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[McGlinchey Stafford is a] well-respected firm who hired really good people. [Following the wind-down announcement, they’re] scrambling for jobs. The employees, they still don’t know anything, they don’t even know when their last day is, from those who I’ve talked to.
— An anonymous source familiar with the New Orleans legal market, in comments given to the American Lawyer, concerning the fate of McGlinchey Stafford’s attorneys and staff members in the wake of the firm’s surprise wind-down announcement made earlier this week.
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