Profits Per Partner At ALL Law Firms That Have Not Raised Salaries For Associates

Stop being so greedy, partners. It's time to spread the wealth!

onJuly 1, 2016 at 12:43 PMJuly 1, 2016 at 2:40 PM

greed greedy lawyer partner money profit profits per partner Today is July 1, and at the vast majority of the hundred-plus law firms that have raised associate salaries (105 firms, to be exact), those raises are effective today. For associates at affected firms, it’s a wonderful way to kick off a three-day weekend. What better way to commemorate the Fourth of July than to celebrate your firm’s newfound independence from the $160K salary scale? For the rest of America’s associates whose firms are still enslaved to the once-prevailing but now under-market salary scale, it’s going to be yet another depressing weekend of working hard for a pittance of what their peers at other firms are now earning.

To this day, there are still hundreds of top-ranked law firms that have either refused to budge on compensation or remained completely silent as to their plans. Today, we will show you exactly which firms have failed to make a move with regard to base salaries for associates. This new listing includes each firm’s most recent Am Law 100 or 200 ranking, most recent Vault ranking, and most recently reported profits per partner. After almost a month of other firms’ partners spreading the wealth among their associates, if you see that your firm is listed here, then perhaps it’s time to consider a lateral move.

Firm	Am Law 100/200 Rank ’16	Vault 100 Rank ’17	Am Law 200 PPP Rank ’16
Dentons	14 (as of ’15 ranking)	68	$680K (as of ’15 ranking)
Squire Patton	30	78	123: $850K
Wachtell	37	2	1: $6.6M
Perkins Coie	42	56	85: $1.10M
Holland & Knight	43	64	70: $1.25M
Foley & Lardner	49	72	81: $1.13M
McGuireWoods	52	81	89: $1.05M
Bryan Cave	56	71	129: $810K
Seyfarth	58	88	92: $1.02M
Hunton & Williams	62	82	101: $950K
Littler	63	96	195: $430K
Fragomen	65	N/A	39: $1.85M
Faegre Baker	68	N/A	130: $800K
Nixon Peabody	71	67	109: $910K
Duane Morris	72	95	112: $900K
Drinker Biddle	75	100	130: $800K
Jackson Lewis	76	N/A	158: $600K
Lewis Brisbois	77	N/A	121: $860K
Ogletree Deakins	80	N/A	149: $660K
Pepper Hamilton	82	92	91: $1.03M
Fox Rothschild	85	94	128: $820K
Barnes & Thornburg	91	N/A	117: $880K
Mintz Levin	92	91	87: $1.07M
Blank Rome	94	89	115: $890K
Cozen O’Connor	95	N/A	138: $750K
Ballard Spahr	96	N/A	158: $600K
Akerman	97	N/A	146: $680K
Dorsey	98	N/A	158: $600K
Baker Donelson	99	N/A	186: $490K
Manatt	101	N/A	65: $1.39M
Shook Hardy	102	N/A	136: $750K
Nelson Mullins	103	N/A	134: $770K
Davis Wright	104	N/A	151: $640K
Wilson Elser	105	N/A	195: $430K
Womble Carlyle	110	N/A	158: $600K
Buchanan Ingersoll	110	N/A	148: $670K
Husch Blackwell	112	N/A	155: $620K
Arent Fox	113	79	104: $940K
Gordon Rees	114	N/A	135: $760K
Schiff Hardin	115	N/A	96: $980K
Bradley Arant	116	N/A	143: $690K
Snell & Wilmer	118	N/A	127: $820K
Quarles & Brady	120	N/A	179: $510K
Stinson Leonard	121	N/A	156: $610K
Holland & Hart	123	N/A	189: $480K
Loeb & Loeb	125	N/A	64: $1.43M
Vedder Price	126	N/A	105: $930K
McCarter & English	128	N/A	147: $670K
Kelley Drye	129	N/A	119: $870K
Hinshaw	130	N/A	172: $530K
Dykema	130	N/A	181: $510K
Carlton Fields	132	N/A	126: $840K
Jackson Walker	133	N/A	109: $910K
Dinsmore	134	N/A	194: $440K
Kutak Rock	135	N/A	191: $450K
Knobbe Martens	136	N/A	176: $520K
Winstead	137	N/A	98: $980K
Frost Brown	138	N/A	184: $500K
Wiley Rein	139	N/A	83: $1.11M
Stoel Rives	139	N/A	163: $590K
Thompson Hine	141	N/A	152: $630K
Honigman	144	N/A	125: $840K
Thompson Coburn	146	N/A	172: $530K
Vorys	150	N/A	170: $530K
Dickinson Wright	151	N/A	178: $520K
Sedgwick	152	N/A	145: $690K
Moore & Van Allen	152	N/A	100: $970K
Robins Kaplan	154	N/A	78: $1.15M
Brownstein	156	N/A	112: $900K
LeClairRyan	157	N/A	199: $370K
Day Pitney	158	N/A	142: $700K
Ice Miller	159	N/A	156: $610K
Fisher & Phillips	160	N/A	172: $530K
Saul Ewing	161	N/A	153: $620K
Lathrop & Gage	162	N/A	166: $550K
Curtis	163	N/A	68: $1.35M
Allen Matkins	164	N/A	108: $910K
Gardere	165	N/A	122: $850K
GrayRobinson	166	N/A	190: $460K
Goulston & Storrs	166	N/A	132: $780K
Shutts & Bowen	168	N/A	139: $740K
Adams and Reese	169	N/A	186: $490K
BuckleySandler	170	N/A	18: $2.62M
Clark Hill	171	N/A	179: $510K
Burr	172	N/A	183: $500K
Lewis Roca	173	N/A	176: $520K
Porter Wright	174	N/A	165: $580K
Morris Manning	175	N/A	86: $1.07M
McElroy Deutsch	176	N/A	96: $980K
Shumaker	176	N/A	184: $500K
Williams Mullen	178	N/A	166: $550K
Herrick	179	N/A	112: $900K
Michael Best	180	N/A	170: $530K
Armstrong Teasdale	181	N/A	168: $540K
Phelps Dunbar	181	N/A	191: $450K
Miller Canfield	181	N/A	186: $490K
Robinson & Cole	184	N/A	181: $510K
Gibbons	185	N/A	132: $780K
Jeffer Mangels	186	N/A	50: $1.69M
Greenspoon Marder	187	N/A	168: $540K
Sullivan & Worcester	187	N/A	136: $750K
Hinckley Allen	189	N/A	141: $710K
Sherman & Howard	189	N/A	150: $650K
Fitzpatrick	191	N/A	143: $690K
Lane Powell	192	N/A	193: $440K
Strasburger	193	N/A	198: $380K
Smith Gambrell	194	N/A	153: $620K
Bond Schoeneck	195	N/A	200: $320K
Rutan & Tucker	196	N/A	163: $590K
Nossaman	197	N/A	172: $530K
Arnall Golden	198	N/A	123: $850K
Archer & Greiner	199	N/A	197: $420K
Sills Cummis	200	N/A	119: $870K

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