ABA to Weigh Position on Forced Retirement

Aging attorneys will be one of the subjects taken up at the ABA Annual Meeting that begins tomorrow in San Francisco.

A resolution before the policy-making House of Delegates calls…

Aug 7, 2007 11:07 AM CDT

Conventional Salary Wisdom Wrong

Young female lawyers in New York City are making more money than their male peers.

That’s the finding of a study of men’s and women’s wages in major cities, the…

Aug 3, 2007 3:33 PM CDT

Alston & Bird Hikes Associate Pay

An Atlanta law firm has announced it is raising pay for first-year associates to $145,000, a $15,000 increase.

But not all associates will share in the largesse.

Alston & Bird…

Aug 3, 2007 10:48 AM CDT

New Routes Into the Corporate Door

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Aug 1, 2007 1:33 PM CDT

Winstead Associates Must Earn High Pay

A Dallas-based law firm has decided it will remain a holdout in the associate salary wars.

Winstead says it will not meet starting pay levels of $160,000 a year for…

Aug 1, 2007 11:10 AM CDT

The Billable Hour Must Die

It rewards inefficiency. It makes clients suspicious. And it may be unethical.

Aug 1, 2007 8:54 AM CDT

Attorney Pay Slays Inflation

The last decade has been a very good one for the average U.S. lawyer’s wallet. Median attorney pay has outpaced inflation by 17 percent, compared to just a 5…

Aug 1, 2007 7:39 AM CDT

$3,100 a Week for Summer Associates

Big Washington, D.C., law firms are paying summer associates as much as $3,100 a week while offering plentiful perks.

The Washington Post writes about a dinner with…

Jul 24, 2007 4:45 PM CDT

Texas Trend: $160 K Starting Pay

It didn’t take long for a third Texas law firm to raise pay for beginning associates to $160,000.

Locke Liddell & Sapp announced the pay hike will take effect on…

Jul 23, 2007 2:53 PM CDT

Second Texas Firm Hikes Associate Pay

A second Texas law firm has raised salaries for new associates to $160,000.

Houston-based Andrews Kurth announced the pay increase yesterday, a day after Vinson & Elkins hiked associate pay,…

Jul 20, 2007 12:32 PM CDT

V&E Matches N.Y. Associate Pay

Vinson & Elkins is the first Texas law firm to announce it will increase pay for new associates to $160,000 a year, matching big firms on the coasts.

Associates get…

Jul 19, 2007 12:32 PM CDT

Top GCs Earning $1.5 M on Average

Fueled by big bonuses, the average cash compensation for the 100 best-paid general counsel increased to $1.5 million last year.

Average salaries were about $560,000 while average bonuses were $1…

Jul 18, 2007 1:03 PM CDT

Big Salaries Not in Big Picture

Don’t be fooled by tales of $160,000 starting pay for associates. Most new lawyers make about a fourth of that.

James Leipold, executive director of NALP, told the Jul 13, 2007 3:22 PM CDT

Lawyers’ ‘Blue Flu’ Slows Chicago Courts

Criminal courts in the Chicago area are expected to operate in slow motion today, as up to two-thirds of the 520 prosecutors in Cook County’s felony courtrooms take the day…

Jul 10, 2007 6:00 PM CDT

UK Big-Firm Partner Argues Age Claim

A hearing has begun in an age discrimination case brought against one of London’s most prominent law firms by a now-former partner, in a cutting-edge case could potentially threaten the…

Jul 9, 2007 7:16 PM CDT