In our effort to keep you and the market writ large aware of associate compensation, we’ve been passing along every tip we learn about Biglaw’s annual associate bonuses. Still, there are some firms that just haven’t given their associates the good news on bonuses yet… almost a month after Biglaw bonus season kicked off.
Or maybe we’ve just had some tipsters who haven’t reached out yet. If you see a firm on this list that has made a bonus announcement, let us know and we’ll get this list amended. There are some firms with notorious black boxes that we can always use more information on — they may have informed associates of bonuses and no one’s talking lest they be outed. If you’re in this boat, at least drop us a line to tell us bonuses have been announced, even if you can’t go into specifics.
Plus, the last time we put this list up, there were three firms that had announced earlier in the week that had never informed Above the Law. It’s possible there are a few stragglers like that again.
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But given the length of this list, we’re genuinely concerned that a lot of associates out there are still sweating to hear about bonuses. That’s not an idle fear this year either — given the summer bonuses that most firms handed out, there’s reason to be concerned that some firm is going to try and “match” the market by deducting the summer figure. Let’s keep them honest.
Without further ado, here are the firms with $1M+ in profits per partner that have not yet announced bonuses to us. If you receive any information about these firms then let us know! Don’t just assume someone else told us. Please email bonus news to us (subject line: “[Firm Name] Bonus”) or text us (646-820-8477). 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.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Kirkland & Ellis
Sullivan & Cromwell
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Latham & Watkins
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Paul Hastings
Dechert
King & Spalding
Schulte Roth & Zabel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Vinson & Elkins
White & Case
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Winston & Strawn
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Goodwin Procter
WilmerHale
Cooley
O’Melveny & Myers
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
Alston & Bird
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Baker Botts
DLA Piper (verein)
Morrison & Foerster
McDermott Will & Emery
Greenberg Traurig
Fish & Richardson
Williams & Connolly
Mayer Brown
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Covington & Burling
Fenwick & West
Jenner & Block
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Holland & Knight
Baker & McKenzie (verein)
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo
Hogan Lovells (verein)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Reed Smith
Perkins Coie
Foley & Lardner
Venable
Crowell & Moring
Nixon Peabody
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Troutman Sanders
McGuireWoods
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Jones Day
Baker & Hostetler
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Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.