Compensation is a serious sticking point for all firms attempting to strike a balance between rewarding rainmakers and evenly divvying up profits among partners, but one California firm has avoided the dilemma altogether with "tattooing." It works like this: The first partner to do business for a client can "tattoo" that client as his own. As long as that partner remains breathing and with the firm, no other partner can get billing credit for work done on behalf of that client.
August 25, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Many cultures consider the tattoo a religious symbol. Littler Mendelson is no exception.
At Littler, “tattooing” refers to client contact and how the firm compensates its partners. How it works is simple: The first partner to do business for a client — no matter how small the matter — can “tattoo” that client as his own. As long as that partner remains breathing and with the firm, no other partner — without permission — can get billing credit for work done on behalf of that client.
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