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a) registered investment advisor
b) 3-4 years out of law school
c) low COL secondary-to-tertiary market
d) $170K range + discretionary bonus + participation in profits/incentive/carry + annual raises + good benefits (401K matching, health/dental/vision, vacation, no time entries, etc.)

Anonymous User wrote:a) registered investment advisor
b) 3-4 years out of law school
c) low COL secondary-to-tertiary market
d) $170K range + discretionary bonus + participation in profits/incentive/carry + annual raises + good benefits (401K matching, health/dental/vision, vacation, no time entries, etc.)

If you don't mind questions, what does your firm target for your bonus? Also, did you come from biglaw? If so, how long were you at the firm for before moving in-house?

synergy wrote:If you don't mind questions, what does your firm target for your bonus? Also, did you come from biglaw? If so, how long were you at the firm for before moving in-house?

Out of order: The simple answer is yes (not a major market); approximately 3 years in private practice; TBD, I would safely bet the under on 25% of base for the discretionary bonus to start.

-Govt risk management/compliance/legal
-$80k (+ awesome govt benefits)
-Big market
-2nd year out of law school, passed the bar this year.

Note: no interest in traditional legal path, hence my current position.

Someone turn this into a spread sheet

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Thanks for volunteering

Danger Zone wrote:

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Thanks for volunteering

This sounds like a sort of project I would like to do. If you whip up a template for me, I'll gladly enter all of the data.

RedPurpleBlue wrote:

Danger Zone wrote:

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Thanks for volunteering

This sounds like a sort of project I would like to do. If you whip up a template for me, I'll gladly enter all of the data.

Alright, I've finished 8 pages so far. I'm going to stop for the day and resume when I get some free time over the weekend. Needs to be cleaned up a lot, but I'm just going to take this one step at a time.

RedPurpleBlue wrote:
Alright, I've finished 8 pages so far. I'm going to stop for the day and resume when I get some free time over the weekend. Needs to be cleaned up a lot, but I'm just going to take this one step at a time.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

nunumaster wrote:
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

Do you have any suggestions regarding categories? Also, do you want all of the info on one sheet that you can sort by A-Z (and thus firm/gov't/etc. will group up) or do you want me to separate Firm/Gov't/Etc. into separate sheets? I could also do both. I don't really mind. I just want a product that's useful for everyone and convenient to use.

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Here you go.

Let me know if you have any advice for improvements. If this can make it to the OP, I can edit as people post. Not a big fan of allowing others to edit on their own (trust issues, yo).

a) FED GOVT-DOJ
b) 1 year
c) DC
d) GS 15-Step 2-$136,160- 4% 401k match of salary, pension, low cost healthcare/dental/vision plans, 13 days vacation the first 3 years then 20 days, comp time accrual through travel, no billable hours,9:30-6 hours when not on trial

Anonymous User wrote:a) FED GOVT-DOJ
b) 1 year
c) DC
d) GS 15-Step 2-$136,160- 4% 401k match of salary, pension, low cost healthcare/dental/vision plans, 13 days vacation the first 3 years then 20 days, comp time accrual through travel, no billable hours,9:30-6 hours when not on trial

Dang. What experience did you have before going to DOJ?

A. Nony Mouse wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:a) FED GOVT-DOJ
b) 1 year
c) DC
d) GS 15-Step 2-$136,160- 4% 401k match of salary, pension, low cost healthcare/dental/vision plans, 13 days vacation the first 3 years then 20 days, comp time accrual through travel, no billable hours,9:30-6 hours when not on trial

Dang. What experience did you have before going to DOJ?

State level prosecutor in large metropolitan city for approx. 4.75 years.

thanks. (I know that doesn't go as far as DC as in some places, but pretty nice.)

RedPurpleBlue wrote:

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Here you go.

Let me know if you have any advice for improvements. If this can make it to the OP, I can edit as people post. Not a big fan of allowing others to edit on their own (trust issues, yo).

Wow, great job. Thanks.

A. Nony Mouse wrote:thanks. (I know that doesn't go as far as DC as in some places, but pretty nice.)

Thanks Mouse.
I know I'll never be rich but I feel comfortable now compared to my state prosecutor salary (which was half what I'm making now).
Let's see of this administration tries to alter pay or benefits and if so I may have to rethink long term plans.

RedPurpleBlue wrote:

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Here you go.

Let me know if you have any advice for improvements. If this can make it to the OP, I can edit as people post. Not a big fan of allowing others to edit on their own (trust issues, yo).

Thanks! That is fantastic. The only suggestion I would have is to add the poster (if not anonymous) so it would be possible to look through their posts in case they have ever offered other insights regarding their job, benefits, etc.

Roy McAvoy wrote: Thanks! That is fantastic. The only suggestion I would have is to add the poster (if not anonymous) so it would be possible to look through their posts in case they have ever offered other insights regarding their job, benefits, etc.

This is a good suggestion. If I implement this, it will be sometime next week, because I have a lot of work to do in the next few days. Try to be patient though, because I'll be PMing each user one by one to get their permission. I don't want to be attaching usernames and job/salary info to a document that the original poster has no control over without getting their permission to do so first. I'll make sure to post again when I've updated the sheet.

Thanks for the feedback!

RedPurpleBlue wrote:

Roy McAvoy wrote: Thanks! That is fantastic. The only suggestion I would have is to add the poster (if not anonymous) so it would be possible to look through their posts in case they have ever offered other insights regarding their job, benefits, etc.

This is a good suggestion. If I implement this, it will be sometime next week, because I have a lot of work to do in the next few days. Try to be patient though, because I'll be PMing each user one by one to get their permission. I don't want to be attaching usernames and job/salary info to a document that the original poster has no control over without getting their permission to do so first. I'll make sure to post again when I've updated the sheet.

Thanks for the feedback!

Absolutely, I definitely agree. Thanks again for doing this, I think we all appreciate it.

RedPurpleBlue wrote:

nunumaster wrote:Someone turn this into a spread sheet

Here you go.

Let me know if you have any advice for improvements. If this can make it to the OP, I can edit as people post. Not a big fan of allowing others to edit on their own (trust issues, yo).

Hero.

a) fed govt
b) 3-4 years out of law school
c) secondary market
d) $120k + fed govt benefits (pension, TSP, insurance, etc)

In house as underwriter of niche insurance products (quasi legal)
2-3 years out
NYC
Hours are generally 9-6 and rarely includes nights and weekends
$130-150k base with about 15% annual bonus
Health insurance and 401k but no match

Couldn't be happier. What a sweet gig compared to firm life.

a) what kind of legal job/firm/office they work at -- boutique patent law firm
b) how long they've been working there -- 3rd year here
c) geographic area -- Southern CA
d) yearly salary -- $120k (this is on the high end of associate salaries for the number of years at the firm as far as I know; note with caution)
Bonuses ranged $4-5k

401k, full health and dental (no vision)
Quota: 1750 billed (not billable) hours but flexible on this as long as work quality is good

a) small business & entertainment firm
b) 1+ year
c) NYC
d) $70,000 + medical