Elite Boutique Proves Big Money Isn't Just For Biglaw
You *can* get paid like Biglaw without being in Biglaw.
With all the Biglaw compensation news making the rounds, it might be tempting to think the big money is only for the biggest law firms. But elite litigation boutique Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP has the cash to keep up with the very top of the industry.
It was 12 years ago that Judge Richard Holwell of the Southern District of New York left the bench and created a litigation boutique along with his former White & Case colleagues, Michael Shuster, Daniel Goldberg, and Dorit Ungar Black. Now, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg is ~70 lawyers strong and the associates at the firm are getting paid like Biglaw.
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