Comments on: Staff Layoff Watch: Dewey Cuts 30 Administrative Staff

By: guest

guest — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:18 +0000

33 – ORRICK DID NOT DODGE ANY BULLET. They just shot the gun earlier in the year. They did their share of staff lay offs. I am still reeling from the fact that I was “fired” after dedicating 25 years in helping to build that firm what it is today.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:05 +0000

The dewey folks are funny. Part of the merger terms was that LLGM would pay for Dewey’s unfunded partner pension plan. This unfunded pension plan was 8 figures. Without LLGM’s great investment, Dewey would have easily folded last year. Mort is a genius – he pulled off the best M&A deal in the history of Dewey.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:45 +0000

I’m a former Dewey Secretary and i’m pretty happy they let me go! It’s been a year and the year off has been lovely. So happy I don’t have to go into a work place stressing everyday over if they are going to let me go. Plus when they merged with LeBoeuf the place became real stale! It truly sucked!!! Dewey Ballantine was the place to work. It was so carefree. Now it’s like a detention center!

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:09:55 +0000

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:39:09 +0000

I hear some partners are being fired too.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:34:27 +0000

“We former Dewey people are dropping like flies…. I hope [former Dewey Ballantine co-chair] Mort Pierce is happy with the merger, which was more like a takeover!”
Obviously Mort is happy. I ‘m sure he is well taken care of in this merger. It’s everyone else from Dewey that’s screwed.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:07 +0000

Orrick dodged the Dewey bullet.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:49 +0000

MWE

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:06:03 +0000

19 and 23: can’t get a secretary to help them, can’t get a date, what’s a 2nd/3rd yr. loser to do?

By: guest

guest — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:53:24 +0000

Watch out for the associate lay-offs very soon. The next two days will be nerve-wracking.