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Instead of focusing on your salary, try to negotiate a deal where you get a percentage at least a third of the business you bring in and have the firm support you in generating your own business. Once you build your book of business, you will have endless options. You should also make sure that the firm is providing you with good trial practice mentorship. Becoming a good trial lawyer is essential if your plans are to continue to work in personal injury for the long term.
This is great advice!
Just to be clear. $450k in fees with a 1/3 contingency is around 1.35M in gross settlements. With 120 cases resolved that’s an average settlement of $11,250 a case. Respectfully, that’s a terrible number. The 120 resolved cases is fine. The problem is that the value of those cases are pitifully low. Is there something we don’t know about deflating the case value? Because with those numbers, you’d be getting a pink slip instead of a raise in my office. Is this prelitigation or something? Not trying to be harsh, but just calling it like I see it.
Mostly fender benders with minimal treatment in a state with extremely anti-plaintiff laws.
$130k, $20k bonus
You didn’t say how many years out.
This was my first year
If a major market, the fee number is low. Total comp at my firm would not exceed $150k including salary and bonus.
Ahhh all litigation, thats much different in terms of settling cases than pre-litigation, your stuck with some real barnburners, keep your head up you’ll do just fine if this is your first year out, my point is that if you’re able to work through the difficult ones now then you’ll do well as your career goes on
Folks saying you should be at 150k your first year seem off base IMO (respectfully). I’m in Alabama and previously worked at a 25 lawyer PI firm. Car wreck attorneys, especially those handling small cases made ab 60-70k as first year with a 10% origination fee. In my experience talking to others in my field that’s pretty standard for a non HCOL city. I think you’re underpaid on salary but with a 50% origination it seems your firm is on more of an eat what you kill model. That is excellent if you’re bringing in cases.
What city? What size is firm? Big factors.
Ohio. Less than 50
With that low of an average settlement, it seems like these are minor injury, car accident cases. Assuming you handle some cases in litigation, this is similar to what I was handling as a second year plaintiff attorney in NYC. I was paid $85k base with 2% cut of fees. Very small annual bonus (less than a paycheck).