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The NLJ 250 Supplemental Salary Information
| Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: bar, CLE expenses; clerkship ($10,000-$50,000), merit ($2,500-$50,000), signing/graduation, year-end bonuses |
| Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory: bar ($10,000), moving/relocation |
| Alston & Bird: Atlanta $100,000; Charlotte, N.C. $100,000; New York $125,000; Washington, D.C. $125,000; Raleigh, N.C. $100,000; bar, moving/relocation (up to $2,500, New York and D.C.); employment ($10,000, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh) bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000 loan against salary, New York and D.C.) |
| Altheimer & Gray: bar ($2,000), moving/relocation ($2,500); clerkship ($10,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($10,000) |
| Andrews & Kurth: bar, moving/relocation ($2,500), parking ($1,600); signing/graduation ($7,500), year-end ($1,000), start-date ($2,500) bonuses |
| Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, gym; clerkship ($10,000), merit, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($2,500) |
| Armstrong Teasdale: bar ($500), CLE ($2,500); merit (avg. $17,000); signing/graduation bonuses; summer/bar study ($1,200) |
| Arnold & Porter: D.C., New York, Northern Va., Los Angeles and Century City, Calif. $125,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000), hours-based, year-end ($500-$1,000), stakeholder bonuses |
| Arter & Hadden: Cleveland $97,388; Columbus, Ohio $86,000; Dallas $119,059; D.C. $115,938; Irvine, Calif. $121,300; Los Angeles $117,290; San Francisco $117,591; San Diego $107,559; Woodland Hills, Calif. $122,750; bar ($1,000); summer/bar study ($5,000-$7,500) |
| Baker Botts: bar, moving/relocation ($3,000); clerkship ($35,000), signing/graduation ($10,500), year-end ($1,000) bonuses |
| Baker & Daniels: bar, CLE, moving relocation, patent bar; signing bonus |
| Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell: Memphis, Tenn. $83,000; Nashville, Tenn. $83,000; Jackson, Miss. $73,000; Chattanooga, Tenn. $73,000; Knoxville, Tenn. $73,000; Johnson City, Tenn. $73,000; Huntsville, Tenn. $73,000; bar, CLE ($2,500); merit, signing/graduation ($10,000-$15,000), year-end bonuses |
| Baker & Hostetler: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; year-end (up to $5,000) bonus |
| Baker & McKenzie: market rates in 35 countries |
| Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll: Philadelphia $107,000; Baltimore $107,000; D.C. $113,000; Denver $95,000; Salt Lake City $95,000; Vorhees, N.J. $102,000; Camden, N.J. $107,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Barnes & Thornburg: bar, CLE ($2,000), moving/relocation; merit bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Bell, Boyd & Lloyd: bar; clerkship, merit bonuses; summer/bar study ($11,875) |
| Bingham Dana: bar ($333), moving/relocation ($3,500); clerkship ($10,000), merit bonuses |
| Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin: Kansas City, Mo. $80,000; St. Louis $90,000; Omaha, Neb. $70,000; Overland Park, Kan. $80,000 |
| Bracewell & Patterson: listed salary is for Houston office; bar, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), signing/graduation ($10,000) |
| Bradley, Arant, Rose & White: clerkship ($10,000), signing/graduation ($2,500) bonuses |
| Briggs and Morgan: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship (class credit), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($4,000) |
| Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit ($5,000 discretionary), year-end (up to $35,000) bonuses; summer/bar study (five or seven weeks’ salary) |
| Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($5,000); merit (Boston/London up to $30,000; Hartford, Conn./Providence, R.I., up to $65,000) bonus |
| Bryan Cave: bar ($2,500), moving/relocation; clerkship, hours-based ($5,000-$40,000) bonuses; summer/bar study (1 month’s salary) |
| Buchanan Ingersoll: Pittsburgh $105,000; Philadelphia/Bryn Mawr, Pa. $105,000; D.C. $105,000; New York $105,000; Harrisburg, Pa. $90,000; London 42,000 pounds; Miami $105,000; Princeton, N.J. $105,000; Tampa, Fla. $82,000; Buffalo, N.Y. $90,000; Tysons Corner, Va. $105,000; bar, moving/relocation; merit (up to $30,000), hours-based (up to $30,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($7,000) |
| Butzel Long: signing/graduation, year-end bonuses |
| Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft: New York $125,000; United Kingdom 65,000 pounds; D.C. $125,000; Charlotte, N.C. $110,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation, home computer; clerkship ($10,000-$30,000), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Carlton Fields: clerkship ($7,000), signing/graduation ($7,000), year-end ($5,000/$8,000), objective (up to 15% of base salary) bonus |
