The march of Biglaw salary matches continues. Following Milbank’s decision to up associate base salaries, firms have started to join the party with raises here and there.
Moments ago, one of the largest firms in the world opted to join the prevailing scale. And with over 4,000 attorneys at this point and around $3.1B in revenue, DLA Piper is a behemoth by any measure.
DLA’s associates received some “verein good news” — Swiss business organization puns are too rare to pass up — today when the firm adopted the new scale. The firm employs a joint “Level/Year” compensation system, but the new scale boils down to this:
| Class | New Salary |
| Class of 2021 (Level 1) | $215K |
| Class of 2020 (Level 1) | $225K |
| Class of 2019 (Level 1) | $250K |
| Class of 2018 (Level 2) | $285K |
| Class of 2017 (Level 2) | $325K |
| Class of 2016 (Level 2) | $350K |
| Class of 2015 (Level 2) | $370K |
| Class of 2014+ (Level 3) | $385K |
Associates will see these amounts retroactively applied in their January 28th payout.
Congratulations to all.
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