Law Practice
Mar. 2, 2009
Latham Cuts Signal Industry's Dire Straits
The Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins, which laid off 190 associates and 250 staff members, is often viewed as an industry bellwether.
By Amanda Becker
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - The phones of Latham & Watkins associates started ringing before dawn on Friday as partners called to tell them whether they would be cut in the largest law firm layoff to date. The firm's managing partner, Robert Dell, sent a firm-wide email at 5 a.m. PST Friday announcing 190 associates and 250 paralegals and staff would be gone from the firm by the end of the day - and the phone call...
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - The phones of Latham & Watkins associates started ringing before dawn on Friday as partners called to tell them whether they would be cut in the largest law firm layoff to date. The firm's managing partner, Robert Dell, sent a firm-wide email at 5 a.m. PST Friday announcing 190 associates and 250 paralegals and staff would be gone from the firm by the end of the day - and the phone call...
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