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Akin Gump to Cut 65 Staff; ?No Planned Attorney Layoffs?

By Dan Slater

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akinAkin Gump is laying off 65 staff members, according to Sheila Turner, a firm spokeswoman. The cuts run across U.S. offices.

“There are no planned attorney layoffs,” said Turner. “But in these difficult times we of course expect to monitor the economy and staff the firm accordingly.”

In July, the firm announced a “substantial reshaping and enhancement of several practices,” and a “change” in the firm’s “geographical footprint.” That change involved withdrawing from Taipei and Silicon Valley and moving the lawyers in those offices to Alston & Bird, an Atlanta-based firm. Also, at that time, the firm announced that some of its lawyers in Austin would join Greenberg Traurig.

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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