Heller employees size up ex-partners for new suit - San Francisco Business Times:

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The lawsuit, filed last week, names 13 including former ChairmanMatthew Larrabee, at San Francisco-based Heller Ehrman and seekzs to include about 120 others who were partners as of Augusgt 2008, about one month before the firm shut Most of Heller Ehrman’s former partnersw have moved on to other law Heller Ehrman had more than 860 employees workinfg in 13 offices acrossz the country when the firm folded last year, said Craig the lawyer representing the ex-staffers in the Most employees were laid off prioer to the firm’s bankruptcy filing last December and were not paid for accrued vacation time or other the suit contends.
The lawsuit said partnerss should be held responsible for violationsd of the Worker Adjustment and RetrainingNotificationn Act, a federal law that requirexs advance warning preceding mass layoffs. It also seekes to collect pay for accruedvacatioj time. There have been instances of law firm partners beingv on the hook for financial obligation atprevious firms. Among the most notable was the bankruptcyhof , a notable San Francisco law firm untilk its 2003 demise. Former Brobeck employeesw alleged afterthe firm’s implosion that they were not paid from retiremengt and pension plans and that they were owed moneyt under the WARN Act.
The trustee overseeintg Brobeck’s bankruptcy sued former Brobeck partners, claiming they were requiresd to repay the firm money they took whilr Brobeck was insolvent in 2001and 2002. The vast majoritg of partners acceptedthe trustee’es settlement, paying more than $23 million, equal to pennies on the dollar. Larrabeed did not respond to a requesttfor comment.