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Anon at 4:32 am: If you must compare absolute numbers (which is really silly) instead of doing a relative comparison using percentages, why is it that A&O with 260 associates laid off (plus practice group and partner carnage), CC with 220 laid off (plus practice group and partner carnage), etc., etc., is so much better than W&C with 300 associates laid off and a 10 - 15% partner cull? Laying 300 associates off was bound to happen - W&C is a lower RPL x higher associates model. Go away and be a little productive - brush the chips off you shoulder and come back with a relative analysis in terms of number of lawyers laid off as a percentage of total lawyers. Take in to account new office, old offices, closed offices. Also, seriously dude, get off the 'OMG, A law firm, or B Law firm has lost x and y and z partners'. While adminttedly, its not nice to lose important partners, partners come and partners go and unless they come and go in offices and droves, law firms usually carry on just fine.

7-Apr-2009

1:38 pm