Firm | Measures Taken | Who is Affected |
Robinson Brog | Layoffs | Staff (unclear how many employees impacted) |
Goldberg Segalla | Layoffs | Staff (“large numbers” impacted) |
Belkin Burden Goldman | Layoffs Salary Cuts | Staff (about 2/3 of staff members laid off) Lawyers/Staff (salaries reportedly halved) |
Womble Bond Dickinson | Layoffs Furloughs Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (10% pay reduction for anyone making over $100K; lower percentage reductions in the $50-100K range and sub-$50K range) |
Reed Smith | Salary Cuts | Lawyers (partners slowing down cash distributions) |
Marshall Dennehey | Benefit Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (suspending 4% employer 401(k) match until 2021) |
Cadwalader | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (partners to forego distributions during “peak months”; 25% pay cuts for associates; 25% pay cuts for admin staff making more than $100K; 10% pay cuts for admin staff making less than $100K) |
Rivkin Radler | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (partners did not receive compensation in March; 20% pay cuts for associates and staff) |
Pryor Cashman | Furloughs | Lawyers (applies to “associates whose workflow has been interrupted by the COVID-19 crisis”) |
Baker Donelson | Furloughs Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (partner draws and salary reduced; pay cuts across entire firm; some employees to be furloughed) |
Allen & Overy (UK offices) | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (partners holding capital call and reducing profit distributions; associates and staff salaries frozen) |
Cullen & Dykman | Furloughs Layoffs Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (at least 30 people laid off or furloughed; up to 20% pay cuts for associates and staff) |
Fross Zelnick | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (partners taking reduced draws; 15% pay cuts for associates and staff) |
Curtis | Salary Cuts | Lawyers (25% pay cuts for associates) |
Arent Fox | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (equity partner distributions reduced by 60% in March; 30% pay cuts for nonequity partnersl 30% pay cuts for counsel; 25% pay cuts for associates; 25% pay cuts for staff) |
Loeb & Loeb | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (monthly draws reduced by 20% for capital partners; 15% pay cuts for income partners, senior counsel, of counsel, associates, senior staff; 10% pay cuts for paralegals and all other staff) |
Blank Rome | Furloughs, Salary Cuts | Staff (firm has “furloughed a small number of support staff”; “no attorneys have been furloughed” at this time), temporary 15% compensation reduction for all employees |
Clark Hill | Furloughs Salary Cuts Benefit Cuts | Laywers/Staff (salary cut for attorneys and staff; freeze on discretionary spending; revision of certain benefits (401k matching is suspended); furloughs of some employees) |
Downey Brand | Salary Cuts | Laywers/Staff (20% salary cut for all employees for a four-month period ending July 31; equity partners have taken a hit as well) |
Venable | Salary Cuts Furloughs | a sliding scale of pay cuts across the firm effective April 4, 2020--those making over $190,000 will see a 20% decrease, and furloughed some staff members until May 29, 2020.
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Nixon Peabody | Furloughs, Salary Cuts | 25% of staff members effective April 6, 2020, cutting 10% of non-partner attorneys; Associates: 10% cut |
Bremer Whyte | Layoffs, Furloughs, Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (about 15% of lawyers were either furloughed or laid off; about 20 percent of staff were furloughed; equity partners foregoing pay) |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Hours reduction, salary cuts | Asked staff earning more than £45,000 to go to a four-day week and take a 20% pay cut at times when they are less busy. Those on lower salaries will be asked to take a pay cut of between 5% and 20% for the same reduction in hours. |
Sullivan & Worcester | Furloughs, Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (employees who can’t do jobs remotely were furloughed for 90 days with full benefits; 5% salary cut for all employees who make more than $66K; nonequity partners’ draws reduced by 10%; equity partners’ draws reduced by 20%) |
Brown Rudnick | Furloughs, Salary Cuts | Lawyers (stealth associate furloughs; 7.5% annualized associate pay cut (aka 25% for several months); delay on payment of 2019 bonuses) |
Winston & Strawn | Salary Cuts | Lawyers (partners reducing distributions by 50% for next 3 months) |
Bryan Cave | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (15% pay cut for all employees making over $40K; 6-week to 6-month sabbaticals encouraged, where employees would receive 30% of normal salary) |
Lowenstein Sandler | Salary Cuts | Lawyers (equity partners “substantially” reducing distributions) |
Orrick | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (career associates: 5% pay cut; associates: 10% pay cut; managing/senior associates and most of counsel: 15% pay cut; partners, of counsel, executive staff: “deeper” cuts; more junior staff: 1% pay cut; more senior staff: up to a 15% pay cut; some staff will be asked to work reduced/four-day schedules) |
