Recession Performance
Despite a deep recession which hurt law firms nationwide, the Boston Globe reported that Bingham performed very well financially. In 2009, Bingham's gross revenues increased 12% and profits per partner increased 2%. Chairman Jay Zimmerman was quoted as saying "We’ve had our best year ever."
However, despite an increase in revenues and a "best year ever," Bingham froze salaries, and in March 2009 laid off 16 attorneys and 29 support staff. A firm-wide memo explained that the layoffs were necessary to protecting the jobs of the more than 2000 remaining employees, a claim that appears at odds with Bingham's unusually strong performance that year.
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