| Chadbourne & Parke: bar, moving/relocation ($5,000); clerkship ($10,000-$20,000), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study (salary advance up to $10,000) |
| Chapman and Cutler: bar, moving/relocation ($2,000); summer/bar study ($11,875) |
| Choate, Hall & Stewart: bar ($285), CLE, moving/relocation ($2,000); merit (up to $30,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton: bar, CLE; clerkship ($15,000), year-end ($40,000-$100,000 in 2000) bonuses |
| Cooley Godward: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit bonuses; summer/bar study (six weeks) |
| Covington & Burling: bar, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000), year-end (up to $37,500); summer/bar study ($7,000) |
| Cozen O’Connor: summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses |
| Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($5,500); merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($7,500) |
| Crowell & Moring: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), merit bonuses |
| Cummings & Lockwood: Stamford, Conn. $100,000; Hartford, Conn. $90,000; Naples, Fla. $90,000; New Haven, Conn. $90,000; Greenwich, Conn. $100,000; West Hartford, Conn. $90,000; Bonita Springs, Fla. $90,000; Palm Beach, Fla. $90,000; bar; merit bonus |
| Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($2,000), personal loan ($5,000); merit bonus; summer/bar study |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, broker’s fee ($2,500); clerkship ($15,000-$30,000) bonus |
| Davis Wright Tremaine: Seattle $95,000; Portland, Ore. $85,000; Bellevue, Wash. $95,000; San Francisco $110,000; Los Angeles $102,500; D.C. $97,500; Anchorage, Alaska $80,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation (main office only); clerkship ($7,000), merit, hours-based bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Day, Berry & Howard: bar ($400), CLE ($750), moving/relocation ($3,500); signing/graduation ($2,500-$20,000); summer/bar study ($1,100) |
| Debevoise & Plimpton: bar, CLE, moving/relocation (up to $3,000), broker’s fee (up to $1,500); clerkship ($15,000/year), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study (10 days of paid leave) |
| Dechert: Philadelphia $105,000; D.C. $125,000; New York $125,000; Boston $135,000; Princeton, N.J. $125,000; Hartford $95,000; Newport Beach, Calif. $125,000; Harrisburg, Pa. $85,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, hours-based bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000, main office) |
| Dewey Ballantine: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, salary advance ($8,000) clerkship ($15,000), year-end bonuses |
| Dickinson Wright: bar; signing/graduation ($5,000) bonus |
| Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky: moving/relocation ($2,500); clerkship ($25,000), merit ($15,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Dinsmore & Shohl: Cincinnati $94,000; Louisville, Ky. $94,000; Nashville, Tenn. $90,000; Lexington, Ky. $94,000; Columbus, Ohio $93,000; summer/bar study |
| Dorsey & Whitney: Minneapolis $90,000; Seattle $95,000; New York $120,000; D.C. $105,000; Denver $90,000; Des Moines, Iowa $75,000; Anchorage, Alaska $80,000; Salt Lake City $80,000; Billings, Mont. $55,000; Costa Mesa, Calif. $105,000; Fargo, N.D. $55,000; Rochester, Minn. $55,000; Great Falls, Mont. $55,000; Missoula, Mont. $55,000; IP associates $115,000-$130,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation (up to $5,000), salary advance ($5,000); clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses |
| Dow, Lohnes & Albertson: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($7,000); merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($500) |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath: summer/bar study $5,000 |
| Duane, Morris & Heckscher: summer/bar study ($6,000) |
| Dykema Gossett: bar, CLE, summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott: bar, moving/relocation; summer/bar study ($7,000) |
| Edwards & Angell: bar, moving/relocation ($2,500); year-end (up to $10,000) bonus; summer/bar study |
| Epstein Becker & Green: bar, CLE, moving/relocation |
| Faegre & Benson: Minneapolis $90,000; Denver $90,000; Des Moines, Iowa $75,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit, signing/graduation ($5,000), year-end bonuses |
| Fenwick & West: bar ($2,500); clerkship ($10,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($12,000) |
| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner: bar ($1,000-$3,500), CLE, moving/relocation ($1,500); clerkship, merit (up to 10% of salary), productivity (up to 20% of salary) bonus; summer/bar study (three weeks’ salary) |
| Fish & Neave: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses |
