Another Top 100 Biglaw Firm Sweetened The Pot. Is It Yours?

Rising tide lifts all boats and all that.

bonus law firm staff paralegal money cashGood news everyone!

The financial game of Duck Duck Goose carries on, and Fenwick & West is the newest one to be it. And they can afford to play along, considering that they rake in bigly amounts of moolah — $543,079,000 gross revenue worth in 2020. No doubt made possible by their associates, who will be receiving the following compensation:

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The monies will be reflected retroactively back to January 1st and will reflect on March 31st’s paycheck. Inflation may try us but Biglaw tries harder.

(Turn to the next page to see the Fenwick & West 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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