I thought she was an associate, hoping for a promotion to Senior Associate. That made sense to me. Because being a partner would obviously be a bigger deal. Also, there are other partners, right? Wouldn't they need to be informed of the financial situation?
I can't really believe that more people aren't aware of it. Even if they didn't tell people, most lawyers should be smart enough to figure out what is going on like Todd did. Isn't Margaret telling people they are being let go for financial reasons?
I would think a firm of this size would have at least one accountant or finance person. Doesn't seem like it though.