The downsizing action, first reported at the legal blog Above The Law, comes on the heels of another West Coast-based firm, intellectual property-focused Townsend and Townsend and Crew, announcing it laid off 16 lawyers and 45 staffers last week.

For Perkins, a 700-lawyer business law and litigation firm with 15 offices, the affected offices include the Seattle headquarters; Chicago; San Francisco, Menlo Park, Calif.; and Bellevue, Wash., according to Robert Giles, the firm’s managing partner.