Another hour, another bonus announcement from last week. Hooray!
We were just alerted by a source who was “surprised” the news hadn’t made it to us yet that on November 28, Fenwick & West announced bonuses with what seems to be a full match for all of its U.S.-based associates who hit their 1950 billing targets. Fenwick’s bonuses differ slightly in that they’re based on tier levels instead of class years, but they appear to echo the Cravath scale. That being said, here’s the Fenwick bonus scale for Fall 2018:
- T1/L1: $15K
- T1/L2: $25K
- T1/L3: $50K
- T2/L1: $65K
- T2/L2: $80K
- T2/L3: $90K
- T3: $100K
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Congratulations to everyone at Fenwick & West on this year’s bonus haul!
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