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Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:53 pm
by Anonymous User
On another board, there are references to a possible increase to $175,000 for New York (and New York only).
Many of the responses state unequivocally that "partner-track associates" have started well above $160,000 for some time now.
First, is this true?
Second, are firms putting 3Ls on partner track from the get-go -- or is this a different scale after the associate has been there for a while?
Any help would be great.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:53 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:On another board, there are references to a possible increase to $175,000 for New York (and New York only).
Many of the responses state unequivocally that "partner-track associates" have started well above $160,000 for some time now.
First, is this true?
Second, are firms putting 3Ls on partner track from the get-go -- or is this a different scale after the associate has been there for a while?
Any help would be great.
I thought it was a joke.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:54 pm
by Old Gregg
Both are jokes.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:00 pm
by Anonymous User
OP here.
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:04 pm
by Old Gregg
Anonymous User wrote:OP here.
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
Didn't you see the thread asking how many more JoS A Bank suits one can buy with that kind of salary bump? That was downright hilarious.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:05 pm
by Anonymous User
Irell is now at 175k.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:06 pm
by Old Gregg
Anonymous User wrote:Irell is now at 175k.
False.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:19 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:OP here.
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
Oh but you have misunderstood, young lad. It is not the joke that is supposed to be funny. Its the reaction of those who take the joke seriously. Now thats the funny part.
But yeah, in all seriousness, they were just messing around
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:19 pm
by Old Gregg
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:OP here.
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
Oh but you have misunderstood, young lad. It is not the joke that is supposed to be funny. Its the reaction of those who take the joke seriously. Now thats the funny part.
But yeah, in all seriousness, they were just messing around
LOL, yes! You hear about that one guy who started that thread on TLS?
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:22 pm
by shoeshine
NYC to 190!
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:07 am
by erico
how do you start at partnership-track? do you just mean normal associate?
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:12 am
by minnbills
erico wrote:how do you start at partnership-track? do you just mean normal associate?
I think the implication was that some would be partnership-track and others would be senior-associate track.
Sad thing is, that's not unthinkable.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:28 am
by dood
shoeshine wrote:NYC to 190!
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:29 am
by dood
W&C pays $185 in dc hth
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:33 am
by Grizz
By other boards, you mean xoxo. Just admit you read it.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:41 am
by Stanford4Me
Grizz wrote:By other boards, you mean xoxo. Just admit you read it.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:51 am
by reasonable_man
I'm totally marching into my bosses office later today and demanding that my new title be "Partnership Track Associate." Anything else is TTT.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:52 am
by Anonymous User
Duval and Stachenfeld does this
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:56 am
by Tangerine Gleam
Fresh Prince wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Irell is now at 175k.
False.
Really? I thought they did pay 175k.
Is it 170k?
Boies does 174k...but yeah, this rumor is obv a joke.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:00 am
by Old Gregg
Tangerine Gleam wrote:Fresh Prince wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Irell is now at 175k.
False.
Really? I thought they did pay 175k.
Is it 170k?
Boies does 174k...but yeah, this rumor is obv a joke.
It's $160,000.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:06 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Duval and Stachenfeld does this
Because they're huge douches. They pay $175k to graduates of HYSCCN and $70k to everyone else. Basically, the office is 20 partners, 5 partner-track associates (hired only from HYSCCN) and 40 slave-labor associates who work 3000 hours a year for beans. Got to be a terrible environment to work in, even if you're on the partnership track.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:08 am
by Old Gregg
Wiley Rein does a similar thing, but it's not as miserable a place to work.
Also, any law firm that employs staff attorneys does this too...
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:10 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Duval and Stachenfeld does this
Because they're huge douches. They pay $175k to graduates of HYSCCN and $70k to everyone else. Basically, the office is 20 partners, 5 partner-track associates (hired only from HYSCCN) and 40 slave-labor associates who work 3000 hours a year for beans. Got to be a terrible environment to work in, even if you're on the partnership track.
http://www.dsllp.com/joinUsAssociates.shtml
are these guys for real? seems like utter TTT
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:13 am
by Kronk
Tangerine Gleam wrote:Fresh Prince wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Irell is now at 175k.
False.
Really? I thought they did pay 175k.
Is it 170k?
Boies does 174k...but yeah, this rumor is obv a joke.
Irell must do something extra, because they are known for high compensation. Maybe they just have enormous bonuses.
Re: Partner-Track Associates: $175,000?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:18 am
by Old Gregg
Kronk wrote:Tangerine Gleam wrote:Fresh Prince wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Irell is now at 175k.
False.
Really? I thought they did pay 175k.
Is it 170k?
Boies does 174k...but yeah, this rumor is obv a joke.
Irell must do something extra, because they are known for high compensation. Maybe they just have enormous bonuses.
They did in 2009, but bonuses were market for 2010. All of this is easily verifiable.