Firms Match Biglaw Associate Bonuses, But One Firm Raises the Bar

Above the Law has put together a collection of reports on Biglaw’s generosity for associates, with firm after firm matching Cravath‘s season-end scale of $100,000 for top associates.

It’s still early in bonus season, but one firm is already exceeding Cravath’s bonuses by quite a bit. Kaplan Hecker & Fink, a firm that’s existed for less than two years, has a bonus scale ranging from $25,000 for class of 2017 to $130,000 for class of 2011. Those numbers are $10,000 and $30,000 better than Cravath’s, respectively.

Some other Above the Law reports cover Milbank, Debevoise & Plimpton, Proskauer Rose, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Holwell Shuster & Goldberg.