Top Biglaw Firm Makes Its Second Round Of Associate Raises
Congrats on more raises!
The Biglaw raise-o-palooza is still going strong! Trying to keep up with the top of the market just may take more than one round of raises, as Biglaw firms are finding out.
The latest firm to take a turn on the associate compensation merry-go-round is WilmerHale. The firm, ranked 29th in the most recent Am Law 100, matched the Cravath salary grid. Yes, the firm previously announced raises, but as the market moves, so does the firm.
That makes the new compensation scale as follows:
Plus, for counsel feeling a little left out of all this associate love, the firm notes that the class of 2013 and more senior are eligible for an additional $10,000 in their bonuses, provided they are employed/in good standing at the firm and meet their 2,000 billable hour target.
Like the last set of raises, these are retroactive to January 1. You can read the memo on the next page.
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