The number of law firm personnel who filed for unemployment benefits last month statewide roughly doubled from March 2008, rising from 129 to 266, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. Of the 266 firm employees, 63 were lawyers and 203 were staff.

For the first quarter of this year, the number of firm lawyers and staff filing unemployment claims increased 73.4 percent from the first quarter of 2008.

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