Major Law Firms Shower Associates With Year-End Bonuses (3)

December 2, 2022, 4:38 PM UTCUpdated: December 2, 2022, 8:37 PM UTC

More Big Law firms are rolling out year-end bonuses, with extra payments as high as $115,000 for senior associates.

The firms joining the parade of bonus announcements Friday include Debevoise & Plimpton; Paul Weiss; Milbank; Paul Hastings; and Baker Botts. The moves come as slowing demand has tightened the job market for junior lawyers and prompted layoffs at other firms.

The scale starts at $15,000 for the most junior lawyers, according to Friday firm emails viewed by Bloomberg Law. The payment targets are the same those firms used a year ago.

The firms’ bonus plans follows an announcement earlier Friday ...

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