In a firmwide e-mail, Snow — who has famously pledged that the firm would not lay off associates on his watch — said that he and Managing Partner James Burns Jr. would be stepping down at the end of the year. Brobeck will announce a new chairman the first week of December.

Snow left for a 10-day vacation Wednesday and could not be reached for comment. Burns also was unavailable for comment.

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