In March, Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders said layoffs were likely. Now legal industry news sites have noticed that 28 names have mysteriously disappeared from the firm’s roster of attorneys on its web site.
The firm refuses to confirm a specific number of lawyers who have left the firm, and will not give circumstances behind why lawyers have left.
The firm offered a voluntary buyout package last month.
Troutman has pushed incoming associates to January 2010, and cut two weeks off its 2009 summer associate program.
The firm, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Orange County, Raleigh, Richmond, San Diego, Shanghai, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia Beach and Washington, DC.
