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These days Wall Street's woes seem to equal law firms' losses. As business dries up in certain practice areas, firm managers are facing tough decisions. The American Lawyer, its sibling publications and other media organizations present ongoing coverage of law firm layoffs and related news.
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Nationwide Layoff Watch: Akerman Senterfitt
Aug. 7, 2009
Texas Lawyer
March 6, 2009
Akin Cuts 65 Support Staff
The National Law Journal
January 19, 2009
Details Emerge of A&O Redundancy Program
Legal Week
March 17, 2009
A&O to Cut Partners, Associates and Freeze Pay
Legal Week
Feb. 19,
Layoffs at Andrews Kurth
Texas Lawyer
March 4, 2009
Arent Fox Lays Off 13 Associates
Legal Times
March 5, 2009
Texas is Starting to Look Like It's Part of America After All
Above the Law
March 12, 2009
Baker & McKenzie Eliminates 124 Legal and Non-Legal
The Am Law Daily
April 7, 2009
Baker & McKenzie to Cut up to 85 Jobs From London Office
Legal Week
March 13, 2009
Baker & McKenzie Announces Associate Layoffs in New York
Legal Week
Jan. 9, 2009
BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL
The Legal Intelligencer
January 16, 2009
Law Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates
The Legal Intelligencer
June 5, 2008
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
Bingham McCutchen Cuts 39 Overall
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
Layoffs Continue
The Legal Intelligencer
January 16, 2009
Law Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates
The Legal Intelligencer
June 5, 2008
Boston-Based Brown Rudnick Lays Off 20 Lawyers, 20 Staff Members
The National Law Journal
November 21, 2008
58 Attorneys, 76 Staff at Bryan Cave Let Go
Above the Law
Feb. 12, 2009
Buchanan Ingersoll Continues With Staff Cuts
The Legal Intelligencer
Feb. 20, 2009
Buchanan Ingersoll to Cut Legal Secretaries, Administrative Staff
The Legal Intelligencer
November 24, 2008
Cadwalader Offers Sabbaticals Instead of Layoffs
Am Law Daily
July 7, 2009
Cadwalader Set to Cut Staff From London Office
Legal Week
Feb. 12, 2009
Cadwalader Lays Off 96 More Lawyers
The American Lawyer
July 30, 2008
Cadwalader Laying Off 35 in Wake of Slumping Markets
New York Law Journal
Jan. 10, 2008
Cahill Gordon, Round 2
Above the Law
July 6, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Cahill Gordon
Above the Law
Jan. 12, 2009
Day in Layoffs: Cuts at Chadbourne, Paul Hastings, and Venable
The Am Law Daily
March 10, 2009
Clifford Chance's New York Litigation Team Leaves the Circle
Above the Law
June 17, 2009
Clifford Chance's New York Office Braces Itself
Above the Law
May 29, 2009
Two Dozen More Out at Clifford Chance
The Am Law Daily
March 27, 2009
Partner Cuts at Clifford Chance
The Am Law Daily
March 25, 2009
Clifford Chance Announces More Cuts to London Office
Legal Week
Jan. 8, 2009
CC Set to Lay Off Up to 80 Lawyers in the City
Legal Week
Jan. 8, 2009
With '01 in Mind, Law Firms Alter Layoff Strategy
The National Law Journal
Oct. 29, 2008
The Recorder
Oct. 2, 2009
Partners In, Associates Out at Cooley Godward
Above The Law
Sept. 2, 2009
Cooley's Layoffs Were Worse Than We Thought
Above The Law
Jan. 21, 2009
Cooley Axes 52 Lawyers, 62 Staff
The Recorder
Jan. 22, 2009
Covington & Burling Staff Attorneys: An Endangered Species?
