Law Practice Management
1st Layoffs Ever at Dunlap & Seeger; Minn. Firm Cuts 2 Lawyers, 3 Staff
Posted Mar 20, 2009 11:25 AM CST
By Martha Neil
A well-known Minnesota firm has joined the ever-lengthening list of law partnerships making layoffs because of the dismal economy.
Dunlap & Seeger has cut two attorneys and three staff members, due to a reduction in corporate work, reports the Post-Bulletin. The Rochester, Minn., firm now lists 24 lawyers on its Internet attorney roster.
"As far as I know, there has never been a time that there has been a reduction like this due to the economy," says partner Greg Griffiths.
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A reader
Mar 20, 2009 11:52 AM CST
Thank you Ms. Neil, and the ABA Journal, for reporting on a non-BigLaw firm. Though I am extremely sorry to hear the news, it is nice to have some representation of other types of firms at which many of your readers work.
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B. McLeod
Mar 21, 2009 7:51 PM CST
When layoffs have to be considered at small firms, where all the attorneys actually know one another and work in the same office, I think it is really a great deal more difficult than in the large firms.
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