{"id":141277,"date":"2026-01-08T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/08\/lawyers-staff-left-scrambling-for-jobs-after-firm-announces-sudden-closure-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:14:10","slug":"lawyers-staff-left-scrambling-for-jobs-after-firm-announces-sudden-closure-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/08\/lawyers-staff-left-scrambling-for-jobs-after-firm-announces-sudden-closure-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers, Staff Left \u2018Scrambling For Jobs\u2019 After Firm Announces Sudden Closure Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[McGlinchey Stafford is a] well-respected firm who hired really good people. [Following the wind-down announcement, they\u2019re] scrambling for jobs. The employees, they still don\u2019t know anything, they don\u2019t even know when their last day is, from those who I\u2019ve talked to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> An anonymous source familiar with the New Orleans legal market, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning the fate of McGlinchey Stafford\u2019s attorneys and staff members in the wake of the firm\u2019s surprise wind-down announcement<\/a> made earlier this week. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Lawyers, Staff Left \u2018Scrambling For Jobs\u2019 After Firm Announces Sudden Closure Plans<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[McGlinchey Stafford is a] well-respected firm who hired really good people. [Following the wind-down announcement, they\u2019re] scrambling for jobs. The employees, they still don\u2019t know anything, they don\u2019t even know when their last day is, from those who I\u2019ve talked to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> An anonymous source familiar with the New Orleans legal market, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning the fate of McGlinchey Stafford\u2019s attorneys and staff members in the wake of the firm\u2019s surprise wind-down announcement<\/a> made earlier this week. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Lawyers, Staff Left \u2018Scrambling For Jobs\u2019 After Firm Announces Sudden Closure Plans<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [McGlinchey Stafford is a] well-respected firm who hired really good people. [Following the wind-down announcement, they\u2019re] scrambling for jobs. The employees, they still don\u2019t know anything, they don\u2019t even know when their last day is, from those who I\u2019ve talked to. \u2014 An anonymous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Staci-Zaretsky-zRQx4e.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}