Gunderson Associates Set to Start After Delay, Amid Layoffs (1)

As the legal industry wrestles with layoffs, Gunderson Dettmer has some good news for its incoming first-year associates: the job starts next week.

A crop of new associates who had their start dates delayed two-and-a-half months are set to begin at the Silicon Valley-based firm Jan. 17, according to a spokesperson for Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian. They’ll begin their careers as at least two other firms with deep tech roots—Cooley LLP and Goodwin Procter—recently trimmed headcounts.

The Gunderson lawyers were originally supposed to start on Oct. 31, 2022. Gunderson announced in September that it was pushing back ...