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The 42nd Annual Survey of Law Firm Economics

2014 EDITION

STAFFING RATIOS

TOTAL COMP

BILLABLE HOURS

LAW FIRM FINANCIALS

HOURLY RATES

THE SURVEY OF LAW FIRM ECONOMICS

2014 Edition

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ......................................................................................... 3

Distribution of Participating Law Firms ............................................. 13

Firm Management (topical issues) ................................................... 15

Financials ......................................................................................... 64

Hourly Rates ................................................................................... 130

Billable Hours ................................................................................. 169

Compensation ................................................................................ 187

Personnel Ratios ............................................................................ 256

Questionnaire ................................................................................. 294

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INTRODUCTION

The National Law Journal’s Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2014 Edition (based on 2013 data) is one of the most complete, accurate and up-to-date set of economic statistics and financial data available about the legal profession. This year's survey contains information from 8,194 lawyers including 2,644 associates, 4,853 partners/shareholders (equity and non-equity), 474 active counsel and 197 staff lawyers working in 162 U.S. law firms. In its 42nd year, the survey remains an invaluable tool for managers of law firms. To be a useful tool, the survey must provide the relevant information required by law firm managers. ALM Legal Intelligence partners with the International Paralegal Management Association each year to develop and publish a more comprehensive tool for managing paralegal positions. If you are interested in paralegal data, please contact ALM Legal Intelligence for product information and pricing. ALM Legal Intelligence is committed to meeting the information needs of the legal profession and, as such, invites you as a purchaser and/or participant to call or write us with your candid critique, suggestions and questions. The survey will continue to improve only through our ability to understand your evolving needs for information. We invite you to contact us with any thoughts and/or questions. E-mail us at [email protected].


USE OF THE SURVEY The survey is designed to provide the information necessary for law firm managers to evaluate their firm's performance relative to comparable law firms. The statistics included in the survey represent broad performance benchmarks against which an individual firm can be measured. Using this information, law firm management can compare their firm's performance and figures with those of the profession as a whole, as well as with firms of similar size, geographic location, population, practice specialty, and other data points. This survey is particularly useful to firm management, administrators, strategic planners and office or department heads who are able to efficiently develop comparative analyses of the various statistical data with their firm's data. Many are experienced in development of these analyses and in development of effective presentation charts and graphs. However, over the years we have encountered others who have found the analysis more difficult. Accordingly, we have developed a program that will prepare customized tabulation of your data against relative benchmarks. RECOMMENDED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT OF COMPARATIVE DATA At first glance, the survey may seem to contain an overwhelming volume of information. However, if you follow the suggested steps, you should be able to easily develop useful, meaningful comparisons.

Step 1 - Collection of Your Firm's Data The first step in using the survey is to develop your firm's data for fiscal year 2013. This is best accomplished by using a copy of your survey response form and worksheet. The questionnaire used in the study is included at the end of this Survey report. A review of the questions used will enable you to better understand the data herein and to make optimal use of the survey. Step 2 - Calculate Per Lawyer or Fee Earner Statistics and Other Ratios The second step is to calculate the various performance indicators and ratios using the data compiled in Step 1. It is important to calculate all data using the same formulae which were used to produce the data in the survey. Most information is presented in a per equity partner, per lawyer or per fee earner format. For example, to develop per lawyer gross receipts you would divide the total firm income for the year by the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) lawyers. FTEs are defined in the questionnaire.

Per fee earner gross receipts would be calculated by dividing the total firm income for the year by the total number of (FTE) lawyers plus one half of the full-time equivalent paralegal staff. A

Example - Per Lawyer

Total Gross Receipts $10,000,000 = $200,000 Total FTE Lawyers 50 Per Lawyer


further explanation of the per-equity partner, per-lawyer and per-fee earner format is provided in the Financial section.

Step 3 - Evaluating Results Next, assess your firm's performance with the survey results of comparable firms in terms of size, location, similar population base and legal specialty. As you do so, several points should be recognized. A deviation between your firm's figures (for any performance measure) and numbers in the report is not necessarily good or bad. It merely indicates that additional analysis may be required. As a rule, the larger the difference, the greater the need for further investigation. In situations where large deviations do exist, it may be helpful to calculate the same performance measure over the past several years to identify trends that may exist. The information in this survey should be used as guidelines rather than absolute standards. Firms differ, as does their mix of practice specialties, location, size and other factors. Any two

firms can be successful, yet have very different experiences with regard to certain performance measures. Any level of performance requires certain trade-offs. Very high dollars may require extraordinarily long hours, tremendous expertise, superlative results and even luck. On the other hand, if performance results are lacking, there may be areas where improvement simply to levels customarily achieved in other law firms will provide impressive returns. TREND DATA This survey contains a snapshot of the economic performance of the legal profession for 2013. However, the best analysis of a firm's economic performance and position occurs through evaluation of trend information. Selected trend information is provided in each section of the survey. For more complete historical data, we recommend prior copies of the survey that are available at reduced prices to those who wish to compare their firm on a trend basis. Quotes on prices for copies of past surveys can be obtained by contacting ALM Legal Intelligence at (888) 770-5647. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS In order to obtain maximum value from this survey, it is important to understand what the information means and how to best use it. Following are explanations of some of the data and definitions used in the report. We have also provided brief comments on the statistical terms used.

