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Money Matters: These Top 50 Biglaw Firms Haven’t Announced Bonuses Yet (2024) – Above the Law

The
winter
holidays
are
nearly
upon
us,
and
while
news
about

year-end

and

special

bonuses
continues
to
trickle
in,
dozens
upon
dozens
of
firms
have
remained
completely
silent.
Why?
The
market
(i.e.,
all
of
the
firms
that
have
matched
the
generous
Milbank
scale)
has

already
spoken


very
loudly,
in
fact.
There
aren’t
any
decisions
left
to
be
made…
except,
of
course,
whether
or
not
your
firm
is
planning
to
somehow
stiff
associates
when
it
comes
to
special
bonuses.

Which
firms
in
the
Am
Law
50
haven’t
uttered
a
word
(that
we
know
of)
to
their
associates
about
bonuses
yet?
Here’s
a
list
of
the
firms
that
have
yet
to
match
(along
with
their
most
recent
gross
revenue,
as
of
2023).
Do
with
it
what
you
will,
and
please
feel
free
to
correct
us
if
we’re
wrong.

2.
Latham:
$5,688,226,000
(bonuses
are
typically
announced
in
January)
3.
DLA
Piper:
$3,829,531,000
4.
Baker
McKenzie:
$3,286,791,000
14.
Greenberg
Traurig:
$2,302,830,000
16.
Goodwin
Procter:
$2,244,196,000
17.
King
&
Spalding:
$2,137,941,000
19.
Cooley:
$2,034,319,000
(bonuses
are
typically
announced
in
February)
25.
Holland
&
Knight:
$1,849,319,000
34.
Reed
Smith:
$1,429,301,000
35.
Wilson
Sonsini:
$1,375,000,000
40.
K&L
Gates:
$1,282,805,000
41.
Squire
Patton:
$1,242,200,000
45.
Foley
&
Lardner:
$1,167,974,000
48.
Wachtell:
$1,131,137,000
(associates
at
this
firm
don’t
typically
share
information
on
their
compensation;
likely
nothing
to
see
here)

Remember
everyone,
we
depend
on
your
tips
to
stay
on
top
of
compensation
updates,
so
when
your
firm
announces
or
matches,
please
text
us
(646-820-8477)
or email
us
 (subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Bonus/Matches”).
Please
include
the
memo
if
available.
You
can
take
a
photo
of
the
memo
and
send
it
via
text
or
email
if
you
don’t
want
to
forward
the
original
PDF
or
Word
file.

And
if
you’d
like
to
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up
for
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Alerts
(which
is
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we
also
use
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announcement
that
we
publish.
Thanks
for
your
help!



Staci ZaretskyStaci
Zaretsky
 is
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