Ed.
note:
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to
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feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
You
have
associates
making
almost
$500,000,
so
in
a
sense,
[counsel]
get
squeezed
by
firms
because
the
firms
feel
like,
‘What
options
do
we
have?’
Generally
speaking,
they’re
less
likely
to
have
business
than
someone
who
has
a
partner
designation,
so
that
makes
their
ability
to
move
more
challenging.
They’re
more
senior
so
they
can’t
slot
into
the
associate
world
at
all.
So
it
has
to
be
a
firm
looking
for
someone
with
their
particular
expertise,
and
it’s
just
gotten
to
be
more
challenging
as
the
years
have
gone
by.
—
Jeff
Lowe,
senior
managing
partner
and
market
president
for
CenterPeak,
a
Washington,
D.C.,
consulting
firm,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
on
the
“no
man’s
or
no
woman’s
land”
counsel
often
find
themselves
when
it
comes
to
their
compensation
in
comparison
to
associates
working
at
firms
with
lockstep
pay
models.
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