Boutique Susman Godfrey Tops Cravath Bonuses in New Pay Scale

December 11, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

Susman Godfrey is exceeding Big Law’s latest bonus scale.

The elite litigation boutique is doling out bonuses ranging from $140,000 to $360,000 for its associates. It’s also giving its associates salary raises and matching Big Law’s new salary scale that starts at $225,000 for first-year associates, according to a memo viewed by Bloomberg Law.

“We are in a truly extraordinary moment in the 40-plus year history of the firm, with our highest-ever revenue and a record number of cases tried over the last year and a half,” said the firm’s managing partners Vineet Bhatia and Kalpana Srinivasan in a statement. ...

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