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Are Associate Bonuses Counterproductive?

Law firm bonuses are the rule rather than the exception, but one law firm manager tells the Legal Intelligencer he thinks bonuses are counterproductive. Alexander Henderson III, managing partner of Hartman Underhill & Brubaker in Lancaster, Pa., said he doesn’t think its right to reward associates based on the health…

Mar 4, 2008 3:59 PM CST

Dechert to 13 Associates: You’re Fired ... No, You’re Not

Updated: After notifying 13 real estate and finance associates last week that they were being laid off, apparently because of a slowing economy, Dechert has reportedly changed its mind. The 13, who were originally told to depart the Philadelphia-based international firm by the close of business tomorrow, as discussed in…

Mar 3, 2008 7:41 PM CST

Heller’s Associate Bonanza: Bonuses Restored, Training Added at No Charge to Clients

Heller Ehrman has concluded it was wrong to cut some 2007 bonuses to pay for associate salary hikes, and it’s doing something about it. The law firm has announced it will restore 2007 bonuses of $15,000 to $25,000 for 2,000 hours billed, the Recorder reports. The firm had eliminated the…

Mar 3, 2008 12:11 PM CST

Attorney at Loan

Secondment grows in U.S. to link firms, clients

Mar 1, 2008 7:49 PM CST

Dechert Lays Off 13 Associates (But That’s Not the Final Answer)

Updated: In an apparent response to the slowing economy, Dechert has reportedly laid off 13 associates in offices throughout the U.S. They work in the Philadephia-based international firm’s real estate and finance practice, according to the Legal Intelligencer, which attributes the information to an unnamed source. There are 167 attorneys…

Feb 29, 2008 9:31 PM CST

How Big Law Firms Can Retain the ‘Lost Generation’ of Unhappy Associates

Associates at large law firms are a “lost generation” who are given mostly drudge work, face unceasing pressure to produce, and are kept in the dark about firm finances and the broader strategies behind the matters they handle. No wonder some firms are losing as many as half their associates,…

Feb 29, 2008 12:36 PM CST

Associate Who Settled Gay Bias Suit Buys $1.5M Penthouse Condo

The New York associate who filed a gay bias suit against Sullivan & Cromwell has apparently landed on his feet, and he’ll be using them to take the elevator to his new $1.5 million penthouse condo. Charney settled the suit last October for an undisclosed sum. Property records indicate that…

Feb 28, 2008 2:40 PM CST

Law Firm Face Time Still Required, Even in WiFi Era

Despite all the advantages that a state-of-the-art laptop, wireless Internet service and a cell phone can offer, there’s one thing that an associate working remotely for a law firm can’t accomplish. Face time. And, archaic though it might seem to some, the notion that an associate should be sitting at…

Feb 28, 2008 12:39 AM CST

Salary Wars Pit Associate Pay Against Partner Profits

Associate pay hikes have taken a bite out of profits for equity partners, according to some leaders of California law firms. Many large California firms matched their New York counterparts last year and agreed to pay starting salaries of $160,000 to new associates. Something—or more accurately, someone—had to give, the…

Feb 27, 2008 11:31 AM CST

London BigLaw Associates Have Growing Role in Firm Management

Although they obviously don’t run the show, associates at major United Kingdom law firms are reportedly playing an increasing role in firm management. One common practice, for instance, is to have an associate forum that lobbies law firm leaders on behalf of the firm’s junior attorneys, reports the Lawyer. Even…

Feb 26, 2008 6:40 PM CST

Like to Golf? San Diego Law Firm Seeks Associate Rainmakers

In an unusual recruiting effort, a small San Diego law firm apparently isn’t seeking hardworking associates who never leave the office until night has fallen and they’ve met their billable-hours quotas. In fact, a yen to spend a sunny Friday afternoon on the golf course or at a leisurely lunch…

Feb 22, 2008 7:37 PM CST

Legal Gossip Maven David Lat Dishes on Above the Law

Updated: Harvard. Yale. Wachtell. Federal prosecutor. Federal appeals court clerkship. All are part of David Lat’s impressive resume. Yet the 32-year-old is now prominent not in a traditional legal job but as the editor of one of the nation’s most-talked-about legal blogs, Above the Law. A self-described legal tabloid, it…

Feb 21, 2008 6:45 PM CST

New NALP Deadline for Accepting Summer Offers: 45 Days

Under commonly accepted recruiting guidelines, second-year law students have been able to ponder several summer associate offers for months at a time. No more. New guidelines adopted by NALP for a trial period now require second-years to decide within 45 days whether to accept a law firm’s offer of summer…

Feb 19, 2008 8:10 PM CST

WSJ: Top First-Year Pay Has Hit Ceiling

Despite big profits for 2007 recently reportedly by a number of major U.S.-based law firms, associates shouldn’t expect pay increases anytime soon. At least for now, salaries for the nation’s highest-paid first-year associates are likely to stay at $160,000 because of the struggling economy, reports the Wall Street Journal Law…

Feb 15, 2008 8:44 PM CST

New Merit-Based Associate Pay at U.K.‘s Norton Rose

A well-known British firm is eliminating its traditional experience-based associate pay system and moving to a system that rewards with higher salaries those who demonstrate legal skills. Norton Rose will divide associates into three groups: those who are newly admitted, those who are essentially midlevel associates, based on their demonstrated…

Feb 11, 2008 5:25 PM CST

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