Milbank/Davis Polk/Cravath Scale: NYC to 215-415k Forum

[Anonymous User]

DPW update: email congrats to Neil this morning for being re-elected.

Possibly he was waiting for his re-election b4 making a match/raise move?

Hey, this is plausible!

Or what if the election was a contest between a match faction and a no-match faction, and Neil was the leader of the no-matchers? Makes you think want to drop a plugged-in toaster into your bathtub.

FTFY (sorry to get dark here but these are dark times)

Lmaooo ok Nietzsche

[Anonymous User]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

This anon is stuck in Anger; the toaster anon is in Depression. Meanwhile, the majority of us have moved into Acceptance…

[Anonymous User]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

This anon is stuck in Anger; the toaster anon is in Depression. Meanwhile, the majority of us have moved into Acceptance…

Namaste

[Wanderingdrock]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

This anon is stuck in Anger; the toaster anon is in Depression. Meanwhile, the majority of us have moved into Acceptance…

Namaste

Speak for yourselves, you goddamn hippies. I keep my hair cut short and work for money, not weed and a bed in an artists' co-op. Give me my raise.

[Anonymous User]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

This anon is stuck in Anger; the toaster anon is in Depression. Meanwhile, the majority of us have moved into Acceptance…

Namaste

Speak for yourselves, you goddamn hippies. I keep my hair cut short and work for money, not weed and a bed in an artists' co-op. Give me my raise.

Lmao I’m a lesbian conservative. But, it’s either accept or continue with the paralyzing anxiety I faced last week refreshing top law every five minutes. So today moving forward I will accept, I will not let this destroy me, so namaste bitches.

Edit: I just realized I’ve still been refreshing top law all day. Fail. At least I feel calmer.

[Anonymous User]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

This anon is stuck in Anger; the toaster anon is in Depression. Meanwhile, the majority of us have moved into Acceptance…

Namaste

Speak for yourselves, you goddamn hippies. I keep my hair cut short and work for money, not weed and a bed in an artists' co-op. Give me my raise.

Lmao I’m a lesbian conservative. But, it’s either accept or continue with the paralyzing anxiety I faced last week refreshing top law every five minutes. So today moving forward I will accept, I will not let this destroy me, so namaste bitches.

Edit: I just realized I’ve still been refreshing top law all day. Fail. At least I feel calmer.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US, DOZENS!!

[Anonymous User]

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/01/dovel-luner-raise-2022/

It's just Brewer, but nice to see movement somewhere.

[Anonymous User]

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/01/dovel-luner-raise-2022/

It's just Brewer, but nice to see movement somewhere.

Wrong link?

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/02/brewer-2022-raise/

[ExpOriental]

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/01/dovel-luner-raise-2022/

It's just Brewer, but nice to see movement somewhere.

Aren't those the sketchy fuckers who filed the fraudulent NRA bankruptcy? And are just wrapped up in NRA corruption generally?

That place is radioactive. Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

(Brewer, not D&L)

[Anonymous User]

Cooley matched

[cfcm]

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/01/dovel-luner-raise-2022/

It's just Brewer, but nice to see movement somewhere.

Aren't those the sketchy fuckers who filed the fraudulent NRA bankruptcy? And are just wrapped up in NRA corruption generally?

That place is radioactive. Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

(Brewer, not D&L)

I wasn't familiar with them or the NRA story you mentioned so I Googled and found this news page on their official website. First item is interesting. https://www.brewerattorneys.com/news

[UncleKirk]

Cooley matched

We already knew that - is there a memo now?

[Anonymous User]

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

This anon is stuck in Anger; the toaster anon is in Depression. Meanwhile, the majority of us have moved into Acceptance…

Namaste

Speak for yourselves, you goddamn hippies. I keep my hair cut short and work for money, not weed and a bed in an artists' co-op. Give me my raise.

Lmao I’m a lesbian conservative. But, it’s either accept or continue with the paralyzing anxiety I faced last week refreshing top law every five minutes. So today moving forward I will accept, I will not let this destroy me, so namaste bitches.

Edit: I just realized I’ve still been refreshing top law all day. Fail. At least I feel calmer.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US, DOZENS!!

Are you joking? Where I live my wife and I are the only gay conservatives in a sea of blue haired lesbians. If there are other lesbian conservatives in Big Law we need to start a club. It will be called the Inconspicuously Gay Club.

[Anonymous User]

Doesn’t Pay Well has been exposed as a mediocre weak law firm. Hilarious.

[Anonymous User]

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/01/dovel-luner-raise-2022/

It's just Brewer, but nice to see movement somewhere.