| Fish & Richardson: bar, moving/relocation; clerkship ($35,000, $15,000), hours-based (up to $31,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($10,000) |
| Foley, Hoag & Eliot: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit bonus |
| Foley & Lardner: Milwaukee $115,000-$125,000; Chicago $125,000; D.C. $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Madison, Wis. $105,000-$125,000; Jacksonville, Fla. $80,000-$105,000;San Francisco $125,000; Tampa, Fla. $80,000-$105,000; Orlando, Fla. $80,000-$105,000; San Diego $125,000; Detroit $115,000-$125,000; Tallahassee, Fla. $80,000-$105,000; Sacramento, Calif. $110,000-$125,000; West Palm Beach, Fla. $80,000-$105,000; intellectual property $100,000-110,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($5,000), interest-free loan ($10,000); clerkship ($10,000-$30,000), merit (up to 10% of base salary), signing/graduation (IP) bonuses |
| Fowler White Boggs Banker: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit, signing/graduation ($7,000), year-end bonuses |
| Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel: bar; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Fredrikson & Byron: hours-based bonus |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson: bar; clerkship ($15,000/year), signing/graduation ($3,000) bonuses |
| Frost Brown & Todd: bar ($2,000-$3,000), CLE ($1,150 for two years), moving/relocation, client development ($250); summer/bar study ($8,000, Ohio only) |
| Fulbright & Jaworski: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit bonus (second year on) |
| Gardere Wynne Sewell: bar ($3,000), CLE ($200), moving/relocation ($750-$2,500), parking ($1,000); clerkship, signing/graduation ($6,000), year-end ($1,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($4,000) |
| Gardner, Carton & Douglas: bar, CLE; summer/bar study ($10,000) |
| Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione: clerkship bonus |
| Godfrey & Kahn: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; signing/graduation ($5,000) |
| Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich: bar, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, signing/graduation, hours-based bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Greenberg Traurig: all offices $93,000-$145,000 base plus bonus; signing/graduation bonus ($6,000) |
| Hale and Dorr: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), year-end, other (up to $30,000 in Boston, D.C., New York and Reston, Va.) bonuses |
| Harris Beach: bar ($300), CLE ($250), cellular phone ($250); signing/graduation bonus ($2,500) |
| Haynes and Boone: bar ($2,000), moving/relocation ($2,000); signing/graduation ($3,000), year-end bonuses ($5,000); summer/bar study ($6,500) |
| Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe: bar ($3,000), CLE, moving/relocation ($7,500); clerkship ($10,000, $30,000 for Supreme Court), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study $14,423.08 |
| Hogan & Hartson: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, laptop subsidy/technology allowance ($1,000); clerkship, merit, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Holland & Hart: listed salary is for Denver offices; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship (class credit $5,000), merit, signing/graduation bonuses; summer/bar study (paid leave or stipend) |
| Holland & Knight: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000-$50,000), merit, signing ($5,000-$6,000), year-end, billable hours ($2,000-$15,000) bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Holme Roberts & Owen: salary information is from the National Association for Law Placement |
| Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn: bar ($2,300), moving/relocation ($5,000); clerkship ($10,000), merit, signing/graduation ($5,000), year-end bonuses |
| Howrey Simon Arnold & White: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses |
| Hughes Hubbard & Reed: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($2,500), advance ($10,000); clerkship ($15,000), merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Hughes & Luce: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, parking; clerkship (up to $35,000), merit ($5,000), signing/graduation ($5,000, $7,000); summer/bar study |
| Hunton & Williams: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($2,000); clerkship bonus ($10,000-$50,000), signing bonus ($10,000, some offices); summer/bar study |
| Husch & Eppenberger: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit, signing/graduation ($3,000) bonuses |
| Irell & Manella: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000, $60,000), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study (five weeks) |
| Jackson Walker: bar ($1,500), CLE ($1,000); merit ($10,000), signing/graduation ($5,000), year-end ($1,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($4,000) |
