Top Biglaw Firm Showers Associates With Special Bonus Cash

When it rains money at this firm, it POURS!

What could possibly be better than bonus news? Even more of it!

Yet another Biglaw firm has announced special bonuses, and this time, it’s none other than Ropes & Gray, a firm that brought in $1,903,616,000 gross revenue in 2019, placing it at No. 13 in the most recent Am Law 100 ranking. What does Ropes have in store for associates and counsel in terms of their spring bonus hauls?

It’s a Davis Polk match, of course. Here’s what the scale looks like at the firm:

Ropes & Gray took the time to acknowledge that while all of this money is nice, that’s not all that associates and counsel at the firm should be focused on. “We ask that you continue to recognize the need to keep your minds and bodies healthy and that you take the time to recharge whenever possible,” the firm’s memo reads.

Bonus money at the firm will be paid out on April 30 and in late December. What a wonderful way to end the week. Congratulations to all!

(Flip to the next page to see the full memo from Ropes & Gray.)

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.


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