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3 days agoTop Biglaw Firm Connects Their Associates With Bonus Money - Above the Law
Linklaters generated $2,965,192,000 in 2024 and distributed associate bonuses and special bonuses.
Break out the stretchy pants and gratitude journals, because McKool Smith, the Texas-based complex trial firm that's been handing out money to associates hand over fist for years, just dropped a little holiday surprise on its associates: special Thanksgiving bonuses, ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 depending on seniority. Yes, in addition to year-end bonuses. It's not quite Milbank's summer "please love us, please stay, please bill" bonus extravaganza, but McKool's offering is nothing to sneeze at.
Partners have reportedly taken a break from the million-dollar summer homes their associates toil to make possible to let the rabble know that their hefty bonuses might be "in jeopardy" because they haven't done enough hallway waving this quarter.