What kind of signing bonuses are litigation associates able to get when lateraling currently? I know corporate is more desperately in demand than litigation, but I've seen some signing bonuses for litigation. Class of 2018.

Also, I remember seeing a recruiter sometime ago whose model was to share part of their fee with the associate (sort of like a rebate real estate agent). I can't seem to find anyone like that on Google now, so I'm wondering if anyone has any leads on that.

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Mid/senior. I started in October in litigation. Promised full EOY + full special + 30k signing.

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In lateraled in early 2020 before the pandemic and received 10k signing and 5k relocation. Class of 2017. I just started new job and negotiated a 15k bonus to leave to offset loss of eoy bonus.

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Rising 4th - got offer this fall for EOY + special (make me whole for anything I don’t get from current firm) + 25K signing

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