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Its insane how little NYC lawyers are paid

Biglaw associates work 60+ hr weeks for peanuts. Midlaw and ...
Idiotic Principal's Office
  07/18/18
associates'*
hot library
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crimson splenetic faggot firefighter
  07/18/18
first years in BFE satellite offices loling at "service...
transparent site sound barrier
  07/18/18
these 'partners' often do almost zero actual work too ljl
slimy macaca halford
  07/18/18
Like 65% of lawyers work at firms of 10 or fewer lawyers. Th...
Federal kitchen
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racy milky roommate dopamine
  07/18/18
Ljl wagecuck lawyers don't deserve a penny more. They are nt...
obsidian self-absorbed nursing home ceo
  07/18/18
risk averse, debt burdened associates are too terrified to u...
yapping lemon really tough guy locale
  07/18/18
the union would literally splinter during its first meeting ...
Cowardly Party Of The First Part
  07/18/18
true.
yapping lemon really tough guy locale
  07/18/18
Also, different groups would try to set up different unions ...
elite lay personal credit line
  07/18/18
I was in discussions with a MFH law firm in law school and t...
Razzmatazz Jew Chapel
  07/18/18
The average 30-year old NYC BIGLAW associate is going to cle...
Hyperactive theater stage
  07/18/18
In terms of capturing the profits they generate for the firm...
salmon massive dog poop point
  07/18/18
Fucking this. “PPP at record high!” they should all be holoc...
Idiotic Principal's Office
  07/18/18
Some counterpoints to this--a lot of these firms where PPP i...
Adventurous Khaki Partner
  07/18/18
cr
aphrodisiac shrine
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As a function of capturing the value of their own profitabil...
Hyperactive theater stage
  07/18/18
Now adjust for COL, taxes, student loan payments, opportunit...
elite lay personal credit line
  07/18/18
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hyperventilating sable hell degenerate
  07/18/18
To put some stronger details on his point, the average 30-ye...
Adventurous Khaki Partner
  07/18/18
The money isn’t worth spending the remainder of your youth r...
Purple area prole
  07/18/18
so true
yapping lemon really tough guy locale
  07/18/18
totally fair viewpoint; im just setting out the financial as...
Adventurous Khaki Partner
  07/18/18
That 350k is a lot less sexy when broken down hourly. Also s...
racy milky roommate dopamine
  07/18/18
good goyim
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hyperventilating sable hell degenerate
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Date: July 18th, 2018 11:14 AM
Author: Idiotic Principal's Office

Biglaw associates work 60+ hr weeks for peanuts. Midlaw and shits even worse. All these ratfuck equity partners hoarding their “earnings” while demanding associates put deals before everything else.there rally does need to be an associates union.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36451526)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 1:10 PM
Author: hot library

associates'*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452381)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 11:15 AM
Author: crimson splenetic faggot firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36451532)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: transparent site sound barrier

first years in BFE satellite offices loling at "service partners" in NYC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36451538)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: slimy macaca halford

these 'partners' often do almost zero actual work too ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36451542)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 11:20 AM
Author: Federal kitchen

Like 65% of lawyers work at firms of 10 or fewer lawyers. The single biggest cohort is solos. If youre an associate for life youre doing it wrong, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36451584)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 12:50 PM
Author: racy milky roommate dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452236)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 12:51 PM
Author: obsidian self-absorbed nursing home ceo

Ljl wagecuck lawyers don't deserve a penny more. They are nth degree leaches who create nothing of value

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452242)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 12:52 PM
Author: yapping lemon really tough guy locale

risk averse, debt burdened associates are too terrified to unionize. it's rather pathetic, really.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452246)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 1:13 PM
Author: Cowardly Party Of The First Part

the union would literally splinter during its first meeting because of a dispute over where to put the apostrophe in the name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452401)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 2:06 PM
Author: yapping lemon really tough guy locale

true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452791)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:12 PM
Author: elite lay personal credit line

Also, different groups would try to set up different unions based on prestige, and they would easily be played against each other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454416)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 1:13 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Jew Chapel

I was in discussions with a MFH law firm in law school and they wanted to start me at 55k. I politely declined a formal interview.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452393)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 1:20 PM
Author: Hyperactive theater stage

The average 30-year old NYC BIGLAW associate is going to clear $275k or do this year. That’s probably 99th percentile for 30 year olds.

