Those that bill: in what area of law do you work and what are your minimum billing requirements? Do you have a bonus structured around your billing? If so, please share what that looks like.

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Yes. I’m in insurance defense -1650. We do have a yearly bonus for exceeding quota but there isn’t a set formula for it. At my last firm it was 1550. There were quarterly bonuses for exceeding quota. It changed over time but I believe it was 35% of the firms profit for whatever you billed over the quota.

Workers’ Compensation Litigation
Monthly billable goal: 116 hours

We’ve been told “the better the firm does/the more the firm as a whole bills the better our Christmas bonus is” but no sort of set in stone bonus related to our billables.

M&A, monthly goal of 100 billable hours. There is a bonus structure, but there's no transparency as to how much of a bonus you get if you go over your goal.

Insurance defense. 140/month. Incentive program not worth mentioning. I bill between 35-40 hours/week

I have no requirement at my current firm but it’s strange to me because I always have - usually between 1600 and 1700. Have never worked at a firm with a structured bonus system. Paralegals typically get the shaft in terms of bonuses and they keep the terms hush hush so they don’t have to be accountable to anyone.

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