Single Office Firm Matches Salary Scale
More good news.
Choate Hall seems to always find its way on those “great places to work for” lists. Perhaps it’s the one-office outlook that places all the value on the people working right next door. Or maybe staying close to less of a pressure cooker market. Though it might also be a willingness to pay at the top of the Biglaw scale despite staying a tad smaller than its competition.
Hanging out in the high second hundred of the Am Law 200, Choate only boasts around $274,746,000 in revenue, but that’s a deceiving figure. The one-office firm also nets $3,243,000 in profits per partner and has a revenue per lawyer figure north of $1.6 million. Those are numbers the upper crust of the Am Law 50 would take.
We don’t have a memo for Choate, but tipsters have reported a full match of the new scale.
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(UPDATE: We’ve now received word that the scale goes up to $375K. We’ve updated the table accordingly)
| Comp Year | Annual Base Pay |
| 2020 | $205,000 |
| 2019 | $215,000 |
| 2018 | $240,000 |
| 2017 | $275,000 |
| 2016 | $305,000 |
| 2015 | $330,000 |
| 2014 | $350,000 |
| 2013 | $365,000 |
| 2012 | $375,000 |
Congrats to all.
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