Texas Litigation Boutique Lassos Big Raises For Associates
Everything's bigger in Texas, including associate salaries!
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including associate salaries! It’s not just Biglaw firms that are saddling up and getting ready for the raise rodeo — boutique law firms are doing it too. This time around, Dallas-based civil litigation boutique Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst has decided to ante up for its associates now that a new market salary has been set in the Lone Star State.
Those who work at Lynn Pinker are known for always playing to win, and there’s perhaps no better win than being a boutique firm that’s willing to pay associates a full Cravath match up and down the line, in the face of other Biglaw firms that are compressing salaries at the top of the scale. The small firm may only have 33 lawyers — 15 of whom are associates — but it’s clear that partners truly care about them.
For example, take this excerpt from the Lynn Pinker compensation memorandum:
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We are very proud of the firm we have built and appreciate the contribution that you make to the success of the firm.
You are a valuable and important part of the firm and we are committed to paying fair compensation, providing outstanding opportunities to learn, and helping to develop your career.
Congrats to all Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst associates! It sounds like you’ve earned this!
Remember, we are covering this trend extensively, so please drop us a line — text (646-820-8477) or email (subject line: “[Firm Name] Matches Cravath”) — when you know of another firm making a compensation move. Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don’t want to forward the original PDF or Word file. All sources are kept strictly confidential.
(Flip to the next page to see the Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst compensation memo in full.)
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