What is a fair salary to expect from a boutique PI firm for a 3rd year Attorney with 1 year PI experience & clerkship experience who graduated from a top law school?

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No one in PI cares where you went to law school. This ain’t biglaw. How many cases have you tried to verdict, before a jury?

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Location, location, location... CA Bay Area? 180k. Bumfuck, ND? Idk, 2 paperclips and a Buffalo nickel

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Also offshore work and maritime - big here

Need more info on where, what you'd be doing etc. Not sure the law school really matters for salary.

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Small boutique PI firm hired me for $35k + “bonus” based on performance/clients/$. It was better than the warehouse I was working in at the time (fresh out of school), but they just wanted a cheap associate to do their work and cash in. Luckily a larger firm picked me up 2 weeks later. Eat what you kill is great as long as you have the case load. 100k my first year, followed by 160k the next, and should easily clear 200k next year. High volume firms are the easiest place to be while making good $ these days.

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When you say boutique, what specifically do they specialize in?

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