It’s not a match of the top Biglaw salary scale, but no one expected that. Am Law second hundred firm Stoel Rives has DC and Minnesota offices, but the heart of the firm is out West. So when Stoel speaks about compensation, it’s giving us a window into where smaller markets like Portland and Salt Lake are going.
And the answer is: up a tad.
In an email from managing partner Melissa Jones, associates were informed that they’d be seeing a bump at all levels.

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Not a match, but it’s something. We’ll have to see how the other players in these markets end up when the dust settles.
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