US firm Cooley Godward Kronish has axed 52 lawyers and 62 staff, reports The Recorder.

The 725-lawyer firm has laid off associates, including some who had just started at the firm in the autumn, and three special counsel. The practice areas most affected by the layoffs are among those being hardest hit in the economic downturn – corporate, transactional and public securities.

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