Top Biglaw Firm Decides To Get In On The Associate Raises Fun!

Big money at this Biglaw firm!

Successful beautiful asian business young woman holding money US dollar bills in hand , business conceptThere’s a lot of awful in the world right now. But if you need some relief from scrolling the Kyiv Independent’s feed for the latest in the war effort, perhaps this will help. Another Biglaw firm has decided to share the proceeds of their good year with hardworking associates in the form of raises.

Gibson Dunn — with its 1400+ attorneys and $2,160,542,000 in gross revenue in 2020 — has announced their own set of raises. And, as expected, it’s a match of the prevailing scale.

That salary grid is as follows:

Year Amount
2021 $ 215,000
2020 $ 225,000
2019 $ 250,000
2018 $ 293,500
2017 $ 335,000
2016 $ 360,500
2015 $ 381,000
2014 $ 396,500

You can read the full memo on the next page.

*** Wondering if the grass is greener on the in-house side? Click here for a look inside the black box of corporate counsel pay in our 2021 In-House Compensation Report. ***

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).


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