Anyone taking a lawyer job for less than $100k is retarded, though. I’d rather sell used cars.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452445)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 1:36 PM
Author: salmon massive dog poop point

In terms of capturing the profits they generate for the firm, biglaw associates do worse than dollar general sales clerks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452543)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 1:51 PM
Author: Idiotic Principal's Office

Fucking this. “PPP at record high!” they should all be holocausted.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452646)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: Adventurous Khaki Partner

Some counterpoints to this--a lot of these firms where PPP is "record high" are also experiencing record high margin spreads (reflecting the fact that the profit engine may not be uniformly firing across all practice groups but rather is relying on one or a handful of particular groups, especially on the transactional side). They also have increasingly disloyal partnership cohorts, which is not new news but is an accelerating phenomenon--PPP drops $.25m in a year and suddenly everyone is talking to Major Lindsey because fuck you pay me. So read those PPP figures with a good grain of salt and understand that, within firm executive committees, there may be less confidence than you're seeing projected externally, because there's a sense that everything could potentially come tumbling down at a relatively quick pace if there's a blown year or sectoral compression in an area that the firm is relying on to keep juicing profitability. Add that, rightly or wrongly, people are also starting to wonder when the next natural economic contraction is going to start given the length of expansion and especially with all the trade war talk. So attendant to all this there's a sense that having some conservatism in compensation continues to be important because things could change quickly and dramatically. Also, in fairness to these firms, they have been pushing salary increases and bonus increases in the last few years. All-in comp. has gone up for the same level of seniority (e.g., "third year" or "sixth year") I think three times in five years now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454663)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 2:12 PM
Author: aphrodisiac shrine

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452855)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 4:28 PM
Author: Hyperactive theater stage

As a function of capturing the value of their own profitability, sure. Greedy boomer partner would murder an associate for a $20 bump in PPP. And law itself is god awful. But maybe 1% (if that) of 30 year olds make $275k, so as a function of raw income, it’s high.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454017)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:14 PM
Author: elite lay personal credit line

Now adjust for COL, taxes, student loan payments, opportunity cost of three years of law school, hours worked, level of stress, effect on health, etc. Judging by your argument, I assume you're a Boomer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454430)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:14 PM
Author: hyperventilating sable hell degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454433)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:34 PM
Author: Adventurous Khaki Partner

To put some stronger details on his point, the average 30-year old in biglaw in a major market like NY is actually going to clear either ~320k (as a fourth year; if they took a year off after undergrad) or ~370k (as a fifth year; if they went straight through)--those figures roll in the recent scale increase and special summer bonus that occurred last month + assume that this year's end-of-year bonus scale will be unchanged from '17. So make some assumptions about the distribution and call it ~350k on average.

This is a never-ending debate that we're retreading here. From the perspective of "equitable" profit sharing, given where profits are now (and given the near-zero chance of the average associate securing equity these days), those comp figures are likely inappropriately low. On the other hand, from the perspective of a wet-behind-the-ears 30-year-old poli sci major from Cornell (double undergrad and law degree, baby, go Touchdown!) being able to pull mid-300s five years out from law school, the comp figures appear decent (the scale increases and bonus increases that have taken place over the last few years strengtened this position--it was looking much more pathetic c. 2015 before the first round of raises kicked off the following year); and yes, that's even taking into account the good points you raise about opp cost and COL and stress.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454596)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:41 PM
Author: Purple area prole

The money isn’t worth spending the remainder of your youth reading an indenture and “making comments”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454651)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: yapping lemon really tough guy locale

so true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454664)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:45 PM
Author: Adventurous Khaki Partner

totally fair viewpoint; im just setting out the financial aspect

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454684)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 6:04 PM
Author: racy milky roommate dopamine

That 350k is a lot less sexy when broken down hourly. Also some firms are no bonusing unless 1900 or more and forget about 1800 in midlaw, those firms have all moved to 1900 at least. And all this despite the fact that technology has made the practice faster and more efficient than ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454800)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 2:13 PM
Author: pale disturbing marketing idea national

good goyim

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36452864)



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Date: July 18th, 2018 5:14 PM
Author: hyperventilating sable hell degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4029203&forum_id=2#36454431)