Above The Law
May 28, 2009
Stealth Layoff Watch: Laid Off Cravath Associates Will Not Be Ignored
Above The Law
June 16, 2009
Stealth Crowell & Moring Asks Staff To Voluntarily Lay Themselves Off
Above The Law
Oct. 5, 2009
Second Round of Layoffs at Day Pitney
Above the Law
May 12, 2009
Day (Pitney) of Reckoning: 66 Staff Fired
Above the Law
Feb. 19, 2009
After Brief Respite, More Layoffs at Dechert
Legal Intelligencer
July 24, 2009
Dechert Cuts 125 Positions Worldwide
Legal Intelligencer
March 26, 2009
In Latest Round of Cuts, Dechert Lays Off Staff Attorneys
The Legal Intelligencer
Feb. 26, 2009
Dechert Lets Go 10 Staff Attorneys
Above the Law
Feb. 25, 2009
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, Shearman Lay Off About 160 Support Staff
The National Law Journal
March 4, 2009
Dewey & LeBoeuf Starts Making Cuts
Above the Law
Feb. 27, 2009
Dewey & Leboeuf Parts Ways with L.A. Associates
Above the Law
Jan. 13,
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
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Dickstein Shapiro
Above the Law
Jan. 8, 2009
Second Round of Job Cuts at DLA Piper
The National Law Journal
July 8, 2009
DLA Piper Lays Off 20 Lawyers, 34 Staffers in Asia
The Am Law Daily
March 3, 2009
DLA Cuts Provoke Anger With Sick Day 'Grading'
The National Law Journal
Feb. 27, 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,
DLA Review Sees Five Lawyers Redundant
The Lawyer
Aug. 4, 2008
Dorsey & Whitney Shows 55 Employees the Door
Above the Law
June 2, 2009
Law Firms Eliminating Staff Members
Philadelphia Business Journal
Dec. 16, 2008
Duane Morris Lays Off Additional Staff
The Legal Intelligencer
Aug. 22, 2008
Dykema Cuts, Miller Canfield Cuts Again
Crain's Detroit Business
June 22, 2009
Faegre & Benson Proves We're Epstein Becker Adds 53 to the Body Count
Above the Law
Feb. 12, 2009
Eversheds Announces Third Round of Redundancies
Legal Week
April 16, 2009
Faegre & Benson Lays Off 67 Staff
Above the Law
Feb. 20, 2009
Faegre & Benson Proves We're Talking About Layoffs All Across the Nation
Above the Law
Feb. 12, 2009
Fenwick Changes Tune, Axes Lawyers
The Recorder
May 6, 2009
Fenwick Cuts 36 Staff, Freezes Associate Salaries
Silicon Valley Business Journal
Jan. 30,
Fenwick Cuts Staff Positions
The Recorder
Jan. 30, 2009
Fish & Richardson Layoffs Create More IP Angst
Am Law Daily
May 15, 2009
Fish & Richardson Throws Associates/Staff Back
Above the Law
May 13, 2009
Fish & Richardson Officially Announces Cuts
Above the Law
Jan. 30,
Fish & Richardson Discloses Layoffs of Lawyers, Technology Staff
The National Law Journal
Feb. 2, 2009
I'm Shipping Up To Boston
Above the Law
Jan. 14, 2009
Foley & Lardner Lays Off 39
Above the Law
Oct. 9, 2009
FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BENSEN & LOEWY
The Am Law Daily
Nov. 21, 2008
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
Legal Week
Sept. 22, 2008
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON
The Am Law Daily
March 30, 2009
Fried Frank Trimming 'Less Than 10 Percent' of Firm's Staff
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Aug. 20, 2008
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Fulbright & Jaworski
Above the Law
