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Leading West Coast Litigators Announce Bigger, Better Associate Paychecks

Exciting news!

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The West Coast is the best coast… when it comes to bunches of Biglaw firms piling on to match the new salary scale, all at more or less the same exact time.

Yesterday afternoon, Gibson Dunn — a firm that placed 12th in the most recent Am Law ranking, with $2,160,542,000 gross revenue in 2020 — unleashed the good news for associates, who seemed quite pleased with their new salaries.

Here’s what the new salary scale looks like at the firm:

  • 2021: $202,500
  • 2020: $205,000
  • 2019: $215,000
  • 2018: $240,000
  • 2017: $275,000
  • 2016: $305,000
  • 2015: $330,000
  • 2014: $350,000
  • 2013: $365,000

New wages at the firm will be effective as of July 1, and summer associates will share in the largesse as well. Congratulations!

(Flip to the next page to see the full memo from Gibson Dunn.)

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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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