So how much are y’all missing your billable requirements by? Over 250 here 🤟

Am I making enough profit for my firm?

I became a 2 year lawyer in September. I started working at my firm, a mid-sized firm practicing commercial business litigation and PI, in March of 2020. Last year I made the firm $180k from my billable hours and I was paid $85k + full health and other benefits.

This year, I'm on track to make about $150k and to make the firm about $450k from my billable hours and PI cases that I originated and settled.

Trying to do right for my firm. I'm treated well.

Is it normal for contract attorneys to have the same billable requirements but half the compensation, or does the lower salary come with lower reqs?

I am a 10 yr lawyer. 7 yrs in my practice area. Little over a year at current firm. Still an associate. Im at large plaintiff firm w/ billable requirements. I do mass/class cases and hold a couple leadership positions (these were competitive to get). What should salary be and when should I make partner. I’ll add I work remote and pretty autonomously. Little contact with partners or anyone at my firm.

Has anyone gone into compliance for a state university & hospital? As counsel or a compliance officer? Looking for insight how this compares to firm lifestyle & billable hours.

Just got into a full time grad program for international affairs that starts in January of 2021. (completely changing careers). I need to stay working at my firm until then and possible after to get the billable hours for my CPA. I passed all 4 exams and I refuse to give let that go to waste...... how do I tell my employer I'll be going to school in a way that they'll still let me work part time? Extremely nervous they're just going to let me go.

Did the billable hours bonus not get paid out today? Or is it to be paid in the next check?

Looking to leave a govt job for a junior attorney role in a small workers comp defense firm. I have no experience in workers comp. How easy is it to learn the work and make 1850 billable hours? What future opportunities does this experience give?

Is 180 billable hours per month a high “target” (to use the firm’s vernacular) or expectation?Although it may not be unreasonably high, I believe it is a high number and would at least appreciate someone at my firm acknowledging that. Perhaps I’m wrong and I’m sure you’ll tell me if so.

Obligatory financial info post. 1) size of firm, 2) billable requirements, 3) salary, 4) bonus, 5) quality of life, 6) debt, and and 7) family/married/single. Go!

Is it just me or the average billable work in infrastructure transactions has blown off steam in the last couple of weeks?

What are firm’s known billable requirements? Is there a ramp up period?

To the post below- it is quiet, so I’ll bite!
Does anyone know about associate compensation at the regional Atlantic Canada firms? The the big ones have all been posting job ads for associates in the 3-5 year range. Any insight on salary and billable targets?

Bonus Structures:

Looking for a comparison to what other firms are offering and how this one stacks up. Ours is working out a brand new bonus structure:

Our general targets are 75% util. Billable or qualified non-billable time. Bonuses will be $1000 per quarter just meeting that. $25/ hr for every billable hour beyond that on top.

Opinions? Management now requiring everyone to have 45 billable hrs per week, not including mandatory concepting n pitch work. Most people participating in 2-3 initiatives at same time. Is this normal

Hi there, starting new in private practice. My job requires billable hours. Anyone know where I can find a list of terms and descriptions I can use when I am billing clients? TIA

Is asking first year associates to hit 215 billable hours normal?!

Advice for young attorneys dealing with non-billable workload? I’m still my first two months at my firm but a ton of the work I’m being assigned is non-billable. I understand if I’m not still fully on boarded but how are we supposed to keep up billables while being given time consuming non billable work?

How has working from home impacted your billable hours? What we’re your best and worst days for billing since WFH started?

My mid-sized firm furloughed most of its staff. Im a first year associate (7 months in) with not that many billable hours. What are the chances I’m next? So much paranoia!

Hi everyone, my firm (V100) is hiring a midlevel L&E associate for its SF office. Pay is market and billable hours requirement 2000. Please dm me if you’re interested.

Mate, I am one of the best securities traders you can find in the country, contact me today for a deal.

Listen, 80% of my clients have already closed this half with over £600,000 in the green with an average deposit of £125,000 and a minimum of £250!

That's a better margin than most small business owners make in a year.

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Any recommendations of your best buys when it comes to improving your WFH environment?

