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Large Firms

Dec. 5, 2008

Reed Smith Trims 115 Staff Members Across Its Domestic Offices

The slew of nationwide law firm layoffs continued Tuesday, when 1,700-attorney Reed Smith let go of 115 support staff, constituting close to 4 percent of the firm's workforce.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The slew of nationwide law firm layoffs continued Tuesday, when 1,700-attorney Reed Smith let go of 115 support staff, constituting close to 4 percent of the firm's workforce.

Gregory B. Jordan, the firm's Pittsburgh-based global managing partner, sent out an all-hands memo with the news Tuesday morning. The firm declined to enumerate the reductions by office, but said employees across the...

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