Another Biglaw firm has decided to match the new associate compensation scale established last week by Cravath.
Associates fishing for raises at Fish & Richardson were rewarded today. The firm, ranked 92nd on the most recent Am Law 100 with $512,043,000 in gross revenue last year, announced a brand new compensation scale, but one that is increasingly familiar to Biglaw observers.
Effective January 1, the new compensation grid at Fish is as follows:
You’ll notice the firm has not announced their year-end bonuses. The firm eschews lockstep bonus grids for individualized merit bonuses, and the firm insists for “a number of associates” bonuses are above the market standard.
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