Example - Fee Earner Total Gross Receipts $10,000,000 = $181,818 Total FTE Lawyers 55 Per Fee Earner

+ One Half FTE Paralegal

Staff (10 FTE Paralegals x .5 = 5)


Billable Hours For those persons who regularly report billable hours, hours recorded during the reporting year, which were chargeable to clients (i.e., billable work). Billing Rates Most commonly assigned, or standard hourly rate as of January 1, 2014. Compensation Salary/Draw

For Professional Corporations/Associations: Salary-Federal taxable income amount shown on W-2

plus voluntary before-tax employee reductions for: • 401(k) plans; • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs); • Other qualified flexible benefit programs.

For Partnerships/Proprietorships:

Draw-Periodic cash distributions including quarterly tax draws and guaranteed payments.

Bonus/Distribution in Cash

For Professional Corporations/Associations: Bonus-Year end cash bonus paid during 2013.

For Partnerships/Proprietorships:

Distribution-Cash distribution to partners. Cash Compensation

Salary plus Bonus. Benefits/Distribution in Kind

For Professional Corporations/Associations: Nontaxable benefit costs, which include: qualified profit sharing plans, life, health and disability insurance, medical reimbursement plans, employer payroll taxes (including FICA) and pension contributions. Excludes auto, parking, memberships and CLE expenses.

For Partnerships and Proprietorships: Report distribution in kind (firm payments for benefits on behalf of the partners).

Total Compensation

Salary/Draw, Bonus/Distribution in Cash, plus Benefits/ Distribution in Kind.


Firm Specialization These specialized firms derived 50% or more of their gross receipts from one area of legal work. This survey reports areas of specialization in the financial section as follows:

• Commercial Litigation • Insurance Defense Litigation • Labor/Employment • General (no area responsible for 50% or more) • Other

Lawyer Specialization The questionnaire requests information on any legal specialty in which each reported individual spent more than half of his/her billable time. The list of specialties requested is shown below. It is not an exhaustive list, but enables some analysis of the relative earnings of various specialty groups.

Non-Litigation Litigation 100 = Admin/Legislative/Reg. 200 = Antitrust 101 = Banking 201 = Bankruptcy 102 = Bankruptcy 202 = Collections 103 = Collections 203 = Comm./Contracts 104 = Commercial/Contract 204 = Criminal 105 = Education 205 = Education 106 = Employee Benefits 206 = Insured Defense 107 = Employment 207 = Self-insured Defense 108 = Environmental 208 = Employee Benefits 109 = Family Law 209 = Employment 110 = General Business 210 = Environmental 111 = Health Care 211 = Family Law 112 = Insurance 212 = Health Care 113 = Intellectual Property 213 = Intellectual Property 114 = International 214 = International 115 = Labor/Management 215 = Labor/Management 116 = Labor/Union 216 = Labor/Union 117 = Maritime 217 = Maritime 118 = Merger/Acquisitions 218 = Natural Resource 119 = Municipal Finance 219 = Personal Injury 120 = Natural Resources 220 = Products Liability 121 = Real Estate 221 = Real Estate 122 = Securities 222 = Securities 123 = Taxation 223 = Taxation 124 = Trust/Estates/Probate 224 = Trust/Estates/Probate 125 = Utilities 225 = Workers’ Compensation 126 = Other Non-litigation Spec. 226 = Other Litigation Spec. 127 = Multi Non-litigation Spec. 227 = Multi Litigation Spec.

