Lawyer Pay
To not be outdone, first-mover Milbank will increase its raises for some associates
Midlevel and senior associates at Milbank are getting extra pay than first introduced. Picture from Shutterstock.
Milbank, the first BigLaw firm to announce affiliate pay hikes this 12 months, is making some changes after BigLaw embraced a extra beneficiant pay scale.
Milbank initially deliberate to pay raises starting from $225,000 to associates within the class of 2023 to $425,000 for these within the class of 2016, a scale that mirrored $10,000 pay raises at each degree. Below the brand new Milbank scale, new associates will nonetheless obtain $225,000, however these within the class of 2016 will obtain $435,000.
Above the Regulation broke the news, adopted by Law.com and Reuters.
Midlevel and senior associates at Milbank are getting greater than first introduced. Listed here are Milbank’s preliminary and revised scales for base pay:
• Class of 2023: $225,000, each pay scales
• Class of 2022: $235,000, each pay scales
• Class of 2021: $260,000, each pay scales
• Class of 2020: $305,000 initially, $310,000 revised
• Class of 2019: $355,000 initially, $365,000 revised
• Class of 2018: $380,000 initially, $390,000 revised
• Class of 2017: $410,000 initially, $420,000 revised
• Class of 2016, $425,000 initially, $435,000 revised
Milbank first introduced affiliate pay hikes Nov. 7. BigLaw didn’t observe go well with till Cravath, Swaine & Moore announced that it would match the Milbank scale for junior associates and surpass Milbank for extra skilled associates. Cravath’s scale stopped at $420,000 for the category of 2017.
Between Cravath’s Nov. 28 announcement and Dec. 6, about three dozen legislation corporations, principally in BigLaw, have matched or principally matched the Cravath scale. The foremost distinction is that some corporations are paying $435,000 to the category of 2016 and extra senior associates.
Above the Regulation is holding observe of all of the bulletins at this bonus tracker. Its checklist consists of year-end bonuses, that are on a par with final 12 months’s bonuses. They often vary from a prorated $15,000 for the category of 2023 to $115,000 for the category of 2016.
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“Associate pay hikes gather steam after Cravath announcement; which law firms have matched?”