Ice Miller | Salary Cuts Furloughs | Lawyers/Staff (35 staff members furloughed; temporarily adjusting salaries firmwide for anyone who makes more than $50K; partners reducing compensation) |
Shook Hardy & Bacon | Salary Cuts, Furloughs | Equity partners are seeing the biggest cut — 90% of the upcoming draw (scheduled for this week) will be cut, and thereafter their monthly draws will be cut by 75%. Income partners will have their April salary cut by ~50% and future payment will be reassessed. Associates will take a 25% hit, and professional staff will see a 20% decrease in compensation |
Dentons | Bonus Delays, Salary Cuts | Lawyers (2019 bonuses were due to be paid in full in April 2020; firm will pay 50% on schedule and delaying the second half until the second half of 2020); Partners: at least 20% cut on draws; employees earning over $60k: up to 20% cut (over $190k) |
Day Pitney | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (15% pay cut for all attorneys and some staff; temporary reduction to 60% of normal working hours and pay for other staff; significant reductions to partner draws and suspension of scheduled April supplemental distribution) |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (5% salary cut for associates; unknown cuts for staff; partners are taking an undisclosed but reduced share) |
Fisher Phillips | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (20% pay cut for associates and salaried staff; 20% cut to hours for hourly staff; hourly staff who are unable to work remotely have been furloughed; undisclosed pay cut for partners) |
Hodgson Russ | Salary Cuts, Furloughs, Benefits Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (partner draws reduced by more than 30%; 15% pay cut for all attorneys; 15% pay cut for all executives/director positions; 15% pay cut for all other employees; some employees will be furloughed; all 401(k) matching indefinitely suspended) |
Goodwin Procter | Layoffs | Staff (about 50 staff members were laid off with healthcare benefits through September 30, 2020) |
Baker McKenzie | Salary Cuts | all attorneys and business professionals making over $100,000 will see a 15% cut in salary; annual raises, usually scheduled for July 1 at the firm, will not happen |
Mintz Levin | Salary Cuts | Lawyers/Staff (associates: 10% base pay cut, no discretionary bonus; base pay freeze, discretionary bonus pool will be reduced by 50%) |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | Salary Cuts, Furloughs | Lawyers/Staff (5% pay cuts for associates and all non-partner salaried employees; staff who can’t work remotely have been furloughed) |
Smith Gambrell & Russell | Salary Cuts | 10% Salary cut for associates |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | Furloughs, Salary Cuts | furloughing 50 staff members; associates, special counsel and staff attorneys: 12% pay cut through the end of the calendar year |
Duane Morris | Salary Cuts | 15% Salary cuts for associates |
Ballard Spahr | Salary Cuts | Non-partner employees who make between $75,000 and $250,000: 10% pay cut. Non-partner employees who make more than $250,000:15% pay cut. Partners cut their draws by 25%. No annual pay raise in July |
Kelley Drye | Salary Cuts | Partner's draw: 20% cut. Across-the-board, prospective salary reduction of 10% for all other lawyers and employees earning over $100,000/yr |
Greenspoon Marder | Salary Cuts, Layoffs | Firm wide pay cuts; 40 staff members and 5 attorneys were let go |
Crowell & Moring | Salary Cuts | Equity partners: 25% cut; income partners: 20%; associates and counsel: 15% cut; and staff making over $100,000: 5-20% |
Husch Blackwell | Salary Cuts, Layoffs; Furloughs | Equity partner draws: 15% cut; and managing directors and C-level executives:10%; Layoffs and furlough for both the attorney and staff ranks (up to 10% of the total headcount) |
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart | Salary Cuts, Unpaid Leaves; Canceled Summer Associate Program | equity partners (by 20 percent), associates (by 15 percent), and highly compensated staff (by 10 percent) for the remainder of 2020; Working hours reduced to 2 days/week |
Hinshaw & Culbertson | Salary Cuts; Delaying Promotions and Raises | 15% Cut across the firm for all employees making more than $55,000 |
Schiff Hardin | Salary Cuts; Layoffs | Attorney: 15-50% cut |
Sandy Thomas | Salary Cuts | Associates: 15% pay cut; counsels: 10% pay cut |
K&L Gates | Salary Cuts | Equity partners: 20% cut; Associates and other employees (with salaries over $75k): 15% cut |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Salary Cuts | 15% cut for all salaried employees making over $50k |
Fragomen | Salary Cuts | Only for partners and Senior Associates, C-suite corporate leaders; no bonuses or pay raises |
Stoel Rives | Hours Reduction; Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Partners: 20% cut; 20% pay reduction for associates, staff attorneys, and of counsel attorneys; Furloughed 10% of the staffs |
Snell & Wilmer | Salary Cuts, Furloughs | Partners: 10% cut; the base salaries of non-partner attorneys are reduced by 10% |
Foley Hoag | Salary Cuts | 15% pay cut for associates and business professionals making $190,000+, a 7.5% cut for staff making $150,000-190,000 |
