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Choo-Choo! Top 50 Firm Boards The Biglaw Bonus Train

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December 11, 2021
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Biglaw’s $115,000 Bonus Scale Gains Steam And High Billers Can Take Home Even More Cash
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money train Dollar steam engine symbolizing the power of moneyYet another Biglaw firm’s bonus train just pulled into the station, and associates are pleased as can be.

Akin Gump — a firm that took home $1,208,738,000 gross revenue in 2020, putting it in 33rd place in the most recent Am Law 100 — announced that it would be matching the Cravath/DPW year-end and special bonus scale for associates and counsel earlier this morning.

Here’s what that bonus scale looks like at the firm:

Class Year Year-End Bonus One-Time Special Bonus
Class of 2021 $15,000 (pro-rated) n/a
Class of 2020 $20,000 $4,000
Class of 2019 $30,000 $6,000
Class of 2018 $57,500 $11,500
Class of 2017 $75,000 $15,000
Class of 2016 $90,000 $18,000
Class of 2015 $105,000 $21,000
Class of 2014 + $115,000 $23,000

Before attorneys can go chug-chug-chugging along into bonus paradise, they must have billed 1950 or more hours this year (with pro bono hours, general counsel hours, business development hours, and up to 100 hours of time spent on recruiting, diversity & inclusion, and/or innovation activities counting toward meeting that goal). Associates and counsel whose performance and productivity were “extraordinary” will be awarded additional bonus money.

Congratulations to everyone at Akin on the generous bonuses!

(Flip to the next page to read the full memo from Akin Gump.)

*** Wondering if the grass is greener on the in-house side? Click here for a look inside the black box of corporate counsel pay in our 2021 In-House Compensation Report. ***

Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of important bonus updates, so when your firm matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or email us (subject line: “[Firm Name] Matches”). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don’t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.


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