| Jenkens & Gilchrist: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000-$20,000), signing/graduation ($10,000 plus bar study) bonuses |
| Jenner & Block: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, signing/graduation bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue: Cleveland $110,000; D.C. $125,000; New York $125,000; Dallas $115,000; Chicago $125,000; Atlanta $110,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Columbus, Ohio $110,000; Pittsburgh $110,000; Houston $115,000; Irvine, Calif. $125,000; Palo Alto, Calif. $125,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study stipend |
| Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre: bar, moving/relocation ($5,000); merit ($5,000 advance) bonus |
| Katten Muchin Zavis: bar, moving/relocation ($3,000); clerkship ($10,000), merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($9,000) |
| Kaye Scholer: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000), year-end, business bonuses |
| Kelley Drye & Warren: bar, CLE; clerkship ($10,000), merit bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Kilpatrick Stockton: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($5,000 total for all three) |
| King & Spalding: Atlanta $100,000; New York $125,000; D.C. $125,000; Houston $110,000; clerkship ($5,000), signing/graduation ($10,000) bonuses |
| Kirkpatrick & Lockhart: Pittsburgh $100,000; D.C. $110,000; Boston $115,000; New York $120,000; Los Angeles $110,000; San Francisco $120,000; Harrisburg, Pa. $90,000; Dallas $110,000; Miami $93,000; Newark, N.J. $100,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation, payroll advance ($5,000, some offices); clerkship bonus |
| Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel: bar, CLE ($1,250), moving/relocation ($2,000), computer reimbursement (up to $1,750); clerkship ($20,000-$40,000), merit ($40,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($8,000 salary advance) |
| Kutak Rock: Omaha, Neb. $75,000; Denver $85,000; Scottsdale, Ariz. $80,000; Atlanta $86,000; D.C. $80,000-$90,000; Kansas City, Mo. $75,000; Newport Beach, Calif. $80,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; year-end bonus; summer/bar study |
| Lane Powell Spears Lubersky: bar ($1,200), CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($3,000) |
| Latham & Watkins: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000-$60,000), merit bonuses; summer/bar study stipend |
| Lathrop & Gage: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($1,500) |
| LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae: Listed salary is for New York office; bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($2,500); clerkship ($15,000-$25,000), year-end bonuses |
| Leonard, Street and Deinard: bar ($1,500), CLE, moving/relocation ($5,000) |
| Lewis, Rice & Fingersh: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Littler Mendelson: San Francisco $110,000; Los Angeles $110,000; Dallas $92,500; Houston $92,500; San Jose, Calif. $110,000; D.C. $95,000; Atlanta $90,000; New York $110,000; Chicago $100,000; San Diego $100,000; Minneapolis $80,000; Philadelphia $85,000; Denver $80,000; Fresno, Calif. $70,000; Seattle $90,000; Walnut Creek, Calif. $110,000; Columbus, Ohio $85,000; Las Vegas $75,000; Oakland, Calif. $110,000; Phoenix $85,000; Baltimore $80,000; Reno, Nev. $75,000; Sacramento, Calif, $90,000; Santa Rosa, Calif. $90,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; summer/bar study (four-week stipend) |
| Locke Liddell & Sapp: Dallas $105,000; Houston $105,000; Austin, Texas $105,000; New Orleans $88,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; signing/graduation ($8,000), year-end ($2,000) bonuses |
| Loeb & Loeb: bar ($300-$600), CLE ($1,000-$3,000), moving/relocation, parking; clerkship, merit (up to $5,000), signing/graduation, hours-based ($10,000) bonuses; summer/bar study (one month’s salary) |
| Long Aldridge & Norman: Atlanta $100,000; D.C. $125,000; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Lord, Bissell & Brook: Chicago $125,000; Atlanta $100,000; Los Angeles $105,000; bar, moving/relocation ($2,000); clerkship ($10,000-$30,000); summer/bar study (50% of salary) |
| Lowenstein Sandler: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; signing/graduation ($5,000); summer/bar study ($2,700) |
| Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($5,000); clerkship, merit (up to $15,000) bonuses; summer/bar study $10,417 |
| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips: bar ($3,250); clerkship ($15,000) bonus; summer/bar study $12,019 |
| Mayer, Brown & Platt: Chicago $125,000; New York $125,000; D.C. $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Houston $110,000; Charlotte, N.C. $105,000 |