Aren't those the sketchy fuckers who filed the fraudulent NRA bankruptcy? And are just wrapped up in NRA corruption generally?

That place is radioactive. Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

(Brewer, not D&L)

I wasn't familiar with them or the NRA story you mentioned so I Googled and found this news page on their official website. First item is interesting. https://www.brewerattorneys.com/news

What’s the deal with Brewer? A quick scan through their attorney profiles suggests that these guys aren’t all stars. I’m not saying that to belittle or be elitist, obviously they hire excellent candidates, but looking through the attorney profiles is different than looking at other, highly ranked boutiques that pay on the Milbank scale. Does anyone know if they compress on the upper end? Any chance this will put any pressure on the V10?

[Anonymous User]

I’ve actually asked several partners and those in the know at my V5 in casual conversations and the answers have just been “eh, we don’t consider Milbank a peer.”

(Though we have lose several associates to Cooley in the past few years so….)

[Anonymous User]

I’ve actually asked several partners and those in the know at my V5 in casual conversations and the answers have just been “eh, we don’t consider Milbank a peer.”

(Though we have lose several associates to Cooley in the past few years so….)

I agree that Milbank and your V5 are not peers — Milbank is significantly better and more elite than your firm.

[Wanderingdrock]

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/01/dovel-luner-raise-2022/

It's just Brewer, but nice to see movement somewhere.

Aren't those the sketchy fuckers who filed the fraudulent NRA bankruptcy? And are just wrapped up in NRA corruption generally?

That place is radioactive. Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

(Brewer, not D&L)

I wasn't familiar with them or the NRA story you mentioned so I Googled and found this news page on their official website. First item is interesting. https://www.brewerattorneys.com/news

What’s the deal with Brewer? A quick scan through their attorney profiles suggests that these guys aren’t all stars. I’m not saying that to belittle or be elitist, obviously they hire excellent candidates, but looking through the attorney profiles is different than looking at other, highly ranked boutiques that pay on the Milbank scale. Does anyone know if they compress on the upper end? Any chance this will put any pressure on the V10?

Let's be honest, it's a little easier to shine as a conservative lawyer because our industry tilts liberal. If they are a boutique known for representing the NRA, their options are going to be more limited than most.

[Anonymous User]

I’ve actually asked several partners and those in the know at my V5 in casual conversations and the answers have just been “eh, we don’t consider Milbank a peer.”

(Though we have lose several associates to Cooley in the past few years so….)

I agree that Milbank and your V5 are not peers — Milbank is significantly better and more elite than your firm.

Agree and will report as much to vault

[Anonymous User]

Skadden finally announced …

No more in office mask mandate.

[Anonymous User]

So where are all the posters from page 1 or 2 of this thread who were so condescending and confident that the raises would be coming any day now and that the rest of us were being stupid to be anxious about them? Looks like a decent chance they won't actually happen across the board now...

[Anonymous User]

Market middle-bucket bonus for banking associates fresh out of MBA was over $200K in 2021. Bringing their total compensation to $350K+ for 2021. I have confirmed this number. IB associates fresh out of B-school are about as useless as biglaw juniors, so I do feel we are all entitled to a raise.

Of course, IB has always paid a bit more than Biglaw, but the gentleman's gap has now become a comical chasm.

[Anonymous User]

Cooley matched

We already knew that - is there a memo now?

Yes, they released a memo and it’s on ATL - https://abovethelaw.com/2022/02/money-m ... ank-match/

[Anonymous User]

I’ve actually asked several partners and those in the know at my V5 in casual conversations and the answers have just been “eh, we don’t consider Milbank a peer.”

(Though we have lose several associates to Cooley in the past few years so….)

Sounds like a below-market firm, was this JD?

[Anonymous User]

I’ve actually asked several partners and those in the know at my V5 in casual conversations and the answers have just been “eh, we don’t consider Milbank a peer.”

(Though we have lose several associates to Cooley in the past few years so….)

That's amazing. Ask the partner how deeply his head is up his ass that he doesn't feel the need to match a salary scale that's already been adopted by Milbank, Cadwalader, McDermott, Fried Frank, Goodwin, Irell, Baker, Wilmer, DLA, Winston, and Cooley.

At this point, this is becoming offensive. The vaunted "V10," which feels it has the prerogative to work its associates to the bone, doesn't seem to have the wherewithal to get its act together and bring its attorneys to market-compensation when so many "lesser" *firms in the V50 have all seemingly woken up and gotten off their collective asses.