I am a senior associate who is notable in the market due to my consistently excellent results on large matters in my field of law. I am being approached by a law firm to lateral over, and would like a partnership position if I were to make the leap. But junior partners at that firm don’t even make what I would want if I were to head over there. Can I negotiate more than junior partner pay there? Other law firm has a two-tier partnership. What else is on the table to negotiate?

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Q: How do you get paid? A: lateral as a partner. Everything is negotiable in the partnership ranks at big law if they want you badly enough.

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