8th year associate at small med-mal shop, the rainmaker partner is stepping out on his own and wants me to come with. The initial comp sounds promising, but he said we’d have to come up with something for metrics. I’m thinking of proposing 15% trial victory bonus, 10% of originations, and 5% bonus on all fees generated. Reasonable?

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I've been a med mal plaintiff paralegal for decades. Typical metrics are around 5% from each settlement or verdict (after the firm distributes the check) and 25% of all originations, plus a discretionary year end bonus from net profit.

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10% of originations seems REALLY low to me Most firms I have worked at offer atleast 40% for originations. I think if I were you I would propose a little higher than 10% and then go out and network and bring in as many cases as you can.

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