Law Firm Layoff Tracker (as of June 2023)

 

Firm	# Laid Off	Location	Type	Date	Severance	Healthcare
Orrick [Confirmed]	40 lawyers (Class of 2023 deferred to Jan. 16, 2024)	Firmwide	Open	06/13/23	Yes	Yes
Dechert	55 lawyers	Firmwide	Open	05/09/23	Yes	Unknown
Cravath	Unknown	London	Open	05/05/23	Unknown	Unknown
Cadwalader	15	Firmwide	Stealth	04/18/23	Unknown	Unknown
Ropes [Unconfirmed]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	04/05/23	Unknown	Unknown
Gunderson (Memo)	10% of entire firm	Firmwide	Open	04/04/23	Unknown	Unknown
Kirkland & Ellis	Unknown	CA, TX, IL, UT	Stealth	04/03/23	Four months	Four months
Shearman & Sterling	12	New York	Open	02/08/23	Unknown	Unknown
Strook	9	Unknown	Open	01/90/23	Unknown	Unknown
Goodwin	Unknown	Unknown	Open	1/4/2023	Unknown	Unknown
Cooley	78	Firmwide	Open	11/30/2022	Unknown	Unknown
Gunderson Dettmer	30	SF and NY	Stealth	11/11/2022	Unknown	Unknown
Cooley	Unknown	SF and NYC	Stealth	11/8/2022	Unknown	Unknown
Kirkland	20+	TX, LA and SLC	Stealth	11/2/2022	Several months	Unknown
Bryan Cave	50	Firmwide	Stealth	10/9/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Sheppard Mullin	Unknown	Firmwide	Stealth	10/7/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Seyfarth	Unknown	Firmwide	Stealth	9/18/2020	2 months	Unknown
Winston & Strawn	26-50	Firmwide	Stealth	9/14/2020	3 months	Unknown
Baker McKenzie	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	9/2/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Snell and Wilmer	Unknown	OC and LA	Stealth	8/10/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Miller Canfield	44936	Firmwide	Stealth	7/10/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Hughes Hubbard & Reed	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	7/7/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Fox Rothschild	44936	Firmwide	Stealth	7/4/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Katten Muchin	Unknown	Firmwide	Stealth	6/30/2020	2 months	Unknown
Reed Smith	45255	London	Open	6/1/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Dorsey & Whitney	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	5/20/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Goodwin	45255	Firmwide	Stealth	5/15/2020	3 months	4.5 months
Nixon Peabody	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	5/6/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Vedder Price	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	5/5/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Saul Ewing	45255	Firmwide	Open	4/30/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Akerman	26-50	Firmwide	Open	4/24/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Husch Blackwell	Unknown	Firmwide	Stealth	4/23/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Dinsmore	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	4/23/2020	Unknown	Unknown
McDermott Will & Emery	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	4/22/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	4/21/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Norton Rose	Unknown	Firmwide	Stealth	4/16/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Ogletree	Unknown	Texas	Stealth	4/15/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Greenspoon Marder	44936	Firmwide	Open	4/15/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Goldberg Segalla	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	4/9/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Womble Bond Dickinson	Unknown	Firmwide	Open	3/30/2020	Unknown	Unknown
Cahill Gordon	Unknown	Firmwide	Stealth	1/18/2019	6 months	Unknown

 

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