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New York Firms Sit Out 'Salary War'
Call it the salary war that wasn't. When San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison boosted its first-year associate salary to $135,000 in January, New York's big firm associates waited for what had become a predictable response. But with the economy now struggling and legal business slowing, the reaction from New York law firms so far is silence.VLG Slashes Salaries for Associates
Grappling with a double-digit decline in revenues, Venture Law Group has slashed base salaries for associates and will attempt to make up the slack by giving junior lawyers a greater share of the firm's profits. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based corporate boutique reduced first-year salaries to $100,000 from $125,000 and cut base pay for third-years to $115,000 from $150,000.D.C. Firms Assess Price of Keeping Up With Next Round of Associate Raises
Eight months after Simpson Thacher raised starting salaries for first-year associates to $160,000, salaries for first-years at most of the 200 largest firms nationwide remain bunched at that rate. What New York firms had hoped was a raise too rich for out-of-town competitors with more pedestrian profits instead looks to be a failed attempt to segment the market. And now firms are bracing for another round of raises, probably ignited by a New York corporate firm looking to up the bidding war for talent.For Associates, a Decade of Thrills and Chills
It was a wild ride for associates at big law firms during the first decade of the century. In the end, most everyone was a little queasy from the experience.For Law Firm Associates, It's Been a Decade of Thrills and Chills
It was a wild ride for associates at big law firms during the first decade of the century. In the end, most everyone was a little queasy from the experience. Between 2000 and 2009, law firms doled out jaw-dropping bonuses, lavished benefits and hiked first-year salaries to a point that drew the envy of federal judges. The decade also featured mass job cuts, pay reductions and a decided shift in power for recent law graduates, many of whom, at decade's end, were clamoring for even part-time work at living-wage levels.Trending Stories
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