| McCarter & English: bar, CLE; year-end bonus |
| McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, signing/graduation, year-end, referral bonuses; summer/bar study |
| McDermott, Will & Emery: bar, moving relocation (up to $3,000) |
| McGuireWoods: bar, CLE ($1,000), moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), year-end, JD/MBA ($10,000) bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Michael Best & Friedrich: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, home loan (up to 20%); merit bonus |
| Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, salary advance; clerkship bonus |
| Miles & Stockbridge: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, expense account |
| Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone: bar, CLE |
| Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, laptops/hand-held devices; year-end (up to $40,000) bonus; summer/bar study (salary advance) |
| Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads: moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000, federal) bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius: D.C. $125,000; Philadelphia $105,000; New York $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Miami $100,000; Pittsburgh $105,000; London 64,000 pounds; Princeton, N.J. $105,000; Northern Va. $125,000; Harrisburg, Pa. $94,500; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship bonus; summer/bar study |
| Morrison & Foerster: San Francisco $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); New York $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); Palo Alto, Calif. $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); D.C. $125,000 ($15,000-$27,000 hours-based bonus); Orange County, Calif. $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); San Diego $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); Denver $110,000 ($5,000-$17,000 hours-based bonus); Virginia Beach, Va. $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); Walnut Creek, Calif. $125,000; Century city, Calif. $125,000; London $125,000; Sacramento, Calif. $125,000 ($5,000-$12,000 hours-based bonus); moving/relocation; summer/bar study ($12,000) |
| Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: bar ($1,500), moving/relocation ($5,000); signing/graduation bonus ($5,000) |
| Nixon Peabody: Boston $105,000 ($5,000 bonus); Rochester, N.Y. $75,000 ($5,000 bonus); D.C. $105,000 ($5,000 bonus); San Francisco $105,000; New York $115,000; Garden City, N.Y. $80,000 ($5,000 bonus); McLean, Va. $122,000; year-end bonus |
| Nutter, McClennen & Fish: bar; merit ($5,000-$36,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| O’Melveny & Myers: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkshiup ($15,000), merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($10,000) |
| Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly: Minneapolis $90,000; Palo Alto, Calif. $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Orange County, Calif. $125,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000-$10,000) |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, signing/graduation, hours-based bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Palmer & Dodge: bar, moving/relocation |
| Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler: bar ($2,500), CLE, moving/relocation ($2,500), technology ($500); clerkship ($15,000), merit, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses |
| Patton Boggs: bar, moving/relocation; merit, signing/graduation, client origination bonuses |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000/year), year-end bonuses; interest-free loan ($7,000) |
| Pennie & Edmonds: bar, moving/relocation; clerkship ($2,500), merit ($5,000) bonuses |
| Pepper Hamilton: Philadelphia $105,000; D.C. $105,000; Berwyn, Pa. $105,000; Detroit $95,000; Pittsburgh $105,000; Princeton, N.J. $105,000; Harrisburg, Pa. $90,000; Cherry Hill, N.J. $105,000; Wilmington, Del. $105,000; Tysons Corner, Va. $105,000; New York $105,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Perkins Coie: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000 and up), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study $5,000 |
| Phelps Dunbar: New Orleans ($78,000); Jackson, Miss. $68,000; Baton Rouge, La. $78,000; Tupelo, Miss. $68,000; Gulfport, Miss. $68,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship (salary credit), merit, signing/graduation (some offices) bonuses |
| Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber: bar, CLE, transition ($5,000) |
| Pillsbury Winthrop: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), merit (up to $5,000), hours-based bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe: Charleston, W.Va. $154,456; D.C. $157,795; Baltimore $140,443; New York $161,276; Philadelphia $143,749; Tampa, Fla. $126,250; Dallas $134,000; Reston, Va. $163,333; Los Angeles $162,500; bar, moving/relocation ($2,500); year-end bonus; summer/bar study (max. $12,500) |
| Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch: bar, CLE; merit, clerkship bonuses |
| Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur: bar, moving/relocation; merit bonus; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy: bar, moving/relocation ($5,000 for both); hours-based bonus; summer/bar study (two weeks paid) |
| Preston Gates & Ellis: Seattle $100,000; Portland, Ore. $75,000; San Francisco $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Spokane, Wash. $46,000; bar ($2,000), moving/relocation ($4,500); merit, discretionary bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000-$10,000) |
| Proskauer Rose: New York $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; Boca Raton, Fla. $80,000; D.C. $110,000; Newark, N.J. $95,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation (up to $2,000); clerkship ($15,000), year-end $35,000-$45,000) bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Quarles & Brady: bar, CLE ($2,000), moving/relocation; signing/graduation, year-end ($2,000-$14,500) bonuses |
| Reed Smith: Pittsburgh $100,000; Philadelphia $100,000; D.C. $110,000; Princeton, N.J. $100,000; Falls Church, Va. $100,000; New York $110,000; Newark, N.J. $100,000; Richmond, Va. $90,000; Harrisburg, Pa. $90,000; McLean, Va. $100,000; Wilmington, Del. $100,000; Leesburg, Va. $100,000; bar, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, graduation/signing, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($7,000) |
| Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; year-end bonus; summer/bar study (one week) |
| Robinson & Cole: Hartford, Conn. $85,000; Boston $95,000; Stamford, Conn. $95,000; Greenwich, Conn. $95,000; New York $105,000; New London, Conn. $85,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit ($1,000-$25,000) bonus |
| Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman: bar, CLE; year-end bonus |
| Ropes & Gray: CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), merit ($30,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($1,685) |
| Rosenman & Colin: New York $125,000; Charlotte, N.C. $92,000; bar ($2,500), CLE; clerkship ($15,000, federal), signing/graduation ($17,000, New York and D.C.), year-end (up to $24,000), hours-based (Charlotte) bonuses |
| Ross & Hardies: bar, moving/relocation; merit bonus; summer/bar study |
| Saul Ewing: bar, CLE; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Schiff Hardin & Waite: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; summer/bar study ($8,000) |
| Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis: moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000) bonus; summer/bar study $5,000 |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000), year-end bonuses |
| Seyfarth Shaw: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($2,000); year-end bonus ($20,000-$60,000); summer/bar study (one month base pay) |
| ShawPittman: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship (up to $10,000) bonus |
| Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton: bar ($2,500), CLE, moving/relocation ($2,500-$4,000), airfare; clerkship ($10,000), merit bonuses; summer/bar study ($8,000) |
| Shook, Hardy & Bacon: Kansas City, Mo. $80,000; Houston $103,000; Miami $90,000; D.C. $110,000; San Francisco $115,000; Tampa, Fla. $80,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Sidley Austin Brown & Wood: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($3,500, $5,000); clerkship, patent bar (Dallas only), Ph.D. (Dallas only) bonuses |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, gym membership; clerkship, year-end bonuses |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, year-end bonuses |
| Smith, Gambrell & Russell: CLE ($1,500) |
| Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore: CLE ($1,000) |
| Snell & Wilmer: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; merit bonus; summer/bar study |
| Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Squire, Sanders & Dempsey: Cleveland $110,000; Phoenix $110,000; Columbus, Ohio $110,000; D.C. $125,000; Los Angeles $125,000; San Francisco $125,000; Palo Alto, Calif. $125,000; Cincinnati $110,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, hours-based bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Steel Hector & Davis: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; hours-based bonus; summer/bar study |
| Steptoe & Johnson: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end, tenure bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Stevens & Lee: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, merit, year-end bonuses |
