Fenwick & West, Layoffs

Nationwide Layoff Watch: Fenwick & West Lays Off 22 People

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Don’t look now, but this is actually shaping up as a pretty bad week for associates who want to hang onto their jobs. Seyfarth cut 50 people late Friday, Milbank let go of 89 yesterday, and we’ve been able to confirm stealth layoffs at Sullivan & Cromwell.
The latest news comes from Fenwick & West. Sources report that the firm has laid off 22 people: 15 associates and 7 staffers.
But a tipster reports that the layoffs might not be confined to the associate and staff ranks:

There have also been a bunch of “farewell” and “goodbye” emails over the last few weeks from “Of counsel” people in the corporate group. So it seems likely that “stealth” layoffs are also occurring among the higher paid, but non-partner, group as well.

We understand that there will be a firm wide meeting tomorrow to discuss the latest news at Fenwick. The firm did not respond to our request for immediate comment.
According to the most recent NALP numbers, the 15 associates let go today represent about 9% of the associates at the firm.
But for the staff, this is the second round of layoffs they’ve seen. In January, Fenwick fired 36 staffers.
Good luck to those let go today from Fenwick. For everybody that still has a job, stay tuned and let’s hope that firms aren’t trying to get a whole slew of cuts in before summer associates show up to the office.
Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of law firm layoffs

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