Answer: Firms that have not raised salaries are listed here by their ordinal rank for profits per partner in the latest Am Law 100 rankings, measuring financial performance from 2015. The highest-ranked firm that has raised salaries is Quinn Emanuel (#2), with PPP of $4,420,000. The lowest-ranked firm that has raised salaries is Locke Lord (tied at #81), with PPP of $890,000. It’s time to share the wealth, partners.
Ed. note: This post has been updated since its original publication on June 14, 2016, to reflect additional firms that have matched the Cravath salary scale.
1. Wachtell Lipton: $6,600,000
35. Fragomen: $1,850,000
56. Kaye Scholer: $1,380,000
58. Holland & Knight: $1,250,000
61. Pillsbury: $1,185,000
63. Foley & Lardner: $1,130,000
65. Perkins Coie: $1,100,000
66. Mintz Levin: $1,065,000
67. Venable: $1,060,000
68. McGuire Woods: $1,045,000
70. Pepper Hamilton: $1,025,000
71. Seyfarth: $1,020,000
72. Jones Day: $1,010,000
73. Troutman Sanders: $970,000
74. Hunton & Williams: $950,000
76: Baker & Hostetler: $930,000
76. Kilpatrick Townsend: $930,000
78. Nixon Peabody: $905,000
80. Duane Morris: $900,000
81. Blank Rome: $890,000
83. Barnes & Thornburg: $880,000
85. Lewis Brisbois: $860,000
86. Squire Patton: $845,000
87. Fox Rothschild: $815,000
88. Bryan Cave: $805,000
89. Drinker Biddle: $800,000
89. Faegre Baker: $800,000
91. Cozen O’Connor: $745,000
92. Polsinelli: $725,000
93. Akerman: $675,000
94. Ogletree Deakins: $660,000
95. Ballard Spahr: $600,000
95. Dorsey: $600,000
95. Jackson Lewis: $600,000
95. Norton Rose: $600,000
99. Baker Donelson: $490,000
100. Littler: $425,000
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