TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 22, 2020

Three additional law firms with offices in Tennessee have announced changes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Law.com reports. Dickinson Wright, with an office in Nashville, says it is implementing a 3% reduction in its workforce, canceling its summer associate program (but providing job offers to all) and deferring the fall class of associates to January 2021. FordHarrison, with offices in Memphis and Nashville, has canceled its summer associate program. Greenberg Traurig, with an office in Nashville, has canceled its summer associate program and may delay its fall associate class, though it is leaving that decision to individual offices. For 2Ls, the firm is extending a job offer and a $10,000 advance against first-year salaries. For 1Ls who have a summer associate offers for 2021, it will provide a $5,000 advance on that salary. Finally, individual offices can bring summer associates on as hourly interns to make up for the missed “real world” experience of a summer program. Finally, Ogletree Deakins, which previously announced cuts in hours and salaries and cancellation of its summer associate program, now says it also will reduce pay for equity partners by 20%, associates by 15% and highly compensated staff by 10% for the rest of the year.