Lawyer Pay
Crowell & Moring Among DC Firms Tweaking Salaries
Posted Apr 24, 2009 2:12 PM CST
By Sarah Randag
Crowell & Moring has confirmed that it is, on an individual basis, adjusting lawyers’ salaries to match their current ability to bill.
Ellen Dwyer, Crowell & Moring’s managing partner, told The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times that this move has affected fewer than 20 lawyers so far.
“If someone is annualizing 1,800 hours, I’m not going to be that concerned. But if they’re annualizing at 1,600 hours, I would be a little concerned,” Dwyer told the BLT. She also said that the firm requires 1,900 billable hours of all of its lawyers.
Fellow Washington, D.C., firms Hogan & Hartson and Wiley Rein have also made similar moves this month. Hogan & Hartson’s and Wiley Rein’s plans move associates not on track to bill 1,950 hours to a lower base salary—which means $145,000 at Hogan & Hartson and $125,000 at Wiley Rein, Above the Law reported in separate stories.
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Kalifornia Arnold
Apr 25, 2009 12:47 PM CST
Crowell had to make a difficult caa and some will, no doubt, say that this firm has nothing to Crowell about (others will say that opinion is for the birds)
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AL VEOLI
Apr 27, 2009 5:16 AM CST
This post is from Debra, who has been blocked.
I think this is NOT a smart idea. There are plenty of peeple who have PLENTY OF WORK to do, but do not yet have their own CLIENTS. If I had my own CLIENTS, I would not even have to worry, but I cant get clients UNTIL I have some autonemy at work.
When I asked my boss if I should go out and get my own CLIENTS, he just said, don’t worry. Just do the work. So I do what he says, especially since AL is not working.
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B. McLeod
Apr 27, 2009 1:17 PM CST
My word. I hope she gets to feeling better. Sometimes, a tablespoon of delicious, orange Metamucil, dissolved in sixteen ounces of water, will do the trick.
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kumar
Apr 27, 2009 2:26 PM CST
Debra: Please try a cheese free diet for at least one week. It is exceedingly difficult to be a rainmaker when you are ” blocked”. The situation can be uncomfortable to all.
Or as the parrot said in the ancient joke “All shut up - must be the salt water - Awrk!”
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Kumar
Apr 27, 2009 2:29 PM CST
I forgot to mention - I hope that you do get that autoenema, - but not at work - You might find yourself unblocked all too quickly
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