Credit: Andrey Popov/Adobe StockClients Paid More for Less Experience in 2024 Rate Hikes
Firms raised the prices of their cheapest paralegals, associates and partners higher than rate hikes for more experienced professionals of the same tier, bankruptcy court records show.
December 06, 2024 at 06:00 AM
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What You Need to Know
- The lower range of attorney tiers saw larger rate hikes in 2024 than more experienced attorneys in the same tier, an analysis of 2024 rate increases shows.
- Paralegals and litigation support specialists exhibited a similar trend.
- However, top-billing partners posted significant rate increases at a handful of firms as well.
On both ends of 2024, rate increases announced by Am Law 200 firms in bankruptcy court have largely emphasized raising the rates of professionals at the lower ends of their respective tiers, according to an American Lawyer analysis of 14 Am Law 200 firms.
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