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How much do IP partners at small boutique make?

About 4-5 attorneys, 1-2 of counsel, 3 associates? Talking ...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
pros? proly in the low 300s
exciting low-t windowlicker
  10/23/14
pros indeed.
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
I was thinking more around 200-250K. No?
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
that seems low. i worked for a solo traditional labor lawyer...
Opaque razzmatazz old irish cottage
  10/23/14
But you realize that is not typical right?
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
will you fuck my ass?
Opaque razzmatazz old irish cottage
  10/23/14
Ok, so flame.
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
it was true, bro. i do recognize that it is unusual, and wou...
Opaque razzmatazz old irish cottage
  10/23/14
Not necessarily. http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
So why did you ask the fucking question if you're a MFE? ...
Crusty copper black woman
  10/23/14
Just seems like people pulling numbers out of their butts. ...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
An experienced IP partner in the south can pretty easily bil...
aromatic rehab
  10/23/14
except most CS/EE prosecution is capped budget these days, s...
beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property
  10/23/14
My thoughts were anywhere from 200-250-~300K. Sound crazy t...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
Yes this is doable.
buff center
  10/23/14
Which part of the range is it more likely to fall on?
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
For support partners without books, 200. The partners with ...
buff center
  10/23/14
So pretty close to an inhouse salary at a larger company the...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
Sure if you're talking Google. I imagine a lot of inhouse p...
buff center
  10/23/14
In my market inhouse as a mid level (~5-6) will net you abou...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
sounds reasonable for a very small shop with a steady flow o...
beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property
  10/23/14
Well consider the leverage ratio based on 4 partners, 2 coun...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
depends on the in-house. IP in-house in Cali pays 200+ easil...
beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property
  10/23/14
Yeah basically unless you are willing to live in the Silicon...
buff center
  10/23/14
Man IP inhouse compensation sounds like the inverse of law f...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
premium in law firms? Since when? This isn't 2000.
beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property
  10/23/14
I am out the loop brother. Last I checked IP associates in ...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
Agents are key. Just gotta get them to the point where thei...
buff center
  10/23/14
Oh. Yeah, I clearly don't know what I'm talking about. Thank...
aromatic rehab
  10/24/14
Good luck billing that unless you are bringing in enough wor...
buff center
  10/23/14
(retard)
Red national
  12/02/14
Probably 200K
buff center
  10/23/14
So really about 200-250K then all said and done?
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  10/23/14
This is just wrong wrong wrong. You have no credibility
maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office
  04/20/16
very hard to pull more than 250 unless they work like insane...
Trip salmon hospital
  10/23/14
...
mind-boggling weed whacker marketing idea
  10/24/14
I'm in IP. EE/CS. For OP's setting? 200-300K. For elite bout...
mind-boggling weed whacker marketing idea
  10/24/14
So more concrete data. 4 partners, 2 counsel and about 5 or ...
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  12/01/14
250k pros is a fickle bitch nowadays. Especially for the sm...
Canary Area Ratface
  12/02/14
Might as well do automobile insurance defense for Geico.
jet hairy legs affirmative action
  12/02/14
calling firms "shops" automatically disqualifies y...
Red national
  12/02/14
I don't think this board has a good idea of IP salaries.
Razzle pale menage
  12/02/14
What do you think then?
Motley Crackhouse Incel
  12/02/14
This is bs. For OP's situation you are looking at 300-400k. ...
maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office
  04/15/16
OK show your work for how you leverage 3-4 associates to mak...
buff center
  04/15/16
Associates billing 1800 at 275 per hour, collecting 1500 =41...
Rebellious locale
  04/19/16
Owned?
maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office
  04/20/16
You aren't making all that much off associates based on thos...
buff center
  04/20/16
Small firms with 4 associates and two partners don't eat 300...
Rebellious locale
  04/20/16
It's pretty hard to get a decent IP associate for less than ...
buff center
  04/20/16
Just give up bro.
maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office
  04/20/16


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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:24 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