Seyfarth Shaw | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Partners: 20% cut; Associates: 10% cut; furloughed 180 staff and 50 attorneys |
Quarles & Brady | Salary Cuts, Furloughs | Partners: 15-30% cuts; Associates: 10% cuts; Staffs: 5-10% cuts; 30 staffs furloughed |
Fox Rothschild | Salary Cuts | Associates and Partners: 10-15% cuts |
Clyder & Co. | Furloughs | Staffs in UK are furloughed |
Ashurst | Delayed 2019 bonuses; Salary Cuts | Partners: 20% cut; Associates: unspecified cut |
DLA Piper | Salary Cuts; Delayed Bonuses | Partners: monthly draw reduced and quarterly distributions delayed; no pay raises for at least 6 months; year-end bonuses uncertain |
Taft Stettinius & Hollister | Layoffs | Associates: cut 1.4% firm wide, staff headcount: cut 3.5% firm wide. |
Clifford Chance | Salary Cuts; Delayed Salary Raises | Deferred its global partner distributions; Freezes salary reviews |
Scahill Law Group | Furloughs | 50 people were furloughed |
McDermott Will & Emery | Layoffs (unconfirmed) | Both attorneys and staffs were laid off; even the whole department was cut (rumors) |
Dinsmore | Layoffs; Furloughs | laid off and furloughed attorneys and staff |
Nelson Mullins | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | associates will have a temporary 9% salary reduction per annum (ie ~13.5% gross reduction per remaining paycheck) starting with May 15 paycheck and going through December; staffs were furloughed |
Akerman | Salary Cuts; Layoffs | equity partners: 35% cut to their draws; nonequity partners, of counsel making over $150,000: 25% cut; associates: 15% cut |
Baker Botts | Salary Cuts; Incoming Class Delayed | Associates: 20% cut; Class 2020 will start in January 2021 |
Shearman & Sterling | Voluntary Leave | Asked volunteers to take a minimum of three months and a maximum of six months sabbatical at 30% of their current salary |
Davis Wright | Salary Cuts | Partners: 15-25% cuts; associates: 12% cut; C-level executive: 15% cut |
Manatt | Salary Cuts | Associates: 20% cut |
Littler | Salary Cuts | Partners:20% cut; C-level executive making >%300k: 15% cut; tiered cuts on everyone else: between $200-$300K: 13%; between $100-$200K: 11%; etc. |
Saul Ewing and Arnstein & Lehr | Furloughs; Layoffs; Salary Cuts | Layoffs/furloughs of associates and staff; about 25 non-partner attorneys out of work; Salary cuts (unclear) |
Katten Muchin | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Salaries for both attorneys and business professionals at the firm will be cut by up to 20% for those who make over $100,000 |
Squire Patton Boggs | Salary Cuts | Associates: 20% Cut; Staffs: 10-20% |
Cozen O’Connor | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Partners: 10-20% income delayed to later this year; Staffs: 2.5% furloughed |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Salary Cuts | Partners: >25% cuts; associates: 20% cut; Staffs: up to 15% cuts |
Vedder Price | Layoffs, Salary Cuts | Partners: 20% cut; Associates: 4% were let go, but no pay cuts to the remaining associates |
Mayer Brown | Salary Cuts | Partners: suspended their distributions for the 1st half of 2020; all non-partner attorneys and staffs making over $200k/yr: 15% pay cut |
Hogan Lovells | Salary Cuts | Bonuses will be paid out monthly, not in lump sums; U.S. equity partners: monthly draws cut by 15-20%; Non-equity partners: 15% cut; associates and staffs making over $100k/yr: 10-15% cuts |
BakerHostetler | Salary Cuts | Associates: about 16% |
Locke Lord | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Partners: 15% cut; Associates: 10% cut; Staffs: 5% cut; Furloughed some staffs |
Munck Wilson | Salary Cuts | Partners: 20% reduction; non-partner attorneys: 10% cut; exempt nonattorney directors and managers: 5% |
Vedder Price | Layoffs | Laid off 4% of its attorneys and professional staff |
Holland & Knight | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Partners: 25% cut; Associates: 17.5% cut; Staffs: 10-15% cuts; some staffs furloughed |
Pepper Hamilton | Salary Cuts | Associates: 20% cut |
Eversheds Sutherland | Salary Cuts; Furloughs | Associates and staffs: on average 10% cuts, Staffs furloughed: about 40 |
Perkins Coie | Salary Cuts | Associates: 15% cut, staff making $200k: 15% cut, and staff making $125k-$200k: 10% cut |
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | Salary Cuts; Furloughs; layoffs | Firm wide: 15% cut; 15% of the employees are furloughed, 1.5% of employees were laid off |
Finnegan Henderson | Salary Cuts | all employees making $150k+: 20% cut, those making $100k-150k: a 15% cut, those making $75k-100k: 10% cut |
Dorsey & Whitney | Layoffs; Salary Cuts | Salary cuts are: 10-20% for income partners, 15-20% for of counsel, “generally” 15% for associates, 15-20% for management level staff making over $150k; an unspecified number of layoffs of both attorneys and staff |
Troutman Sanders | Salary Cuts | Equity partners: at least 30% pay cut, Non-equity partners: at least 25%; Associates: at least 20% |
Stroock, Stroock, and Lavan | Salary Cuts | monthly draws for equity partners: 20% cut; and monthly draws for contract partners: 15% cut; Associates: 15% cut; Staffs making $75,000+ : 15% cut |
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