We are a small firm and I need a good partnership formula to give to our associate. Anyone have one?

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This is what we do: base salary plus quarterly bonuses based on collections. To qualify for the bonus, the associates have to collect more than 200% of their gross base salary in a given month. If they do so, they get 40% of whatever they collect above their bogey. We pay the bonus quarterly.

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We pay bonuses monthly. Attorneys are expected to generate income that is at least 2x their gross salary. We pay out a percentage of all an attorney’s billables that exceeds their gross pay, but in a tiered system. For example, if a new associate attorney is paid a base salary of $82k annually, we would pay a monthly bonus as follows: for all income generated by that attorney between $7k - $11k for the month (we start with the $7k because that equals (roughly) the attorney’s gross salary per month), we bonus the attorney at 5%. If the attorney generates $11k in one month then, s/he would get bonused 5% of that extra $4k the attorney billed over and above their gross monthly pay. Then for income generated in excess of $11k but less than $13k, we bonus that attorney 10% of that revenue (so if the lawyer bills $13k in one month, they get 5% of the $4k generated in that first tier discussed above, and then 10% of the $2k billed over and above that first $11k). Then from $13k to $15k in income generated during that month, we bonus the attorney 15%. And so on and so forth... $15k - $17k billed in one month amounts to a 20% bonus (plus all the money they earned in each of the lower tiers). We cap out our bonus percentage range at 25%, where the attorney would take home 25% of all the income s/he generated in excess of $17k for that month. We pay bonuses on a monthly basis, but 90 days after the bonus was incurred so we have time to get the money in the door before the bonus payment comes due. For ex, a bonus based on a lawyer’s billables from the month of January would be paid on the employee’s April 30 Paycheck. Hopefully that makes sense!

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