I'm with Randomassociate - Warboner's postings here and elsewhere (Vault) suggest some connection with the management at Shearman. I have no problem with that - GA is an open forum. Unfortunately, Warboner is doing as lousy a job defending the layoffs as management was instituting them.

As for Warboner's call to pillory other firms who do the same, I doubt if any of Shearman's rivals would have handled the situation with such incompetence and arrogance. Certainly not after this awful PR fallout.

Note to Shearman partners (we know you read this): why don't you get a real professional to handle your public relations? Do you endorse any of this? Do you realize that thousands of law students - your potential pool of star recruitees - are observing your moves (or lack thereof) with increasing skepticism? You are losing credibility by the day and soon this tragic mess will spill into the financial press ... which your clients read.