Massive cash isn’t only for Biglaw — boutique regulation corporations are persevering with to get in on the compensation motion, and associates are very comfortable about it. One more profitable boutique regulation agency is ensuring that its associates’ accounts are flush with money, with salaries that surpass the Biglaw market customary.
Say hi there to the Houston litigation boutique of Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing P.C., a agency that’s extra generally often called “AZA.” We’ve confirmed that the agency will go over and above the Cravath wage scale for first-year associates, pushing their annual compensation to $235,000. Second-year associates on the agency may also obtain a $10,000 increase.
“We’ve lengthy matched New York [Biglaw] salaries, and this 12 months we’re elevating them $10,000,” AZA managing companion John Zavitsanos mentioned of the wage will increase. “We ship our new legal professionals to court docket instantly, and they’re price at the very least as a lot as their [Biglaw] counterparts, who often don’t get something just like the expertise the AZA associates obtain.”
Monica Uddin, AZA’s hiring companion, shared related ideas, saying, “Our younger legal professionals aren’t caught making different folks’s outlines. They’re out attempting circumstances, and we’ll pay them extra for it. Once you out-hustle and out-argue, you must out-earn, too.”
Congratulations to everybody at AZA!
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