What Are Start Up Lawyers Being Paid In The US

Above the Law blog has already posted on this subject a couple of times in the past month..



but they tell us they've had a lot  more subsequent tips on 1st year pay - so here's their intro and the pay list -

Last month, we brought you Open Thread: Nationwide Start Date Round-up. After a flood of tips in response to that, we brought you an Expanded Nationwide Start Date Round-up. After that post, we got another deluge of tips. So now we bring you the latest and greatest round-up: more firms, more 2010 start dates, more pro bono deferral opportunities

http://abovethelaw.com/2009/04/2009_2010_start_dates.php

  • Akin Gump - January 2010 ($10,000 stipend), or March 2010 ($15,000 stipend)
  • Alston & Bird - January 19, 2010 ($10,000 stipend)
  • Arent Fox - November 1, 2009 for some; February 1, 2010 for others (Unspecified stipend amount)
  • Ballard Spahr - September 2010 ($45,000 stipend)
  • Baker Botts - not yet set, but "no earlier than October 1, and no later than November 12" per a January e-mail to Houston associates
  • Baker Hostetler - October 15, 2009
  • Bingham McCutchen - has not yet announced
  • Cadwalader - October 5, 2009
  • Cleary - staggered options: September 14/ October 12/ November 9, 2009 or January 11, 2010
  • Clifford Chance - 20 incoming associates will start in January 2010 ($10,000 stipend); About 30 others will start in October 2010 (stipend of $3,335-$5,000 per month).
  • Chadbourne & Parke - January 2010
  • Cravath - October 2009, November 2009 or January 2010
  • Debevoise - 2009, baby! September 21, October 12, October 26, or November 16
  • Dechert - October 5, 2009
  • Dewey & LeBoeuf - January 11, 2010 ($5,000 stipend)
  • DLA Piper - has not yet announced
  • Dorsey & Whitney - November 30, 2009
  • Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge - March 1, 2010
  • Faegre & Benson - delayed until "at least October, 2009"
  • Foley & Lardner - September 7th, 2009 (Boston office)
  • Fried Frank - January 28, 2010 ($10,000 stipend); Fall 2010 ($70,000 stipend)
  • Fulbright & Jaworski - January 11, 2010
  • Goldberg Kohn - "Indefinitely deferred," March 2010 at the earliest
  • Greenberg Traurig - January 2010
  • Hogan & Hartson - November 30, 2009
  • Holland & Knight - January 11, 2010
  • Holme, Roberts & Owen - October 2010 (Can accept a one time payment of 15K or 30K in installments, contingent on accepting a public interest job)
  • Hunton & Williams - January 2010
  • Irell & Manella - As early as the week after the bar exam; November 1, 2009 at the latest
  • Jenner & Block - November 2009 (Chicago office)
  • Katten - February 1, 2010 ($15,000 stipend)
  • King & Spalding - January 19, 2010
  • Latham - December 2009; October 2010 ($75,000 stipend)
  • Linklaters - September 2009
  • Mayer Brown - January 19, 2010
  • McDermott Will & Emory - December 1, 2009
  • McGuire Woods - September 2009 (but salaries have been reduced from $160K to $145K)
  • Milbank Tweed - January 25, 2010 ($10,000 stipend)
  • Morgan Lewis - October 2010
  • Morrison & Foerster - November 2, 2009 will be the earliest start date
  • O'Melveny & Myers - December 2009
  • Nixon Peabody - January 2010
  • Paul Hastings - October 12, 2009
  • Paul Weiss - September 14, 2009
  • Perkins Coie - January 4, 2010 ($7,500 stipend)
  • Proskauer Rose - March 2010 ($20,000 stipend), or pro bono deferral option with start date of January 2011 ($60,000 stipend)
  • Quarles & Brady‏ - January 2010
  • Ropes & Gray - January 2010
  • Shearman & Sterling - December 2009 at the earliest, or September 2010 with a $65,000 deferral stipend
  • Sidley Austin - November 2 or November 16, 2009
  • Skadden - October 2009
  • Squire Sanders - January 19, 2010 ($10,000 stipend)
  • Sullivan & Cromwell - October 2009, but incoming associates haven't heard anything from the firm lately November 2
  • Troutman Sanders - January 2010
  • Venable - January 2010
  • Wachtell - September 14 or October 12, 2009; November 2, 2009 for clerks only
  • Weil Gotshal - January 2010 ($15,000 deferral stipend); January 2011 for others ($75,000 stipend)
  • White & Case - November 2009 for 40% of new associates; 2010 for the rest (with a $45,000 stipend, or a $75,000 stipend if they pursue volunteer or community service during the deferral period)
  • Winstead - February, 2010
  • Winston and Strawn - via a tipster: "no word on start dates yet. as far as we know, it's September."
  • Wiley Rein - January 11, 2010 for some; October 2010 for others with $5K/month stipend
  • Willkie Farr - September, October, or November, 2009