The downturn in the legal sector — like everywhere else — is certainly not news however a recent story in the Miami Herald also caught the attention of the ABA Journal.
On Monday, the Herald ran an article, Lawyers Forced to Adapt to Economic Climate, discussing how firms such as Holland & Knight, Akerman Senterfitt, Hunton & Williams, Adorno & Yoss, Becker & Poliakoff and others have handled the downturn — including layoffs, temporary salary cuts and even hiring contract lawyers at $30 per hour (“a growing practice in the industry…”). Probably not the best “advertising” of the quality of your legal services to have that quote in the newspaper.
The ABA Journal picked up the thread in Times So Tough, Lawyer Had to Layoff His Own Wife…