Year End Billables Check Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:08 pm

Year ended 10/31. 1980.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:15 pm

Third year BL lit associate in the Bay Area. Joined firm in late May. 1060 billable (on pace for about 2200 or so), 120 pro bono. The only good thing is that the hours at my firm are fairly steady and predictable.

I'm actually going part-time to 80% next year to see if BL is sustainable longer-term. If that experiment fails, time to head in-house.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:27 pm

TX V50, 3rd year -- 2050 through end of November. Should end the year close to 2250.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:49 pm

NYC V100, 2d year, lit. 2275 YTD (starting Jan 1). Will finish 2350-2400 depending on how much vacation time I take around the holidays.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:35 am

V50 senior associate. As of right now, I'm just shy of 2600 YTD with more than two weeks left in the billable year. Likely to crack 2700 unless I manage some time off. Lots of non-billable business development hours on top of that billable tally. I love the work, but feeling the burn right now in a major way.

mvp99 · Post by **mvp99** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:50 am

please include whether you're in a secondary market and/or city if possible

nealric · Post by **nealric** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:03 pm

Zero.

I love being in-house

PennBull · Post by **PennBull** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:28 pm

Anonymous User wrote:300 pro bono so far

PennBull · Post by **PennBull** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:30 pm

As of July I was on pace for 2,500+. Year end November-to-November ended up 2036 + 5 pro bono (gotta get 20 more by year end).

Past few months have been sweet. Not in the remotest danger of ever being let go so I couldn't care less about hours.

IrwinM.Fletcher · Post by **IrwinM.Fletcher** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:44 pm

PennBull wrote:As of July I was on pace for 2,500+. Year end November-to-November ended up 2036 + 5 pro bono (gotta get 20 more by year end).

Past few months have been sweet. Not in the remotest danger of ever being let go so I couldn't care less about hours.

Nice dude. Amazing when you can get relief after a rough stretch.

twenty 8 · Post by **twenty 8** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:02 pm

2200 or close to it. At one point looked to be on tract for 2400 but then came a lull.

johndhi · Post by **johndhi** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:12 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Third year BL lit associate in the Bay Area. Joined firm in late May. 1060 billable (on pace for about 2200 or so), 120 pro bono. The only good thing is that the hours at my firm are fairly steady and predictable.

I'm actually going part-time to 80% next year to see if BL is sustainable longer-term. If that experiment fails, time to head in-house.

bay area biglaw firm that lets you go part time as a 3rd year? would you PM me please?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:34 pm

V15 transactional mid-level in non-NYC office; 2400 hours with 20 days left. About 30 of those are pro-bono, because I care about helping non-corporate persons.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:40 pm

1210 with 3 weeks to go. NYC biglaw jr corp

PennBull · Post by **PennBull** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:42 pm

Anonymous User wrote:1210 with 3 weeks to go. NYC biglaw jr corp

wut

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:46 pm

PennBull wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:1210 with 3 weeks to go. NYC biglaw jr corp
wut

Ye. in contact with recruiters

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:42 pm

Roughly 2300 - 1800 client 500 pro bono.

phonepro · Post by **phonepro** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:46 pm

2698.50; will hit 2800+ by end of December. NYC V5.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:17 pm

A bit over 2100 at the moment. Will be 2250-ish at the end of the year unless things go badly wrong. Lockstep firm. That includes some pro bono, but not sure how much. 50-70-ish.

At one point was on pace for nearly 3500 hours, so the second half of the year has been a bit of a relief...

baal hadad · Post by **baal hadad** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:17 pm

Desert Fox wrote:1,720 Billable

120 Pro Boner

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1840 Total

U finna hit dat 2k mang?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:19 pm

Secondary market lit boutique (defense). Was on pace for 1850 plus 150 nonbillable bizdev/bar activities with 1.5 months to go before I left to clerk.

PennBull · Post by **PennBull** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:23 pm

Anonymous User wrote:A bit over 2100 at the moment. Will be 2250-ish at the end of the year unless things go badly wrong. Lockstep firm. That includes some pro bono, but not sure how much. 50-70-ish.

At one point was on pace for nearly 3500 hours, so the second half of the year has been a bit of a relief...

Love a good long relief period.

PennBull · Post by **PennBull** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:23 pm

Anonymous User wrote:500 pro bono.

PennBull wrote:

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:42 pm

First-year associate. Secondary southern market. V100. About 1800 year end total (includes ~200 pro bono). Wondering if I'll get a firm spanking (no pun intended).

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:05 pm

First-year, NYC V5. On pace for ~1800, about ~100 pro bono. Was averaging 100 hours a month early on, hit a streak of ~250ish hour months, but it's been pretty steady 10-7 for the past month or so. Overall I'm surprised at how much I don't hate this job, although it's easy to say now when I'm not in the middle of a 300-hour month.

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