Immigration Law
Layoffs at Big Immigration Boutique; Fragomen Says Hiring to Be Curtailed
Posted Nov 21, 2008, 04:43 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A New York-based law firm that bills itself as the nation's biggest immigration law firm has reportedly laid off seven or eight associates in its U.S. offices, as well as an unspecified number of staff members.
The layoffs at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy were "in selective offices, it wasn't firmwide," chairman Austin Fragomen, Jr. tells the Am Law Daily. Layoffs at the financial institutions that provide his firm with a significant amount of work by hiring immigrants were the reason for the reductions in the law firm's ranks.
He also says that the 220-attorney firm probably will curtail future hiring until the economy improves. Should efforts to enact an immigration reform bill succeed, that… Continue reading...
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