Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firm Announces Raises

And bonuses too!

Happy businesswoman flying on rocket and holding dollar money bagsThe raises just keep on coming! The Biglaw compensation game is largely one of follow the leader, and now that Cravath has come out with their new scale for associate salaries, all the big firms want in.

The latest firm to announce raises for their hardworking associates is Winston & Strawn. The firm made  $1,146,377,000 in gross revenue last year, making it 44th on the Am Law 100, and now they’re looking to share that wealth.

Effective February 1, a month later than most of Winston’s peer firms, the following will be the salary scale at the firm:

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They’ve also announced bonuses, on the following scale:
Screen Shot 2023-12-05 at 9.26.53 AMPlus, super high billers will be eligible for additional bonuses.

You can read the full memo on the next page.

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.


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