BigLaw firm lays off 5% of business professional staff

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BigLaw agency lays off 5% of enterprise skilled workers

By Debra Cassens Weiss

June 25, 2025, 3:26 pm CDT

Perkins Coie has laid off 5% of its enterprise skilled workers following a firmwide assessment that befell over the past 12 months.

The regulation agency confirmed the layoffs in an announcement, report Regulation.com, Above the Regulation and Law360.

The agency stated the layoffs “mirror the agency’s long-term strategic targets and incorporate greatest practices from throughout the business.” The choice “was knowledgeable by a firmwide assessment over the past 12 months and aligns with our dedication to shopper service and operational excellence,” the assertion stated.

Perkins Coie was one of many corporations focused by President Donald Trump in an government order that sought to droop safety clearances had by agency personnel and to finish purchasers’ authorities contracts for which the agency carried out work.

Perkins Coie sued, and a federal decide enjoined the punitive order in Might.

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