Susman Godfrey will pay bonuses ranging from $40,000 to $90,000 this month to associates who have been at the Houston-based litigation firm for at least a year.

Associates who started at the firm this fall will receive Christmas bonuses ranging from $3,000 to $10,000, depending on when they started work, said Stephen Susman, a founder of the firm. Additionally, Susman said, one associate he declined to identify received an additional $50,000 bonus for business origination.