2021 Special Bonuses Forum

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V34 - orrick
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V34 - orrick
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

Arnold & PorTTTer will stay on this list for a long time--maybe eternity. A&P is too cheap to pay us. They never even acknowledged the bonuses last fall. Cov matched, Wilmer matched, Hogan matched (superficially). They'll probably send us a bonus memo tomorrow as an April Fool's Day joke.

[lawlo]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V34 - orrick
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

Orrick announced.

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V23 - MoFo
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

Orrick announced.

egregious lack of MoFo shaming has been corrected

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V34 - orrick
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

Williams and Connolly are their own thing, they won't make any sort of announcement, and probably neither will JD. Wilmer should match and AP won't, so only drama in DC is whether Cov/Hogan join the Wilmer camp or slum it with AP.

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V34 - orrick
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

Williams and Connolly are their own thing, they won't make any sort of announcement, and probably neither will JD. Wilmer should match and AP won't, so only drama in DC is whether Cov/Hogan join the Wilmer camp or slum it with AP.

Any inside knowledge re: AP? I'm an AP assoc and would like to know if I'll be able to afford food next week.

[Anonymous User]

Lit be like ...

[Anonymous User]

What is S&C doing? What are they waiting for? I'm totally pissed off.

Grumpy OP here. S&C matched. same distribution schedule as DPW (April, September) for associates "in good standing" whatever that means.

[Anonymous User]

What is S&C doing? What are they waiting for? I'm totally pissed off.

Grumpy OP here. S&C matched. same distribution schedule as DPW (April, September) for associates "in good standing" whatever that means.

Just as a FYI, all (or at least all in my sample size) S&C comp decisions are announced on Wednesday afternoons after the partners meeting, so they were almost certainly just waiting last week and then pulled the trigger this week. If you go back and look at ATL, you can set your watch to this pattern.

[Anonymous User]

What is S&C doing? What are they waiting for? I'm totally pissed off.

Grumpy OP here. S&C matched. same distribution schedule as DPW (April, September) for associates "in good standing" whatever that means.

Just as a FYI, all (or at least all in my sample size) S&C comp decisions are announced on Wednesday afternoons after the partners meeting, so they were almost certainly just waiting last week and then pulled the trigger this week. If you go back and look at ATL, you can set your watch to this pattern.

so gibson is the only v10 that still hasnt announced?

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V23 - MoFo
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

updated wall of shame

[Anonymous User]

What is S&C doing? What are they waiting for? I'm totally pissed off.

Grumpy OP here. S&C matched. same distribution schedule as DPW (April, September) for associates "in good standing" whatever that means.

Just as a FYI, all (or at least all in my sample size) S&C comp decisions are announced on Wednesday afternoons after the partners meeting, so they were almost certainly just waiting last week and then pulled the trigger this week. If you go back and look at ATL, you can set your watch to this pattern.

so gibson is the only v10 that still hasnt announced?

Gibson's partnership is often slow to move. I am confident it will match. Williams & Connolly and Jones Day have their own systems and I am confident they will not match. I cannot predict Covington.

[Anonymous User]

For those wondering, these seem to be the only v40s that haven’t announced a match yet:

V4 - Sullcrom
V9 - Gibson
V13 - Quinn
V15 - Covington
V16 - jones day (lol of course)
V20 - Williams and Connolly
V21 - Wilmer
V26 - omelveny
V27 - hogan
V29 - BSF
V32 - Arnold and porter
V33 - baker McKenzie
V34 - orrick
V38 - King and Spaulding
V39 - Mayer brown

Once you drop below 40 it seems like a lot more firms haven’t made an announcement yet so I stopped here.

Is this list right? Does anyone else need to be shamed or removed from the list of shame?

Thank you. Shame lists are the way to go. My guess is that hogan, AP, Covington, and JD will stay on this list for a while.

Williams and Connolly are their own thing, they won't make any sort of announcement, and probably neither will JD. Wilmer should match and AP won't, so only drama in DC is whether Cov/Hogan join the Wilmer camp or slum it with AP.

Any inside knowledge re: AP? I'm an AP assoc and would like to know if I'll be able to afford food next week.

No inside knowledge, but ManagemenTTT said they’d be more transparent in the future after keeping us in the dark last time. Bet they weren’t planning on this. Time to put your money where your mouth is — oh wait, that’d mean taking it out of partner pockets.

[Anonymous User]

It looks like Orrick just matched, with the potential for an extra bonus for those hitting 2300+. At least according to NEP on Instagram.

Over market, too.

[Anonymous User]

Not enough Gibson shaming in this thread. They’re always shady about bonuses. I don’t know why they can’t just be normal and go along with the market in a reasonable time frame.

[Anonymous User]

Not a shaming post, but does anyone have an idea when DLA will pay May bonuses? Beginning or end of May?

[Anonymous User]

Not enough Gibson shaming in this thread. They’re always shady about bonuses. I don’t know why they can’t just be normal and go along with the market in a reasonable time frame.

i think gibson always pays lock-step bonus like the rest of the firms?

[2013]

Do we expect any non JD or Williams and Connolly V40 not to match?

[Anonymous User]

Do we expect any non JD or Williams and Connolly V40 not to match?

AP, Hogan. Possibly Covington. All three have way lower PEP than the rest of V40. At the very least these firms might do some sketchy half measures and not really match market. I think Hogan did that with last year’s special bonuses.

K&S might take a while even if it matches.

[Anonymous User]

Where is Cahill?! Huge jump in revenue YoY but not sharing it with the little guy. SHAME

[Anonymous User]

Will Mofo match today?

[Anonymous User]

Do we expect any non JD or Williams and Connolly V40 not to match?

AP, Hogan. Possibly Covington. All three have way lower PEP than the rest of V40. At the very least these firms might do some sketchy half measures and not really match market. I think Hogan did that with last year’s special bonuses.

K&S might take a while even if it matches.

I'd also keep my eye on BSF and Baker McKenzie. I'm particularly interested to see what BSF does. If AP doesn't match, I'd expect anyone with decent options to leave.

[Anonymous User]

any updates on the magic circle firms?

[Anonymous User]

Did King and Spalding match last year's special bonuses in their March payout?

[Anonymous User]

Do we expect any non JD or Williams and Connolly V40 not to match?

AP, Hogan. Possibly Covington. All three have way lower PEP than the rest of V40. At the very least these firms might do some sketchy half measures and not really match market. I think Hogan did that with last year’s special bonuses.

K&S might take a while even if it matches.

A&P and CovingTTTon have only equity partners, which prevents them from playing games with PPP. Don't buy into the party line. Hogan just sucks and is poor.