Hey! Guess what? Biglaw raises are still happening! That’s great news if you happen to work at one of the dwindling number of Biglaw firms that has yet to pony up the cash to meet the new market standard for associate compensation set by Davis Polk back in June.
The latest firm to keep up with the DPWs of the industry is Venable, a firm that made $681,864,000 in gross revenue in 2020 taking 65th in the Am Law 100. But there’s a pretty big catch for midlevel and senior associates.
The new salary scale at the firm is as follows:
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So third-year and higher associates will only match the prevailing market rate if they meet their hours target, set at 2,000 hours. You can read the full memo on the next page.
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