Another Biglaw Firm Is Showing Associates The Milbank Money
Money makes the Biglaw world go 'round.
One by one, Biglaw firms are rushing in to match Milbank’s new salary scale, and the latest firm to do so is Boies Schiller Flexner. The firm is still hangin’ tough in 2022, and the firm has come to play with the members of the Biglaw elite who have anted up to pay their associates the big bucks.
In an email to associates (available on the next page), the BSF confirmed their commitment to staying on top of market compensation. That means associates will be making between $215,000 and $385,000, depending on class year, as base pay for associates in good standing. Here’s Boies Schiller’s new scale:
| Class | Salary Effective January 1, 2022 |
| 2021 | $215,000 |
| 2020 | $225,000 |
| 2019 | $250,000 |
| 2018 | $285,000 |
| 2017 | $325,000 |
| 2016 | $350,000 |
| 2015 | $370,000 |
| 2014+ | $385,000 |
This new salary scale is effective as of January 1, 2022, and associates will see the cash in their February paychecks. Those associates who have remained on the firm’s forumular compensation system will see an adjustment in their salaries compared to the new salary scale as well.
Congratulations to everyone at the firm!
(Flip to the next page to see the full memo from Boies Schiller.)
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