Any advice on how to ask for a raise? Been at my firm about 1 year.

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Make a business case demonstrating your work. Use market comp to show where you currently fall and why that is inadequate.

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Also interested! Hard to bring this up when you’re always seen as “inferior” compared to senior partners and partners.

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Don’t know if you asked for a raise yet but I negotiated a raise every year at my former small boutique firm. Each year I’d go in as a top biller (figure out how to compare hours. The billing department should be your best friend) The managing partner always had a reason to negotiate down the amount but I always got something. I took notes on whatever gripe he came up with and I would frame it as an opportunity to grow and thanked him for the insight. I documented my progress and had a folder of “successes” saved for the next time around to justify the next raise I requested. Worse that can happen is you stay in the same spot you are now. Make a case and ask. Also agree with others about checking the market for your practice area, experience, and firm. It all matters.

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Billables billables and clients. Show them you're either exceeding the billable hours of that's required at the firm or you're bringing in your own clients such that you have value added. Showing you've met the bare minimum Will not get you far.

Once you put that together, and the business office or admin or billing person can help you with that, at the end of the fiscal year or around the end of the year. Depending on how your firm does it, go to the managing partner or board member and ask with the data

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