What's More Important Than Matching Socks? Matching Salaries!

If your shoes and belt don't match after the pay increase, I'm judging you.

bonus money cash lawyer riding piggy bankWhile it’s important to follow the money, sometimes the money comes to you.

At least that’s the case for associates at Stroock’s New York and DC offices. Which, after raking in $260,600,000 gross revenue in 2020, has a few ducats to spread around. Here’s the breakdown:

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Gotta love it when the outcome is more income. I sure do wonder what pay the associates practicing in the Los Angeles and Miami offices are getting — maybe they could let us know at tips@abovethelaw.com? Either way, I’m sure they’ll be able to afford a few treats with the pay bumps.

(Turn to the next page to see the Stroock memo.)

*** 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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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.


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