Associate Bonus Watch 2007
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Paralegals, Willkie Farr
Associate Support Staff Bonus Watch: Open Thread
We’re sorry we don’t have more associate bonus news to report. Unfortunately, we have to wait for it to happen; we can’t just make it up. So while we wait for more announcements — it’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so we’re hoping for some announcements in the afternoon — let’s talk about a related subject: […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Paralegals, Willkie Farr
Associate Support Staff Bonus Watch: Open Thread
We’re sorry we don’t have more associate bonus news to report. Unfortunately, we have to wait for it to happen; we can’t just make it up. So while we wait for more announcements — it’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so we’re hoping for some announcements in the afternoon — let’s talk about a related subject: […] - Sponsored
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: WilmerHale (New York)
Sorry, we don’t have any memo (and we don’t know if there will ever be one). But we can confirm for you that the New York office of WilmerHale announced bonuses yesterday. We’ve been informed that the bonuses are at market levels (year-end and special). The announcement was made yesterday at a live meeting. One […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007
Associate Bonus Watch: Midday Open Thread
As we mentioned earlier, we’re paying a visit today to Columbia Law School. We’re giving a talk and then going to lunch. So we’ll be out of pocket for a while; some content may be posted in our absence, but it won’t be bonus-related. Here’s an open thread for talk about bonuses. We’re getting close […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Bonuses, Money, Wall Street
Associate Bonus Watch: Wall Street
No, not law firm associates — associates at investment banks. In the absence of more law firm bonus news, let’s talk about your friends and classmates on Wall Street, who are still making way more money than you (assuming they haven’t been laid off; hey, bigger risk, bigger reward). From Bloomberg News: Shareholders in the […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Intellectual Property, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Fish & Richardson Screws Associates Announces New Compensation Plan(And Open Thread for Discussion of Bonuses at IP Shops)
People who practice intellectual property law tend to be really, really smart. This is a good thing, since you’d have to be a genius to understand the new associate pay plan just announced by Fish & Richardson. Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But we just couldn’t bother reading a document as long and complex as […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Schulte Roth
The rumors that we mentioned from this morning are true (as rumors so often are). The firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel has made its bonus announcement. Schulte will pay year-end and special bonuses, according to the now-familiar scale, to associates with 2000 or more “Target Hours.” It will pay additional bonuses to associates who […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Morning Open Thread (and Schulte Rumors)
Here’s an open thread for discussion of law firm bonus news (and rumor). Our last bonus post has scrolled off the front page of ATL, leaving it bereft of bonus coverage — which is unacceptable, given the many firms that have not yet announced. We’re hearing rumors of an announcement by Schulte Roth & Zabel. […] - Sponsored
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Proskauer Shares the Wealth With Boston and L.A.
The latest Biglaw bonus announcement to cross our desk is that of Proskauer Rose. The firm is paying year-end and special bonuses, according to the familiar scale, consistent with the firm’s “established merit and hours guidelines.” The non-New Yorkers among you will be pleased to see that the Proskauer bonuses are the same across the […] -
Allen & Overy, Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Magic Circle, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Allen & Overy Matches
Guess it’s “Magic Circle” night here at Associate Bonus Watch. Fresh on the heels of Freshfields, we’ve confirmed the Allen & Overy bonus announcement. Check out the memo, announcing year-end and special bonuses at market rates, after the jump. -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Magic Circle, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Freshfields Matches
From the London Times: Lawyer aims for KO A City solicitor who swapped the boardroom for the boxing ring is to make her professional debut. Laura Saperstein, 36, from Tottenham, North London, was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with Freshfields, earning £75,000 a year. Three years ago she left to train full-time and won the […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Reader Polls, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: A Reader Poll
Two major law firms with origins outside New York, Sidley Austin and Covington & Burling, have announced special bonuses for their NYC associates. What bonuses they will pay to their non-New York associates is not yet clear. But we’re guessing that, at the end of the day, the New York associates will take home considerably […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Covington & Burling (New York)
It’s good to be an associate at Covington & Burling these days. There’s the cleaned-up Wikipedia entry. There are, for New York associates, spiffy new offices in the Renzo Piano-designed New York Times building. One Covington associate describes the new digs as “spectacular,” with views of the Statue of Liberty, George Washington Bridge, and Empire […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Sidley Austin (New York only)
Sorry, we were out drinking (more than we should). That’s why we didn’t immediately post the bonus memo for Sidley Austin (New York). Now we’re back — and tipsy. Fortunately, posting a bonus memo is not like operating heavy machinery. The email announcing New York bonuses was forwarded to Sidley associates outside of New York, […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Morgan Lewis's Non-Announcement
Where have all the bonus announcements gone? Have firms stopped issuing them? Or have you stopped sending them to us? For information about the many ways you can submit bonus memos to us, see here. In the meantime, we bring you another bonus non-announcement, similar to those previously issued by Kirkland & Ellis and McDermott […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Kramer Levin, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Kramer Levin Announces(Bonuses Subject to 'Merit' and Hours Threshold)
A day without bonus announcements is like a day without sunshine. And for a while it looked like today was going to be one dark day — perhaps fitting, given the stock market tumble. But Kramer Levin has come to the rescue. Check out their bonus memo, after the jump. -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Kaye Scholer Announces
The firm of Kaye Scholer is the latest to jump on the bonus bandwagon. They’ve just announced year-end and special bonuses. The year-end bonuses are issued in ranges for each class; the special bonuses, to be paid “on a discretionary basis,” appear to be on the standard scale ($10k/$15k/$20k, etc.). Memo after the jump. -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Government Attorney Bonus Watch: Open Thread
Sorry to leave you unattended for a while — we were off appearing on this panel. We left some items to be published in our absence, but unfortunately, continuing technical difficulties — which frustrate us even more than they frustrate you — prevented their posting. In case you’re wondering, we have no confirmed Biglaw bonus […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Cadwalader's Number-Free Bonus Memo
Wow, it’s a miracle. We’ve been allowed to post something. And not twice. The cryptic Cadwalader bonus memo, which doesn’t mention any numbers, appears after the jump. -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Weil Announces Special Bonuses
Weil has announced special bonuses, to be paid at the end of this month, and year-end bonuses, which “will be paid at market to associates receiving an ‘Overall Strong’ rating and will be above market for associates receiving a ‘Distinguished’ rating in class years 2003 and above.” Memo after the jump.