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Law Practice

May 23, 2000

Mo Manager

Update: When Keith Wetmore When Keith Wetmore first took on the task of managing the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster in 1991, he thought he'd simply be "the toilet paper and light bulbs man." He didn't know he would be responsible for recession-time layoffs. But soon he personally had to fire more than 30 employees in one day. Wetmore says he hasn't done his job the same way since.

By Elizabeth Freudenthal
        
         When Keith Wetmore first took on the task of managing the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster in 1991, he thought he'd simply be "the toilet paper and light bulbs man." He didn't know he would be responsible for recession-time layoffs. But soon he personally had to fire more than 30 employees in one day. Wetmore says he hasn't...

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