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associate compensation

Irell & Manella Doubles Market Rate on Bonuses

Los Angeles based Irell & Manella gave its associates the good news last week. The firm is paying double the…

Dechert Pays Bonuses, Cuts (a few) Salaries

Dechert is paying year end bonuses that should, by now, look familiar to those following the industry. Like many of…

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Arnold & Porter

At the start of 2009 Arnold & Porter announced that it was freezing salaries but held out the hope that…

Mayer Brown Bonuses Match Cravath

Mayer Brownassociates got the news on Christmas Eve - the firm is matching the Cravath bonus scale. $7500 for first…

Weil Gotshal Bonuses

Weil Gotshal is paying most of its associates on the Sullivan & Cromwell scale - $7500 for the first years…

Wachtel Lipton Bonuses

Wachtel Lipton pays bonuses as a percentage of base salary, with some variance in percentage based on year. Two years…

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Hogan & Hartson

First a little background: Hogan & Hartson pays associates on a two tier system, where associates can choose to receive…

Partial Salary Thaw at Fulbright

2009 salaries and bonuses at Fulbright have been frozen at the 2008 level. According to tipsters in the Washington DC…

Kelley Drye Trifecta – Abandon Lockstep, Freeze Salaries, Pay Bonuses

In a firm wide email sent out yesterday, Kelley Drye managed to fold what would typically be three different stories…

Stroock Pays Bonuses, Lifts Salary Freeze

Stroock is handing out bonuses this year, and like so many before them, they're paying on the Cravath schedule. That…

Seyfarth Shaw Abandons Lockstep

Like many firms before it, Seyfarth Shaw is abandoning lockstep starting in 2011. Details haven't been released, not even to…

Sonnenschein Abandons Lockstep and Cuts Staff

There are two unconnected stories coming out of Sonnenschein today. The first is that the firm has made staff cuts…