Associate Compensation Scorecard: Elite Boutiques Continue To Outpace Biglaw
Keeping track of who’s leading the market, who’s following, and who’s getting left behind.
Keeping track of who’s leading the market, who’s following, and who’s getting left behind.
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Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone goes above the Milbank scale at every class year — joining a growing list of boutiques that are simply paying more.
The firm that raised first-year salaries to $250,000 last year is already above the new scale, so bonuses of up to $25,000 it is.
Dunn Isaacson Rhee matches the Milbank scale. Its former home has not (yet).
The litigation boutique that has matched market compensation every year since its 2021 founding does it again, this time matching the new Milbank scale.
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