What would you do if you interviewed for two firms, firm a and firm b, and received and accepted an offer from firm a, but shortly thereafter received a better offer from firm b, before officially stating at firm a? Would you try to leverage the offers?

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If I was firm a and you tried to leverage the offer, I would be pissed and tell you no. If you said you got another offer after accepting ours and now you are declining ours to go to B, I might be upset but won’t be pissed. I may then ask you if we can match the offer but it’s my choice, not a gun to my head.

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We're lawyers we negotiate for a living. Bargain and say hey I got this offer at firm B I think I'm going to have to accept it unless you counter their offer.

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I think you can negotiate as long as you’re ok with a firm saying no to you and then going to firm b

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How effective were your salary/sign on bonus negotiations with firm a? If you maxed out the offer you already accepted I seriously doubt that they will come up by virtue of you having offer b. However if you didn’t effectively negotiate to to the top of firm a’s employment package you may have a chance of getting them to increase their offer - but I think the likelihood of getting any substantial increase is slim. There is a 100% chance that trying to leverage firm a will poison your relationship with firm a probably not enough to result in them retracting the offer but will def piss them off.

Other considerations are the size of the firms, salary structure of associates and overall need - if you are in a hot practice group eg bankruptcy or insurance coverage you might have a chance to land a signing bonus.

I think it would set you up on a bad foot with firm A if you tried to renegotiate with them. I wouldn’t advise that if you want to choose firm A. That said, if you want firm B, go with firm B. You don’t owe either of them anything. This is your life and they will use you up. Go with what you think is the better offer and don’t bat an eye. They won’t loose sleep over it and neither should you.

If you accepted and then tried to renegotiate I would laugh, say “good luck,” and hire someone else. Every. Single. Time.

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