The law firm layoff carnage continued on Thursday, with at least four firms handing out pink slips to attorneys and staffers. Sidley Austin made the biggest cut of the day, laying off 89 associates and staff attorneys, as well as about 140 staffers in its U.S. offices. The firm is expecting its work slowdown to continue for 12 to 18 months. Philadelphia-based Blank Rome confirmed that it cut 27 associate and 52 staff positions. Baker Botts in Houston and Gardere Wynne Sewell in Dallas also felt the layoff pain.
March 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The law firm layoff carnage continued on Thursday, with at least four firms handing out pink slips to attorneys and staffers.
Sidley Austin made the biggest cut of the day, laying off 89 associates and staff attorneys, as well as approximately 140 staffers in its U.S. offices, it confirmed on Thursday. Those cuts are in addition to “routine departures,” according to an internal firm memo that was leaked to legal blog Above the Law.
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