Anonymous wrote:I don't think too many Of Counsels make anywhere near that kind of money.

Counsel and Of Counsel are not the same thing. Different firms use different vocabulary, but counsel often refers to a very senior associate and Of Counsel refers to somebody who is stepping back and sliding towards retirement or who never made partner but who is valuable so has a special deal.

Anonymous wrote:Partner at DC firm- 52 y/o. Salary $250K. Yearly Bonus between $800K and 1.8 mil

This is an interesting profit sharing structure. My DH makes right about in the middle of your bonus range as a partner, but there are no bonuses. I didn't know that there were big law firms that paid partners like this. However, DH is at a lockstep firm (in terms of partner compensation), and I think that might be the more unusual structure. Is yours a specialty firm or a plaintiff's firm?

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Anonymous wrote:$120 and about $25K in bonus. Fed gov't

wow - what agency is paying bonuses like that? i should switch!

USPTO

$800K BigLaw Partner

$206. Full time.

I don't think too many Of Counsels make anywhere near that kind of money.

There have to be more non-profits, contract attorneys, and attorneys not working as attorneys here. It's not all 500K and bonuses. Don't be shy!

GS-15 Fed sr policy advisor, 155k + 1-3k bonus

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Anonymous wrote:900k asshole

You're a 900k asshole? Lovely.

Must be a very fancy asshole.

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Anonymous wrote:BigLaw Counsel $500K

I call BS

You know Counsel positions are negotiated, right? Sorry to burst your bubble, but it ain't BS. I'm one of the more highly compensated counsels at my firm, but I don't even think I'm the highest.

I know several who make this. A couple were actually making it, after bonus, for a few years before they made counsel, as associates. Senior assocoate positions are not as lockstep as they want you to believe.

Partner at DC firm- 52 y/o. Salary $250K. Yearly Bonus between $800K and 1.8 mil

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Anonymous wrote:BigLaw Counsel $500K

I call BS

You know Counsel positions are negotiated, right? Sorry to burst your bubble, but it ain't BS. I'm one of the more highly compensated counsels at my firm, but I don't even think I'm the highest.

$250K plus 15% of the fees my cases generate, should total about $450K if the rest of this year shapes up like the first third.

$270k total comp including bonus
InHouse fortune 50 company
Work from home 3 days a week
10 to 6 hours
99 graduate

Anonymous wrote:900k asshole

You're a 900k asshole? Lovely.