Highest-paying plaintiff firms for associates? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Is plaintiff-side appellate a thing besides Gupta Wessler, or is GW the only game in town?

Kellogg Hansen comes to mind. David Frederick, Derek Ho, and Michael Nemelka have all made tens (or hundreds) of millions doing appellaty plaintiff-side work.

[Anonymous User]

Any intel on Bursor & Fisher? I remember reading a while back that they pay big bonuses but don't know much else about them.

[Anonymous User]

Does anybody have more information on firms involved mostly with shareholder derivative lawsuits in Delaware (andxparallel securities class action suits)? Specifically looking for places that hire Delaware barred attorneys that have worked on the same type of matters from the D-side at the DE "Big 4"/BigLaw (PW, Skadden, QE, WSGR) shops. I know Kessler, Robins Kaplan, and others have already been mentioned... But any specifics on firms that either have a Wilmington/Philadelphia office or are open to WFH from those locations?

[Anonymous User]

Any intel on Bursor & Fisher? I remember reading a while back that they pay big bonuses but don't know much else about them.

Bring a lot of stupid cases. Lawyers range in quality from bad to ok. Credibility issues.

source; saw a lot of them while clerking.

[top_of_the_bellcurve]

Any intel on Bursor & Fisher? I remember reading a while back that they pay big bonuses but don't know much else about them.

Bring a lot of stupid cases. Lawyers range in quality from bad to ok. Credibility issues.

source; saw a lot of them while clerking.

Before I applied to the p-side firm I'm currently at, I went to the firm website, went to the page for their current cases, and read the complaints/briefing. They list all their cases, so they weren't cherrypicking. Ultimately, I was like, hell yeah, this place brings impactful cases (and, critically, doesn't bring bogus cases I'd feel terrible attaching my name to), and the writing was IMO generally very good.

Sure, that's a decent amount of work, so I'm not suggesting folks do this for every firm out there. But if there are a few on your list, I think it's totally worth the effort.

[Anonymous User]

Does anybody have more information on firms involved mostly with shareholder derivative lawsuits in Delaware (andxparallel securities class action suits)? Specifically looking for places that hire Delaware barred attorneys that have worked on the same type of matters from the D-side at the DE "Big 4"/BigLaw (PW, Skadden, QE, WSGR) shops. I know Kessler, Robins Kaplan, and others have already been mentioned... But any specifics on firms that either have a Wilmington/Philadelphia office or are open to WFH from those locations?

damn are you me because i have the exact same question

[Anonymous User]

Does anybody have more information on firms involved mostly with shareholder derivative lawsuits in Delaware (andxparallel securities class action suits)? Specifically looking for places that hire Delaware barred attorneys that have worked on the same type of matters from the D-side at the DE "Big 4"/BigLaw (PW, Skadden, QE, WSGR) shops. I know Kessler, Robins Kaplan, and others have already been mentioned... But any specifics on firms that either have a Wilmington/Philadelphia office or are open to WFH from those locations?

damn are you me because i have the exact same question

I only know Labaton, BLBG, and BFA. Base comp for associates at Labaton is in the mid to high $100k range, BLBG is low $200ks, and BFA is mid $200k range. From speaking with friends/colleagues at these firms I get the sense that bonuses are higher at BLBG and much higher at BFA but I’m not sure how much of that is due to recent case successes.

[Anonymous User]

Any other reasonably high-paying class action shops?

[Anonymous User]

Any intel on Bursor & Fisher? I remember reading a while back that they pay big bonuses but don't know much else about them.

Bursor & Fisher is the equivalent of a PI mill for consumer class actions. They’ll bring just about anything and probably file more class actions than any firm in the country.

I don’t know exactly how their comp works for associates, but I gather its some mix of base salary and origination credit. I’ve heard of people getting multi-million dollar origination fees in a year. There are no equity partners beside Scott.

My take is that it would be a good place to learn the ropes of plaintiff-side class action practice, but long term you’d want to have a plan to either start your own firm or get a bigger piece of the action somewhere else.

[Anonymous User]

Any intel on Bursor & Fisher? I remember reading a while back that they pay big bonuses but don't know much else about them.

Bursor & Fisher is the equivalent of a PI mill for consumer class actions. They’ll bring just about anything and probably file more class actions than any firm in the country.

I don’t know exactly how their comp works for associates, but I gather its some mix of base salary and origination credit. I’ve heard of people getting multi-million dollar origination fees in a year. There are no equity partners beside Scott.

My take is that it would be a good place to learn the ropes of plaintiff-side class action practice, but long term you’d want to have a plan to either start your own firm or get a bigger piece of the action somewhere else.

Damn, he wouldn't even give Fisher or Neal a piece of the pie?

[Anonymous User]

Any other reasonably high-paying class action shops?

Bump.