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Salary Watch
Washington, D.C.
Legal Times, September 11, 2000
| FIRM |
SALARY |
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| Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld |
$110,000-$125,000 |
| 2,000 billable hours required to receive higher figure. Additional discretionary bonuses. |
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| Arent Fox |
$110,000 |
| Based on 1,900 hours. $5,000 bonus for each 150 hours more. Additional discretionary bonus. |
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| Arnold & Porter |
$125,000 |
| Discretionary bonuses of $25,000 to $55,000 for billing more than 2,400 hours. |
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| Covington & Burling |
$125,000 |
| With productivity and merit bonus, compensation maxes out at $162,500. |
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| Crowell & Moring |
$125,000 |
| 1,800 billable hour requirement. Bonuses between $5,000 and $25,000. |
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| Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky |
$105,000 |
| Additional $20,000 for 2,000 hours, $25,000 more for 2,400 hours, plus discretionary bonus. |
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| Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
$125,000 |
| 5 percent bonus for each 100 additional hours up to 2,400. Merit bonus up to 10 percent. |
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| Hogan & Hartson |
$110,000-$125,000 |
| 1,950 hours required to receive higher figure. Discretionary bonuses bring maximum pay to $162,500. |
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| Howrey Simon Arnold & White |
$110,000-$120,000 |
| IP associates get higher figure; all receive $125,000 for 1,950 hours. Additional bonuses. |
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| Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue |
$125,000 |
| Discretionary bonuses based on hours and merit. |
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| McDermott, Will & Emery |
$125,000 |
| Details unavailable. |
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| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
$110,000-$125,000 |
| Associates in hottest practice areas get higher figure. Additional merit and billable bonuses. |
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| Patton Boggs |
$115,000 |
| Discretionary merit and billable bonus between $5,000 and $50,000. |
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| Shaw Pittman |
$125,000 |
| With bonuses, maximum compensation is $160,000. |
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| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
$140,000 |
| Discretionary bonuses. |
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| Steptoe & Johnson |
$110,000 |
| $15,000 bonus for reaching 1,950 hours. Additional merit and billable bonuses. |
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| Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman |
$110,000 |
| $15,000 bonus for reaching 2,000 hours. Additional discretionary bonus up to $40,000. |
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| Wiley, Rein & Fielding |
$110,000-$125,000 |
| 1,950 hours required to get higher figure. |
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| Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering |
$125,000 |
| Bonus for reaching 1,950 hours, including up to 150 pro bono hours; other hours-based bonuses. |
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