July 23, 2009
Everything's Louder in Texas, Except the Layoffs
The American Lawyer
March 23, 2009
More From Texas
Above the Law
March 12, 2009
Goodwin Procter Announces Layoffs
Above the Law
Feb. 12, 2009
Big Wave of Layoffs Hits Heller
The Recorder
Oct. 17, 2008
Mass Layoffs at Heller
The Recorder
Oct. 13, 2008
Herbert Smith to Freeze Pay and Cut Up to 84 Jobs
Legal Week
April 20, 2009
Hogan & Hartson Lets Go of 30 Senior Associates
Above the Law
July 10, 2009
93 Staffers Out at Hogan & Hartson
The Am Law Daily
April 2, 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 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
Howrey's Looming Partner "Layoffs"
Am Law Daily
March 11, 2010
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Howrey Lets Ten People Go for 'Performance'
Above the Law
Dec. 10, 2008
Hunton & Williams Cuts 23 Attorneys, 64 Staff Members
The Am Law Daily
May 14, 2009
Hunton & Williams to Redeploy Charlotte Associates
The American Lawyer
May 16, 2008
Husch Blackwell Lays Off 10 Lawyers
Above the Law
July 16, 2009
Jenner & Block Thins Support Staff
The National Law Journal
March 20, 2009
Jenner & Block Shows 10 Partners the Door
The National Law Journal
Oct. 21, 2008
K&L Gates, Morgan Lewis Slash Attorney and Staff Positions
The Legal Intelligencer
March 11, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: K&L Gates Reduces by 36 Associates
Above The Law
March 9, 2009
Layoffs at King & Spalding, K&L Gates
The Am Law Daily
March 9, 2009
K&L Gates, Morgan Lewis Slash Attorney and Staff Positions
The Legal Intelligencer
March 9, 2009
Katten Muchin Lays Off Attorneys and Staff
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 Trims Five Secretaries
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
May 22, 2008
Kilpatrick Stockton Lays Off 24 Lawyers
Daily Report
April 29, 2009
King & Spalding Lays Off 122 Firmwide, Including 37 Lawyers
Daily Report
March 9, 2009
Kirkland Closes Down 20 NY Associates
Above The Law
Sept. 2, 2009
Kirkland & Ellis Fires Non-Equity Partners
Above The Law
Jan. 7, 2009
Nationwide Layoff List: Kirkland & Ellis
Above The Law
Sept. 8, 2009
Kramer Levin Kuts 39 (18 Lawyers, 21 Staffers)
Above The Law
Feb. 19, 2009
Latham to Cut 190 Associates, 250 Staff
Above The Law
Feb. 27, 2009
Linklaters Set to Make Job Cuts in Stockholm
Legal Week
Feb. 6, 2009
Linklaters: Partners to Go and Firm Set for Job Cuts
Legal Week
Jan. 23, 2009
Linklaters to Cut Lawyers as Credit Crisis Slows Work
Bloomberg
Jan. 23, 2009
Layoffs at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Texas Lawyer
March 31, 2009
Loeb & Loeb Layoffs Round 2
Above The Law
January 12, 2009
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
Lovells to Cut Up to 94 Jobs in Staffing Review
Legal Week
Feb. 9, 2009
Lowenstein Sandler Cuts 53 and Rescinds 3L Offers
Above the Law
Feb. 26, 2009
Luce Forward Keeps it Short
Above the Law
Feb. 9, 2009
Luce Forward Lays Off 27
The Recorder
Feb. 6, 2009
Manatt Keeps the Bad Times Rolling
Above the Law
March 31, 2009
Collected News about Manatt Phelps
Above the Law
March 18, 2009
Mayer Brown Cuts 135 Lawyers, Staff Across U.S.
Legal Week
April 2, 2009
Mayer Brown Cuts 135 Lawyers, Staff Across U.S.
