Partner Compensation: A “Fascinating Article”

While they trade news and gossip about the latest associate salary raises on Abovethelaw.com, the usually snarky contributors to the web site stopped to comment about what they called a “fascinating article” by Andrew Longstreth, reporter for The American Lawyer. The article, Firms Hunting for Stars Re-Examine Partner Compensation, was published earlier this month, and examines Am Law 200 firms’ pay scales for partners (the ratio between the highest and lowest paid) and how that effects their lateral partner recruiting. The article can be accessed in its entirety by clicking on the article title.