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What are hours like?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:59 amWithout revealing specifics it’s basically the top level associate pay and bonus structure with a small increase on both. There’s an eat-what-you kill provision in there too which is a lesser version of what the partners get where I get a percentage cut of all the hours billed to a matter that I bring in. That will probably be zero though.
OP here. Bumping this. Hoping someone can speak to the day to day life and the pressures (if any) of building a book in that first year.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:01 amDOJ litigator thinking of taking an of-counsel position at a mid-size to big law firm.
What should I expect in terms of day-to-day work and what should I expect more broadly?
Agreed on the comp, except at my firm there's not really an eat what you kill provision - if you really bring in anything significant enough to matter you'll just get promoted to non-equity partner.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:53 pmWhat are hours like?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:59 amWithout revealing specifics it’s basically the top level associate pay and bonus structure with a small increase on both. There’s an eat-what-you kill provision in there too which is a lesser version of what the partners get where I get a percentage cut of all the hours billed to a matter that I bring in. That will probably be zero though.
Can you share what the reduction was? The recruiter I'm talking to made it sound like I would basically be working senior associate hours and didn't mention anything about reduced hours requirements.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:37 pmAgreed on the comp, except at my firm there's not really an eat what you kill provision - if you really bring in anything significant enough to matter you'll just get promoted to non-equity partner.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:53 pmWhat are hours like?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:59 amWithout revealing specifics it’s basically the top level associate pay and bonus structure with a small increase on both. There’s an eat-what-you kill provision in there too which is a lesser version of what the partners get where I get a percentage cut of all the hours billed to a matter that I bring in. That will probably be zero though.
I'm not a lateral of counsel, but at my firm counsel have an hours reduction vs. the associate requirement (and partners have a further reduction). My hours were basically the same as counsel as they were when I was an associate.