Boutique Law Firms Are Getting In On The 2021 Associate Salary Increase

Exciting news!

As pay raises continue to spread throughout the Biglaw landscape, it’s high time that a successful boutique firm step into the compensation game. Welcome to the $205K salary scale, Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors!

Brewer, the successor firm to Bickel & Brewer, has been paying salaries at or above market for years, and the firm is now the latest to enter the 2021 associate wage race. Here’s an excerpt from the firm’s memo on the salary bump:

On behalf of the partnership, I am pleased to announce that effective July 1, all first-year associate salaries will increase to $205,000. Also, many other lawyers, consultants, and other professionals will also receive salary increases, based on merit and tenure. We want adjustments in our compensation model to benefit professionals at all levels of the organization.

Congrats to all first-years at the firm! We assume other attorneys will receive commensurate adjustments as well — the lateral hiring scene waits for no one.

(Flip to the next page to see the full memo from Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors.)

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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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