About 4-5 attorneys, 1-2 of counsel, 3 associates? Talking Atlanta.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575012)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:25 PM
Author: exciting low-t windowlicker

pros? proly in the low 300s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575015)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:27 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

pros indeed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575036)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:27 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

I was thinking more around 200-250K. No?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575038)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:28 PM
Author: Opaque razzmatazz old irish cottage

that seems low. i worked for a solo traditional labor lawyer a few years ago. his practice was kinda winding down and we weren't drowning in work, and his revenues were around 700k/year. he must have been keeping over 400 of that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575049)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:29 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

But you realize that is not typical right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575051)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:31 PM
Author: Opaque razzmatazz old irish cottage

will you fuck my ass?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575073)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:32 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

Ok, so flame.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575083)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:36 PM
Author: Opaque razzmatazz old irish cottage

it was true, bro. i do recognize that it is unusual, and would like you to pound my ass.

still, 250 for a partner at a boutique seems low, especially IP shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575105)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:37 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

Not necessarily.

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Law_Firm_Partner/Salary

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575117)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:39 PM
Author: Crusty copper black woman

So why did you ask the fucking question if you're a MFE?

Also lol @ payscale

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575131)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:42 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

Just seems like people pulling numbers out of their butts. But then what else can there be? My mistake to begin with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575155)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:40 PM
Author: aromatic rehab

An experienced IP partner in the south can pretty easily bill $500+ an hour. If he bills 1650 hours a year and collects 85% of that, that's $700k in revenue a year. So they probably do pretty well for themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575136)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:49 PM
Author: beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property

except most CS/EE prosecution is capped budget these days, so can bill a billion/hr and still only collect 5-7K for an application.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575211)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:51 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

My thoughts were anywhere from 200-250-~300K. Sound crazy to you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575219)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:52 PM
Author: buff center

Yes this is doable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575233)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:53 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

Which part of the range is it more likely to fall on?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575238)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:55 PM
Author: buff center

For support partners without books, 200. The partners with their own clients could be making 300-400.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575255)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:57 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

So pretty close to an inhouse salary at a larger company then?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575270)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:59 PM
Author: buff center

Sure if you're talking Google. I imagine a lot of inhouse positions are paying more like 150.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575288)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:00 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

In my market inhouse as a mid level (~5-6) will net you about low 200s all in (larger company). 250K after 8-9 years of total experience. 300K+ when you are a "senior" counsel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575294)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:54 PM
Author: beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property

sounds reasonable for a very small shop with a steady flow of work. I think you can make more as you leverage and hire more agents/juniors to do work for you. I am guessing for large IP boutiques (i.e., > 10), partners can make closer to 400-500K, maybe more at bigger places. But you aren't going to 1mil+ unless you are doing litigation or work for a very large firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575243)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:55 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

Well consider the leverage ratio based on 4 partners, 2 counsel, 3 associates? I am guessing it is more likely in the 200-250 range. Or not much better than going inhouse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575254)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:58 PM
Author: beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property

depends on the in-house. IP in-house in Cali pays 200+ easily, but around DC area and east coast it's super-competitive because there aren't too many tech companies and so the salaries are deflated to 150-170 base (assuming you can even get a job).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575283)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:00 PM
Author: buff center

Yeah basically unless you are willing to live in the Silicon Valley sausage fest, you are usually looking at < 200.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575300)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:03 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

Man IP inhouse compensation sounds like the inverse of law firm compensation. That is, there is a premium in law firms and a decided lack thereof at the inhouse level.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575317)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:05 PM
Author: beady-eyed impressive indirect expression property

premium in law firms? Since when? This isn't 2000.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575330)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:06 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

I am out the loop brother. Last I checked IP associates in secondary markets were pulling a premium over other associates. Maybe times changed post 2009. I will concede the point if so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575342)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:58 PM
Author: buff center

Agents are key. Just gotta get them to the point where their work isn't so bad that it pisses off your clients.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575279)



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Date: October 24th, 2014 10:13 AM
Author: aromatic rehab