| Stites & Harbison: summer/bar study ($4,000) |
| Stoel Rives: Portland, Ore. $80,000; Seattle $85,000; Salt Lake City $80,000; Boise, Idaho $70,000; bar, CLE ($300), moving/relocation ($4,500); clerkship ($5,000-$7,000 or credit toward partnership), merit, signing/graduation, year-end ($10,000) bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Strasburger & Price: $15,000 additional salary deferred; bar ($2,043), CLE, moving/relocation ($2,500); clerkship, merit, signing/graduation ($10,000), year-end ($2,000-$15,000); summer/bar study |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, technology grant ($1,500); clerkship ($10,000), year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($3,000) |
| Sullivan & Cromwell: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, year-end bonuses |
| Sutherland Asbill & Brennan: clerkship, merit, signing/graduation ($5,000), year-end bonuses |
| Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman: D.C. $110,000; New York $120,000; bar ($2,000), CLE, moving/relocation $1,500; clerkship ($10,000), hours-based, merit (up to $40,000), bonuses |
| Taft, Stettinius & Hollister: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($8,000), merit, signing/graduation, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study ($8,000) |
| Thacher Proffitt & Wood: White Plains, N.Y. $112,000-$157,000; D.C. $125,000-$175,000; Jersey City, N.J. $100,000-$157,000; bar, CLE; clerkship, year-end (up to $35,000) bonuses |
| Thelen Reid & Priest: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($3,500); clerkship ($10,000), merit, year-end bonuses; summer/bar study |
| Thompson Coburn: CLE, moving/relocation; signing/graduation ($3,000) bonus; summer/bar study |
| Thompson Hine: Cleveland $100,000; Cincinnati $80,000; Columbus, Ohio $80,000; Dayton, Ohio $80,000; D.C. $100,000; moving/relocation (up to $5,000) |
| Thompson & Knight: bar, CLE, moving/relocation, parking ($1,000); clerkship ($10,000); signing/graduation ($5,000), year-end ($5,000) bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Troutman Sanders: bar, moving/relocation ($1,500); discretionary bonus; summer/bar study |
| Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz: bar; hours-based ($15,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($9,167) |
| Venable: D.C. $105,000; Baltimore $95,000; McLean, Va. $105,000; Towson, Md. $95,000; Rockville, Md. $105,000; bar ($1,500), moving/relocation ($2,000); clerkship, merit ($5,000-$45,000) bonuses |
| Vinson & Elkins: Houston $110,000; Dallas $110,000; Austin, Texas $110,000; D.C. $120,000; New York $120,000; bar, moving/relocation; clerkship ($35,000), signing/graduation ($4,000-$10,000), year-end ($1,000-$2,000) bonuses |
| Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease: CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($8,000) |
| Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; year-end bonus |
| Warner Norcross & Judd: bar, CLE, moving/relocation($5,000); signing/graduation ($8,000), profit-sharing bonuses |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges: New York $125,000; Dallas $125,000; D.C. $125,000; Menlo Park, Calif. $125,000; Houston $125,000; Miami $105,000; bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship, year-end, technology bonuses |
| Wiley, Rein & Fielding: bar, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000), merit, productivity bonuses; summer/bar study ($5,000) |
| Williams & Connolly: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($1,500-$7,000); clerkship ($55,000, $15,000) bonus; summer/bar study |
| Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins: bar, CLE, moving/relocation ($1,500); clerkship, siging/graduation bonuses |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($15,000), year-end bonuses |
| Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering: bar ($3,000), moving/relocation, broker’s fee (New York); clerkship ($15,000), signing/graduation ($4,000), hours-based bonuses |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: bar, CLE, moving/relocation; clerkship ($10,000) bonus; summer/bar study ($12,000) |
| Winstead Sechrest & Minick: bar ($2,000), moving/relocation ($2,000); signing/graduation ($10,000), year-end (up to $10,000) bonuses |
| Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen: signing/graduation bonus ($5,000) |
| Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice: Winston-Salem, N.C. $100,000; Atlanta $110,000; Raleigh, N.C. $105,000; Charlotte, N.C. $100,000; Research Triangle Park, N.C. $105,000; D.C. $115,000; McLean, Va. $115,000; Greenville, S.C. $90,000; Greensboro, N.C. $100,000; Durham, N.C. $100,000; bar ($3,000), CLE ($2,000), moving/relocation; clerkship ($5,000) bonus |
| (National Law Journal, November 2001) |
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