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Compensation and Benefits
Salaries
We are committed to recruiting and retaining the best legal talent. Accordingly, compensation for all professionals at the firm is highly competitive with that of other major law firms. 2008 Associate Salary Scale - All US Offices
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Salary
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1st year
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$160,000
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2nd year
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$170,000
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3rd year
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$185,000
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4th year
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$210,000
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5th year
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$230,000
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The 2008 summer associate salary is $3,100 per week.
Bonuses
In allocating bonuses, we strive to recognize lawyers whose contributions go beyond the ordinary and to allow our lawyers to share in the firm’s economic success. The bonus system for offices other than New York is based on four components:
Overall firm performance. The individual associate or counsel's total client hours (paying client plus pro bono) for the year. Total client hours will be the primary criterion on which individual bonuses will be based, taking into account the firm's standards for quality of work. The individual associate or counsel's seniority. It is our expectation that bonus levels will generally increase along with seniority. Any outstanding contributions to non-client work or the life of the firm by the individual associate or counsel, as well as extraordinary substantive performance by the individual associate or counsel or, conversely, any notable deficiencies in these areas.
The New York office will continue to have a market-based bonus for all associates and lockstep counsel, but the firm will have the flexibility to make adjustments to the market bonuses at the margins for hours or substantive performance that are exceptionally high or exceptionally low.
Benefits
We offer a highly competitive benefit package to our lawyers including:
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance
- Disability and long-term care insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Blackberries, laptops and remote network access
- Reduced hours and flextime alternatives
- Sabbatical program
- 401(k)
- Four weeks vacation annually
- Flexible Spending and dependent care reimbursement accounts
- Bar expenses and CLE
- Moving expense reimbursement
- Emergency child-care programs
- Domestic partner benefits
- Onsite fitness center access (Boston and DC); subsidized health club membership (NY and Palo Alto)
- Onsite cafeteria (Boston & DC)
- Counseling and referral programs
- Pre-tax parking/commuter programs; daily bicycle storage
- 529 College Savings Plan
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 Audio/VideoPatrick Garlinger - New York University School of Law, New York Office"When I chose WilmerHale's New York office summer program, I chose based on a number of factors. First, I liked the relatively small size of the firm in comparison to a lot of the other summer classes. There are 20 of us this summer and it makes it a very congenial and intimate group. I was also impressed with the firm's array of practice areas. One of my interests is appellate litigation, and in New York, it's one of the very few firms that does a decent amount of that work."
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