Anyone in a small firm (let’s say less than 5 attorneys)? Litigation or transactional? Pay range?

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How many years of experience do you have? What are the billable requirements?

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That’s definitely an interesting situation. The midsized firm i was recently at was paying 1st year associates 75-80k. I’d say 70-90 is probably around the average.

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Was a litigation associate at a small firm (10 partners, 2 associates). 75k plus 10k max in bonus (up to 7k based on billables, rest discretionary).

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Also depends on industry focus (if transactional) and geography

Somewhat unique situation: family business, worked there since I graduated high school (every summer throughout undergrad and sometimes remotely), went to law school and worked multiple jobs in the field throughout law school, got JD/MBA, now I’ve been out for slightly over a year as a lawyer. No billable requirements - set up as base salary plus commission. Once the attorney earns more than X times their pay, they get a percentage of everything above that. Just wondering if what I’ve annualized is somewhat average.

Thanks for the feedback!

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