Anyone have any insight into working at Hulu? Found a program manager role in NYC, what would be the expected comp and corp benefits? Not many data points I could find

Hi all. I’m looking for advice on how to transition out of my Econ consulting role. I’m afraid that I’m stuck here - over 10 years in antitrust litigation/regulatory economic consulting. I have done a little bit of everything: quantitative and qualitative analysis, coding in SAS/Stata/SQL and recently taught myself some Python, client relationships, project management, & managing small teams of analysts. I initially thought I could get into data science but might not be technical enough for it.

Has anyone successfully negotiated with EY FSO group? Recently got a call saying they’re ready to push through, just needed to figure out final compensation and they provided a base and that it was “final” but i sent them an negotiations email and haven’t heard back since

Gave my two weeks notice today. NOW everyone wants a piece me and talking about promotions and raises WTFFFF

Should I change my LinkedIn location to where I would like to move to? Is it a bad idea?

I’m considering taking out a mortgage for a 500k 2BD-2BA condo in Arlington, VA. I have 130k in my savings account. Is it worth putting down 20% for the mortgage to avoid PMI or should I put down less? Monthly cost for the mortgage payment, taxes, insurance, HOA fees, etc is estimated to be about 3000 a month. I will have a roommate to cover half the monthly expenses.

How to switch to other company in Canada when on a ICT visa

Can anyone PLEASE define what Brand work is? In like a sentence? I’m assigned to Brand at an internal agency and it feels like their interpretation of Brand is anything that management doesn’t understand how to intake. I.e I get assigned to random shit & it’s labeled as Brand and I need to know if I’m being taken advantage of/being asked to go outside my role.

Can someone let me know if Naukri premium is helpful?
If someone has got job referrals better through this

Hi all,
Please refer me for AI/ML engineer and Data analyst-Engineer post.

I'm looking forward to make a switch towards AI/ML and Data science field. I've an experience of 2.5 years in the field of industrial automation but I really think this field is outdated with no more exciting job opportunities. I really feel that I'm stuck here and I hope you can understand my situation.

I'm willing to work as a fresher if required, but I want to move on.

Hearing there were some layoffs today…

Congrats to the new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett 👩‍⚖️⚖️

Hi fishes,
I got mail for document submission yesterday for UI developer (React) after 3 days of technical interview.
YOE 2 yr 10 months
Current offer 9.44L
Can I expect offer from amdocs? If yes what could be the range?

Hello, I'm going to the office for the first ever on my current job, which is my first job. My social habits are the same as college and I don't want to come off as inappropriate or childish/excited. How do I remain professional? I usually speak in a higher tone consistent with college speak but don't want to show my age at work ( they think I'm in my early 30s, I want it to stay that way). For context, I'm female. Thanks!

Can you guys recommend any course or training to get PHR certify?

Hello everyone! My co-worker and I are preparing for the SHRM certification exam and Hoping to take it in December. I’m looking to purchase the SHRM learning system books from someone that has already taken the exam this year. Can someone point me in the right direction?

I’m a newly-barred first year. One of the partners I work for got me a nice bottle of wine. Am I expected to get the partners I work with and my assistant a gift?

Any insight into Berger Singerman? They’ve got 4 offices in Florida. Give me the good, bad, and the ugly!

Is it reasonable to be expected to spend 20-30 non-billable hours a month checking your paralegal’s work? (i.e. summarizing hundreds of records and bills). The partner said he “didn’t use paralegals” at his previous firm and eating the time is an “investment in yourself.” Is this common?

Is abovethelaw basically Biglaw's shittier version of gossip girl?

My family is in need of a residential real estate lawyer who works within disputes and can practice in Haywood County, NC. Does anyone have any good leads on who I can contact? Basically, my dads co-owner of a property gave no notice and did NOT involve him in leasing the property they are joint owners of. He cannot evict as he is NOT involved in the leasing agreement. What are his options as to access to the property as well as his belongings. Also, is there any issues in terms of liability?

I have a client who has a someone who keeps defaming him. We just ended a year long law suit based entirely on a statement made by this person. Is it worth it to seek an injunction against this party?

What is Littler’s pay scale for second and third years?

How to explain being slowly but surely being shown the door as a first year attorney in interviews for future positions?