The Am Law Daily
April 2, 2009
Mayer Brown to Cut 55 Jobs and Freeze Salaries in London
Legal Week
March 20, 2009
Mayer Brown Lays Off 33 Lawyers
Legal Times
November 21, 2008
McDermott Hit with Layoff-Related Age Bias Suit
Am Law Daily
May 18, 2010
McDermott Lays Off 25 Lawyers, 47 Staff Members
Am Law Daily
June 4, 2009
McDermott Will & Emery Cuts 60
Above The Law
Feb. 3, 2009
McDermott lays off 60 attorneys, 89 staff
The National Law Journal
Feb. 4, 2009
McKee Nelson Redux, Or: The Proper Way to Do Layoffs
Above the Law
Feb. 24, 2009
McKee Nelson Lays Off Attorneys and Staff; Co-Founder Optimistic
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Nov. 3, 2008
McKee Nelson Lays Off 17 Associates
New York Law Journal
Nov. 4, 2008
Milbank Confirms Layoffs of 49 Associates, 40 Staff
Am Law Daily
May 5, 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
Dykema Cuts, Miller Canfield Cuts Again
Crain's Detroit Business
June 22, 2009
Moore & Van Allen Lays Off 20 Staff Members
Above the Law
Oct. 15, 2008
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Morgan & Finnegan
Above the Law
Aug. 21, 2008
K&L Gates, Morgan Lewis Slash Attorney and Staff Positions
The Legal Intelligencer
March 11, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Morgan Lewis Lays off 216
Above the Law
March 9, 2009
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to Cut 55 Lawyers, 161 Staff
Legal Times
March 9, 2009
K&L Gates, Morgan Lewis Slash Attorney and Staff Positions
The Legal Intelligencer
March 9, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Morrison & Foerster Suffers Significant Layoffs (53 Lawyers, 148 Staffers)
Above the Law
Jan. 28, 2009
200 Lose Jobs At Morrison & Foerster
The Recorder
Jan. 29, 2009
Nationwide (Stealth) Layoff Watch: Nixon Peabody
Above the Law
Oct. 9, 2009
Nixon Peabody Cuts 20 Attorneys and 36 Staffers
The National Law Journal
Feb. 11, 2009
Nixon Peabody Lays off 20 Attorneys, 36 Staff
Above the Law
Feb. 10, 2009
O'Melveny & Myers to Lay Off 90 Lawyers and 110 Staffers
The National Law Journal
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
The Am Law Daily
March 4, 2009
Orrick Lays Off 100 Associates, 200 Staff
The Am Law Daily
March 3, 2009
Orrick to Trim About 40 Lawyers, 35 Staff--“Unrelated to Performance”
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
Nov. 13, 2008
Orrick's Baxter: In This Economy, No Practice Area is So Robust it's Bursting at the Seams
The Am Law Daily
Nov. 13, 2008
Orrick Lays Off Associates, Staff
The Recorder
Nov. 13, 2008
Pain at Patton Boggs
Texas Lawyer
July 2, 2008
PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER
Above the Law
June 15, 2009
Day in Layoffs: Cuts at Chadbourne, Paul Hastings, and Venable
The Am Law Daily
March 10, 2009
Paul Hastings Denies Reports of Layoffs
The American Lawyer
May 12, 2008
Paul Hastings Atlanta Lays Off 15% of Its Associates
Above the Law
Feb. 3, 2009
Paul Weiss Staff Attorneys
Above the Law
Oct. 6, 2009
Perkins Coie Cuts 12 Associates, 26 Staffers
The National Law Journal
April 14, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Even Obama Can't Help Perkins Coie
Above The Law
April 14, 2009
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN
Legal Times
March 5, 2009
Pillsbury's 'Voluntary Departure Plan'
The Recorder
Feb. 24, 2009
Pillsbury Confirms Loudmouth's Layoff Gaffe
The Recorder
Feb. 19, 2009
After "Adjustments," Pillsbury Manages Level Year
The Recorder
Jan. 16, 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
Powell Goldstein Associates, Staff Feel the Pinch of Layoffs
Fulton County Daily Report
June 23, 2008
Proskauer Rose Lays Off 23 Attorneys
The National Law Journal
March 12, 2009
Proskauer Cuts 60 People
Above The Law
Dec. 4, 2008
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Quarles & Brady
Above The Law
Sept. 2, 2009
Despite Sizable Revenue Gains, Quinn Emanuel Cuts Staff
The National Law Journal
