Bloomberg Law
Sept. 1, 2020, 7:06 PM

Davis Wright Tremaine Walks Back Pay Cuts, Lays Off Some Staff

Meghan Tribe
Meghan Tribe
Reporter

Davis Wright Tremaine is walking back some of the austerity measures it took earlier this year, but also making some staff furloughs permanent layoffs as law firms face the new normal brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

Davis Wright will restore 50% of the salary reductions it implemented back in May, effective Tuesday, according to an emailed statement provided to Bloomberg Law from managing partner Jeff Gray.

“Due to our focus on serving clients, developing new work, and managing billing and collections, we expect to finish the year better than we had previously modeled,” Gray said.

The firm will ...

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