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First-Year Salaries at NYC's Top 25 Firms
New York Law Journal
September 5, 2000
NYC-based firms, ranked by number of lawyers firmwide
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Firm |
Salary (not including bonus) |
Number of Incoming Associates in NYC Office |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
$140,000 |
79 |
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White & Case |
$125,000 |
55 |
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Shearman & Sterling |
$125,000 |
71 |
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Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae |
$125,000 |
21 |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
$125,000 |
65 |
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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton |
$125,000 |
65 |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
$125,000 |
110 |
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Proskauer Rose |
$125,000 |
47 |
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Coudert Brothers |
$125,000 |
24 |
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Sullivan & Cromwell |
$125,000 |
76 |
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Davis Polk & Wardwell |
$125,000 |
101 |
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Dewey Ballantine |
$125,000 |
51 |
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Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker |
$56,000-$60,0001 |
11 |
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
$125,000 |
38 |
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Debevoise & Plimpton |
$125,000 |
45 |
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Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells |
$125,000 |
63 |
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
$125,000 |
125 |
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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
$125,000 |
61 |
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
$125,000 |
61 |
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
$125,000 |
51 |
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Brown & Wood |
$125,000 |
45 |
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Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
$125,000 2 |
85 |
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Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler |
$125,000 |
30 |
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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
$125,000 |
19 |
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Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
$125,000 |
24 |
Sources: The firms. Firms are ranked based on number of lawyers firmwide as reported in the NYLJ 100, Dec. 13, 1999.
(1) Firm would not disclose salary; sources estimate first-year pay to be between $56,000 and $60,000.
(2) Salary is under review; will be at least $125,000.
1st-Year Pay in Government & Non-Profits
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