Ruden McClosky Lays Off 8 Associates
Dated: 03-Jul-2009
Florida’s Ruden McClosky, which laid off two lawyers and 18 staff in May, and cut associate and non-equity partner compensation in June, has laid off an additional eight lawyers. The layoffs affected associates at the firm’s litigation, corporate and land-use practices. Ruden’s gross revenue fell by 9%, to $85.3 million in fiscal 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Ruden McClosky [...]
Linklaters Profit Up to $2.13 Billion
Dated: 03-Jul-2009
Linklaters, which announced in April salary cuts for starting lawyers and reduced salary increases, is now the UK’s largest firm by revenue, reporting income of £1.3 billion ($2.13 billion). But profit per equity partner fell 9.6% to £1.3 million ($2.12 million). Europe and the Middle East produced 83% of Linklaters’ revenue; Asia produced 11%; and the Americas [...]
Law Firm Hirings & Firings
Dated: 03-Jul-2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Steven M. Goldman joins the New York office of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. He has resigned as New Jersey Commissioner of Banking & Insurance. He was previously a senior member and 22-year veteran of Sills Cummis & Gross. His JD is from the George Washington University [...]
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Harrison Barnes, Founder and CEO, JD2BRun Your Career Based on Facts and Statistics — Not Opinions
Harrison Barnes | Dated: 07-03-2009
One of the worst things you can possibly do is run your career based on the opinions of others. Other people are always going to have differing ideas about where you should work, how much you should work, what salary you should make–and various other subjects relating to your employment. Rather than making decisions based [...]
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