal Industry Lost 1,300 Jobs in January

The legal services industry continued to slash payrolls in January with a loss of 1,300 jobs, according to the US…

How much do law firms save by laying off lawyers and staff? The National Law Journal asked around the find…

Hinshaw & Culbertson, a Chicago-based firm with about 490 attorneys, cut 11 attorneys and 17 staff members last week in…

The Blog of Legal Times reports that profits are plummeting at New York-based tax & finance boutique McKee Nelson. The…

Clifford Chance LLP, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, will cut its partnership ranks under a restructuring plan. The…

Tipsters tell Above the Law that Paul Hastings' Atlanta office is going through a round of layoffs, and ten associates…

Hodgson Russ, the largest law firm in Buffalo, New York, has asked five lawyers and eight staff members in its…

McDermott Will & Emery has laid off 60 associates and 89 staffers. Our Firm performed well in 2008 and remains…

Pierce Atwood, the largest law firm in Maine, laid off 21 employees last week, including seven attorneys and 14 staff…

Olswang has begun a redundancy consultation targeted at 8% of the firm's 618-strong UK workforce. The firm announced today that…

Clifford Chance LLP LLP will cut 20% of its lawyer head count in its Moscow office in the current financial…

Just a week after announcing mass layoffs, Linklaters is launching a formal redundancy consultation, with up to 120 lawyers and…