The new $205,000 salary scale is now all the rage across Biglaw firms, but for successful litigation boutiques like Susman Godfrey, that starting number was merely a suggestion. Just yesterday, the Houston-based firm announced a salary scale that comes over the top of the Davis Polk scale at every level.
The firm was already paying associates salaries that were higher than the market scale, and has now beaten the market again by $5,000 at each class year. Check out the new Susman salary scale, effective July 1:
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Don’t forget, Susman is also a firm that regularly beats the market on year-end bonuses — and wildly so, in most cases. This past December, the most junior associates at the firm received median bonuses ($80,000) that were nearly as high as what the most senior associates received on the Cravath scale ($100,000). If you want to work hard and be justly rewarded for doing so, this is the firm for you.
Congratulations to everyone at Susman Godfrey!
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