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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Thinking of making a lateral move into big law, but not major office like NYC or Chicago. Work at a mid size regional law firm in Hartford, but billing big law hours (210-240/month) and getting paid %50 of market. Granted I’m in hartford. Do any big law firms with Hartford branches get paid top market? Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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Your pay stops increasing at some point if you don’t make counsel, and that naturally nudges people out the door. But if you’re useful and generally have good reviews, then in theory you could stay on one year at a time. This would be a terrible situation to be in though. You would want to make counsel if your plan is to have that kind of longevity as a non-partner.
Coach
You’re the one who’s not reading. I didn’t disagree that comp stays flat and none of my comments (nor OP’s post) was about whether comp stays flat. You keep saying people can stay assocs indefinitely when that’s wrong and empirically untrue given that not a single ultra-senior associate exists.
They're kept shackled in the dungeons and have long since forgotten the scale. They are paid with Doordash credits and are offered the opportunity to participate in overpriced firm medical insurance plans.
I’ve seen some very senior associates but those always seemed to be people getting strung along with a carrot of potential promotion. Career Counsels seem to be a thing.
I just don’t know why you would want to do that. You can be a counsel somewhere with no BD.