Raises may be making their way through Biglaw, but that doesn’t mean that mega firms are the only ones giving out big money. Elite boutiques have proven time and again that they have what it takes to offer the same generous salaries as Biglaw.
Take Holwell Shuster & Goldberg. The firm, founded in 2012 by former SDNY judge Richard J. Holwell along with colleagues from White & Case Michael Shuster, Daniel Goldberg, and Dorit Ungar Black, just announced their own set of raises, and, wouldn’t you know it — they are keeping up with the Davis Polks of the legal world.
The firm’s new compensation grid, that was effective July 1:
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You can read the full memo from the firm on the next page.
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