It is downright RAINING money in Biglaw. And with $444,400,000 in gross revenue last year, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel is showing they have the cash to keep up — and even do slightly better — than the prevailing Biglaw standard. (Plus the firm has previously signaled they’ll do what it takes to keep valuable associates at the firm, rather than lose them to the lateral market.)
Like some other firms, Cahill has bumped up the class of 2021’s compensation to match the class of 2020. Which, tbh, it was always kinda weird that DPW’s scale broke out the stump year.
The below is the new compensation grid at Cahill, effective July 1:
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