Who doesn’t like a bonus? It seems like such a good idea. If you are a partner, it means extra compensation for a job well done, and if you are a law firm, it is a method for motivating good work. On paper all of this should translate into increased profits, satisfied clients, and those rarest of creatures, happy partners.

As we have learned by now, however, life – and this goes double for law firm life – is never so easy. The seemingly blameless bonus has caused and continues to cause law firms, law firm partners and courts headaches.

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