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I’m struggling with the moral end of it. We probably won’t reduce marketing and billers, but rather those administrative personnel that work with the lawyers that are not revenue producing.
— an Am Law 100 law firm leader, speaking anonymously about the fact that their firm is “overstaffed,” specifically in terms of legal secretaries and legal administrative assistants, and suggesting that there may be more layoffs to come.
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