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¦ From ADJUSTING on PAGE 15 tively for monies lost during the austerity period.
beginning of September, the firm said. Employ- In Littler’s case, austerity measures included a
ees whose original compensation was between 20% reduction in compensation for sharehold-
$75,001 and $100,000 will return to their prer- ers and a 15% reduction for all nonequity partners
eduction compensation in September, K&L Gates and staff making under $300,000. Littler, which did
said. not furlough or lay off any employees, said it is also
“working with” its current staff that cannot work
from home. The firm instituted a 50% reduction in
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Katten rolled back salary reductions for em- pay for those workers June 5, but kept them on the
ployees, both staff and attorneys, making over payroll. The firm would not comment further on
$100,000 per year from the 20% announced in what specifically is being done to address those em-
April to 10%, effective from Aug. 1. (The firm did ployees.
not enact any salary cuts to those making less
than that amount.) The firm said that some of its Loeb & Loeb
furloughed employees had returned to work but The firm had temporarily reduced partner draws
did not give specifics. by 20%, reduced pay for income partners, senior
counsel, of counsel, associates and senior staff by
15% and paralegals and other staff by 10%.
Kelley Drye & Warren
The 10% cuts to the firm’s associate, special coun- But, as of Sept. 1, the salary reductions were de-
sel and staff have been reduced to 5%. Partner creased by 60%, Loeb & Loeb chairman Kenneth
reductions have not been restored, the firm said. Florin wrote in an email to the firm. He also said
year-end bonuses would be awarded, “consistent
with the practice and criteria of prior years.” Reduc-
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
The firm restored salaries for staff and attorneys tions to capital partner draws would remain in place
effective Sept. 1. That reversed the 5% temporary cut at their current level.
to non-partner attorney and staff salaries that went
into effect April 16 and the 10% on average cut to Lowenstein Sandler
partner draws that took effect April 7. As reported July 22, the firm had doubled its usual
Secretaries, who are hourly, will return to full- cash reserves and was able to pay partners in May
time status, also effective Sept. 1, after their hours and June at a higher rate than its standard distribu-
were reduced by 20% as of April 20. Kilpatrick is tion, after pausing distributions in February, March
also considering on a case-by-case basis whether and April.
to return “a limited number of attorneys, other
timekeepers and professional staff ” who had their Mayer Brown
hours cut to full-time equivalent status, the firm Mayer Brown is restoring salaries that were cut
said in late August. earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, and “in line
with our usual practice” will pay bonuses that are
competitive in respective markets.The base sala-
Littler Mendelson
The firm announced on September 17 that it ries will be restored effective on September 21 and
would be reinstating full pay for all who are still ac- going forward. The firm also announced in a state-
tively working at the firm in the U.S., Mexico and ment that it would pay an additional discretionary
Canada. This includes shareholders, nonequity bonus to high-performing income partners, coun-
partners and staff. In a statement released by co- sel and associates to address the base salary
managing directors Tom Bender and Jeremy Roth, reduction.
the firm said it will “fully reverse” previous austerity Back in early May, the firm announced that it
measures as well as compensate employees retroac- would reduce salaries by 15% for nonequity lawyers

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