Laid-Off Lawyers May Have To Look Beyond Big Apple

By Denise Oliveira

Law360, New York (August 01, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- In a city that reportedly has over 90,000 practicing lawyers, what happens to young and mid-level associates who suddenly find themselves unemployed in New York? That is undoubtedly the question the 96 corporate attorneys laid off from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Wednesday – many of them in New York - are asking themselves.

They – and many others laid off in New York City in the last year - will eventually find jobs, but not necessarily in the city's other top law firms, legal recruiters...
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