Firm Ignores Biglaw Special Bonus Trend, Gives Associates The Gift Of Takeout Food

A nice gesture, but not what everyone was hoping for.

Listen, you can’t blame Biglaw associates for being antsy about bonuses. Special bonuses are sweeping their way through Biglaw firms, and if your firm *hasn’t* announced yet, well, you’re probs a bit nervous.

So, when folks at Quarles & Brady, a firm with $274,602,000 gross revenue in 2019 making it 118th on the Am Law 200, got an email from firm leadership advertising “a token of our appreciation,” well, you can’t be faulted for hoping for the best — a match of the special bonus numbers.

But alas, that wasn’t to be. Instead, it was a $30 voucher for GrubHub/UberEats.

The nice thing is that the token of appreciation was sent to everyone, attorneys and staff. But as commentary from tipsters reveal, it hasn’t gone over well, with associates keeping their fingers crossed for special bonuses.

Coming in hot with a $30 Uber eats gift card for lawyers and staff after beating precovid revenue projections in FY20.

At least it’s better than a hat.

Yeah, it’s not firm swag, so there’s that.

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headshotKathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, and host of The Jabot podcast. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).

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