Which firms have lockstep partner compensation?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 11:16 am
As the title - are there very few firms who have this? Obviously Cravath does, but who else?
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You are joking, right?Anonymous User wrote:Not OP. I'm trying to decide which firm I should work for based on whether partner's comp is lockstep.
Of all the possible reasons to choose a firm, this seems to be a pretty good one.RaceJudicata wrote:You are joking, right?Anonymous User wrote:Not OP. I'm trying to decide which firm I should work for based on whether partner's comp is lockstep.
I thought DPW, STB and Skadden were too. Although, I think I heard that maybe STB modified theirs a couple years ago because Kirkland was poaching some of their younger partners.SLS_AMG wrote:Cravath, Cleary, Debevoise. I believe there's one more.
Skadden is not lockstep. STB hasn't been pure lockstep for at least a decade and I think it's a safe assumption that this is the more common model (obviously not inconsistent that they've further loosened the system recently.).Anonymous User wrote:I thought DPW, STB and Skadden were too. Although, I think I heard that maybe STB modified theirs a couple years ago because Kirkland was poaching some of their younger partners.SLS_AMG wrote:Cravath, Cleary, Debevoise. I believe there's one more.
ETA: This is notgreat. That was an accidental anon.
I'm quite, but not 100%, sure that WLRK is pure lockstep.SLS_AMG wrote:Cravath, Cleary, Debevoise. I believe there's one more.
Pretty sure Cov is black box rather than lockstep.Anonymous User wrote:Are Covington lockstep? Thought I read that somewhere
When I interviewed there as a lateral, one of their selling points was that all partners pretty much made the same so that there was no competition and everyone works together.Anonymous User wrote:Pretty sure Cov is black box rather than lockstep.Anonymous User wrote:Are Covington lockstep? Thought I read that somewhere
Ok, I was pretty sure Skadden was lockstep, but haven't paid attention recently. Wachtell isn't pure lockstep. It's like PW. Most of the partners are on lockstep, with a few of the senior people/rainmakers getting paid more.lawlorbust wrote:Skadden is not lockstep. STB hasn't been pure lockstep for at least a decade and I think it's a safe assumption that this is the more common model (obviously not inconsistent that they've further loosened the system recently.).Anonymous User wrote:I thought DPW, STB and Skadden were too. Although, I think I heard that maybe STB modified theirs a couple years ago because Kirkland was poaching some of their younger partners.SLS_AMG wrote:Cravath, Cleary, Debevoise. I believe there's one more.
ETA: This is notgreat. That was an accidental anon.
I'm quite, but not 100%, sure that WLRK is pure lockstep.SLS_AMG wrote:Cravath, Cleary, Debevoise. I believe there's one more.
From what I gathered, it's black box but most people in a similar year range are close enough to not make it a pissing match.Mr. Fancy wrote:When I interviewed there as a lateral, one of their selling points was that all partners pretty much made the same so that there was no competition and everyone works together.Anonymous User wrote:Pretty sure Cov is black box rather than lockstep.Anonymous User wrote:Are Covington lockstep? Thought I read that somewhere
(Anon from before who stated Cov is blackbox.) I have the same impression impression from the summer program last year. That said, I'm sure folks like Lanny Breuer and Eric Holder and other rainmakers (like in IP lit) are significantly better off than other partners. But given Cov's PPP, money isn't the reason why people stick around. It isn't often that you hear about Covington partners being poached (at least in DC), and they really emphasize the culture and sharing work among partners because there's at least less incentive to hoard work. But that said, my recollection is 99% that partner comp is blackbox—though it's clear that whatever is in that box, it's not just eat-what-you-kill in disguise.Anonymous User wrote:From what I gathered, it's black box but most people in a similar year range are close enough to not make it a pissing match.Mr. Fancy wrote:When I interviewed there as a lateral, one of their selling points was that all partners pretty much made the same so that there was no competition and everyone works together.Anonymous User wrote:Pretty sure Cov is black box rather than lockstep.Anonymous User wrote:Are Covington lockstep? Thought I read that somewhere
At most (or all) of these firms, chances at partnership are vanishingly small. Why does partner comp matter to you?lawlorbust wrote:Of all the possible reasons to choose a firm, this seems to be a pretty good one.RaceJudicata wrote:You are joking, right?Anonymous User wrote:Not OP. I'm trying to decide which firm I should work for based on whether partner's comp is lockstep.