April 9, 2009
Quinn Cuts 'A Handful of People'
Above the Law
March 26, 2009
Reed Smith Carries Out Second Round of Layoffs
The National Law Journal
April 1, 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
Reed Smith Managing Partner On Layoffs: Capacity Didn't Meet Demand
The Am Law Daily
Dec. 3, 2008
Ropes & Gray Sends Dozens on Permanent Holiday
Above the Law
May 22, 2009
Ropes & Gray Cuts 106 Staff Positions; 10 Percent of Nonlawyer Staff
The National Law Journal
Jan. 30, 2009
Staff Layoff Watch: Ropes & Gray Lays Off 106 Employees
Above The Law
Jan. 29, 2009
Associates Out at Saul Ewing
The Am Law Daily
March 25, 2009
Seyfarth Shaw Cuts 50, Cuts Salaries, Cuts Back on Summer Program
Above the Law
May 1, 2009
Seyfarth Shaw Lays Off 30 Attorneys
Above the Law
Dec. 5, 2008
Seyfarth Bucks Trend, Publicly Announces Layoffs
Law.com
Dec. 12, 2008
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Seyfarth Shaw
Above the Law
July 10, 2008
Dewey, Shearman Lay Off About 160 Support Staff
The National Law Journal
March 4, 2009
Sheppard Mullin Attorney Layoffs Total 25 So Far This Year
The National Law Journal
Feb. 26, 2009
Sheppard Mullin Is Finishing Up Rolling Layoffs
Above the Law
Feb. 24, 2009
South Florida Law Firms Feel the Real Estate Slump
The National Law Journal
May 29, 2008
Sidley Austin Adds to This Week's Layoff Totals
The National Law Journal
March 16, 2009
Simmons Set to Cut Up to 69 Jobs in London
Legal Week
Feb. 18, 2009
'Black Monday' For Simpson Thacher Staff
Above the Law
June 16, 2009
Simpson Thacher Denies Layoffs Report
The American Lawyer
Aug. 12, 2008
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
Skadden Showing Staff Employees the Door
The Am Law Daily
March 30, 2009
Sonnenschein Makes More Cuts
Am Law Daily
Sept. 2, 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 Cuts 32 Lawyers, Slashes Associate Pay
The Am Law Daily
May 1, 2009
Squire Sanders Is Latest Firm to Trim Staff
The National Law Journal
Jan. 21, 2009
Squire Sanders Asks 30 Associates, Paralegals to 'Explore Opportunities Elsewhere'
The National Law Journal
November 21, 2008
Sutherland Trims Associate Ranks
Fulton County Daily Report
April 30, 2008
IP Boutique's Fall Is Fox Rothschild's Gain
The American Lawyer
Aug. 27, 2008
Taylor Wessing Becomes Latest Firm to Cut Jobs
Legal Week
Oct. 31, 2008
THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER
The Recorder
March 20, 2008
Thompson & Knight Lays Off 42 People
Above the Law
May 6, 2009
Troutman Sanders to Buy Out Staff, Lay Off Associates
Fulton County Daily Report
March 23, 2008
Vedder Price Lays Off Nine Associates
The National Law Journal
April 9, 2008
Day in Layoffs: Cuts at Chadbourne, Paul Hastings, and Venable
The Am Law Daily
March 10, 2009
Venable to Cut 16 Lawyers, 48 Staff
Legal Times
March 10, 2009
16 Attorneys Out at Venable
Above The Law
March 10, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: White & Case Round 2
Above The Law
May 29, 2009
Nationwide Layoff Watch: White & Case Round 2
Above The Law
March 9, 2009
White & Case Bleeds...and Bleeds
The Am Law Daily
March 9, 2009
White & Case Lays Off 70 Associates
The Am Law Daily
Nov. 11, 2008
White & Case Brings Layoffs into the Vault Top 20
Above The Law
Nov. 11, 2008
Divorce, Italian Style
The American Lawyer
Oct. 24, 2008
Getting the Message Across to WilmerHale Associates
Above the Law
June 2, 2009
Major Downsizing at Wilson Sonsini (45 Lawyers, 68 Staffers)
Above the Law
Jan. 26, 2009
Wilson Sonsini Lays Off 45 Associates, 68 Support Staff
National Law Journal
Jan. 27, 2009
Winstead to Lay Off 20 in Dallas Office
The Dallas Morning News
Feb. 14, 2008
Law Firms Eliminating Staff Members
Philadelphia Business Journal
Dec. 16, 2008
Nationwide Layoff List: Wolf Block Fires 15 Associates and Staff
Above the Law
Dec. 15, 2008
Law Firms Eliminating Staff Members
Above The Law
April 14, 2009
AKIN GUMP