Oh. Yeah, I clearly don't know what I'm talking about. Thanks for the info.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26576961)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:52 PM
Author: buff center

Good luck billing that unless you are bringing in enough work and have enough people below you to be a full time reviewer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575228)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:14 AM
Author: Red national

(retard)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26840630)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 10:53 PM
Author: buff center

Probably 200K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575237)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:00 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

So really about 200-250K then all said and done?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575302)



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Date: April 20th, 2016 11:34 PM
Author: maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office

This is just wrong wrong wrong. You have no credibility

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30315849)



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Date: October 23rd, 2014 11:09 PM
Author: Trip salmon hospital

very hard to pull more than 250 unless they work like insane dogs and for whatever reason can get around billing caps. especially in the pricing rat race of a major metro with a billion IP dudes cannibalizing each other.

anyone claiming more than that ITT is just trying to rile you up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26575361)



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Date: October 24th, 2014 3:19 AM
Author: mind-boggling weed whacker marketing idea



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26576288)



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Date: October 24th, 2014 3:21 AM
Author: mind-boggling weed whacker marketing idea

I'm in IP. EE/CS. For OP's setting? 200-300K. For elite boutiques at SV? Partners make 1 mill +. cop dat STEM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26576294)



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Date: December 1st, 2014 4:54 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

So more concrete data. 4 partners, 2 counsel and about 5 or 6 associates and examiners. How much would a partner make? Pure pros shop. No litigation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26836916)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 12:59 AM
Author: Canary Area Ratface

250k pros is a fickle bitch nowadays. Especially for the small shop. Even the big companies are looking for deals - ~40hrs of work at 5-7k fees. no one breaks even with that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26840159)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 7:14 PM
Author: jet hairy legs affirmative action

Might as well do automobile insurance defense for Geico.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26844265)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 2:16 AM
Author: Red national

calling firms "shops" automatically disqualifies you from all nonfaggotry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26840646)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 1:22 PM
Author: Razzle pale menage

I don't think this board has a good idea of IP salaries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26842300)



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Date: December 2nd, 2014 7:05 PM
Author: Motley Crackhouse Incel

What do you think then?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#26844224)



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Date: April 15th, 2016 7:39 PM
Author: maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office

This is bs. For OP's situation you are looking at 300-400k. People posting itt don't know what they are talking about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30282284)



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Date: April 15th, 2016 7:41 PM
Author: buff center

OK show your work for how you leverage 3-4 associates to make 300-400k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30282295)



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Date: April 19th, 2016 3:29 AM
Author: Rebellious locale

Associates billing 1800 at 275 per hour, collecting 1500 =412,500 each. Each partner billing 1500 and collecting 1,250 at 350-500/hr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30302440)



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Date: April 20th, 2016 7:06 PM
Author: maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office

Owned?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30313738)



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Date: April 20th, 2016 7:12 PM
Author: buff center

You aren't making all that much off associates based on those numbers. Maybe 100-150K per associate, divided among the partners. I also doubt many of these firms "collect" 500K per partner as suggested.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30313801)



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Date: April 20th, 2016 9:33 PM
Author: Rebellious locale

Small firms with 4 associates and two partners don't eat 300k per associate on rent and salary.

They also don't tolerate attorneys, partners included, who don't bill. If they do they die.

The numbers I showed are not a stretch and are realistic for a small boutique.

You asked for how to leverage a few associates to make 300k-400k per partner? That's how. Get clients that pay and it works.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30314836)



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Date: April 20th, 2016 9:37 PM
Author: buff center

It's pretty hard to get a decent IP associate for less than 200K + 75K overhead.

I don't think your typical IP firm with 2 partners / 4 associates is getting clients that are paying partners $500K a year in billables. The budget pressure in prosecution is tremendous, unless those partners are literal machines that can churn out work product like robots.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30314874)



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Date: April 20th, 2016 11:33 PM
Author: maize cruel-hearted degenerate principal's office

Just give up bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2707943&forum_id=2#30315842)