300 = Generalist


Multioffice Firms Multioffice law firms are shown as a separate category within the financial section wherever information is segregated by firm size, region and size of municipality. Within the category of MULTIOFFICE law firms, each firm is treated as a single entity. In addition, each multiple office firm is treated as a separate unit within the reporting categories of size, location, and population in this section. When reporting information in the remaining sections of the report, each individual fee earner is re-categorized according to the region of employment. For example, a firm's main office is in Minneapolis, and the branch office is in Sarasota, Florida. The individual fee earner information is reported as South Atlantic. Offices The term OFFICES indicates the number of law firm offices reported within a category. Branch offices are counted as single offices. Geographic Regions Regions are determined using geographic divisions as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau (see map following introduction). Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are included with "South Atlantic;" Hawaii and Alaska with "Pacific.” Population Area Population area categorizations are determined using definitions determined by U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as applied to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Status 10 Equity Partner/Shareholder/Proprietor

11 Non-Equity Partner, Salaried Partner, Non-Participating Partner - Any individual who is held out to the public as a partner or principal, but is clearly in a separate class that is characterized as having lower capital contribution requirements, lesser voting rights and lesser economic risk or reward potential. May be classified as either a W-2 employee or K-1 partner for tax purposes.

20 Associate Lawyer - A lawyer employed by the firm who is understood to be in a program leading to consideration for partnership or shareholder status, or who has been so considered.

21 Staff Lawyer - A lawyer employed by a law firm who is hired with the understanding that the position will not lead to consideration for ownership status.

30 Counsel - (of counsel) working actively; normally over 800 billable hours.

In analysis titled “By Individual Status,” each status code is listed separately. This breakout is shown only at the national level. In the remaining analyses, the heading Partner/Shareholder-Equity/Non-Equity includes partners in partnerships, shareholders in professional corporations/ associations and sole proprietors. This would include equity and non-equity positions. The heading Associate/Staff includes associate and staff attorney positions defined earlier.


STATISTICAL TERMS USED The statistical terms used in the survey are defined below and illustrated in the example. Quartiles are used to define the middle 50% of the range. One quarter of the observations lies below the first or lower quartile (or 25th percentile). One quarter lies above the third or upper quartile (or 75th percentile). In some tables the ninth decile (or 90th percentile) is also shown; 10% of cases lie above this point. The median (or 50th percentile) is the middle or central number in a series of numbers arranged in order of value. In the following example, the median is 50. There are equal numbers of smaller and larger observations. The average (or mean) is the total value of all observations divided by the number of observations. This number may be distorted by a few outliers, as is the case in our example. The mean is useful in hourly rates and in billable hours, because few outliers are possible. It is not as good a measure for comparisons of earnings.

Example

Item No. Amount

1. 400 (Outlier) 2. 90 3. 80 – 75th percentile or upper quartile 4. 70 5. 60 6. 50 – Median or 50th percentile 7. 45 8. 40 9. 30 – 25th percentile or lower quartile

10. 20 11. 10 Average is 82 Middle range is 30 to 80


INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESPONDENT SET This study is undertaken annually. An invitation to participate was sent to a selected group of law firms. These are firms that have had prior contact with ALM Legal Intelligence and include past participants and purchasers of our various surveys. Invitations to participate were also sent to various members of the Association of Legal Administrators and other mailing lists. Only U.S. law firms are included in this study. Sole practitioners are included in this report for the first time. Therefore any trending data such as firm financials, compensation or billing rates will not be completely trendable with previous editions of the survey. To accommodate this group, ALM Legal Intelligence has a separate data cut for firm sizes 10 attorneys or less. Information was collected in several areas for each lawyer who worked at the participating law firm in 2013. Earnings and billable hours information is included only for individuals who worked full-time for all of 2013. To ensure more accurate information, no statistics are shown for any category that does not have information supplied by at least five firms/offices and seven individual positions. Medians are only shown for 11 or more data points. Quartile and ninth decile information is only shown for 17 or more data points. Certain tables show only averages, even though sufficient data exists for additional statistical comparison. The number of firms or offices and number of positions are indicated on the tables as appropriate.

In some instances, the sum total of percentage breakouts may not equal 100%, because numbers have been rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent. Weighted vs. Unweighted Data In the financial section, both weighted and unweighted data are used. Where tables show quartiles and deciles, data are unweighted. All other tables are weighted. Weighted data are analogous to the House of Representatives (i.e., states have more or less representation based on their size); unweighted data are like the Senate (i.e., each state has the same representation). Weighted Data Weighted data use the number of lawyers in the firm as part of the calculation (e.g., a firm with five lawyers gets a weight of five - a firm with 300 lawyers gets a weight of 300). In calculating weighted data for Gross Receipts, for instance, Gross Receipts for all firms are totaled, all lawyers are totaled, then total Gross Receipts is divided by total lawyers. Unweighted Data Unweighted data uses one figure for each firm. In calculating unweighted data for Fees Receivable, for instance, Fees Receivable for each firm is divided by the number of lawyers for that firm. These new Per Lawyer Fees Receivable numbers are then totaled for all firms; the total is divided by the number of firms.




PacificMountainWest North Central

East North Central

West South Central

East South CentralSouth AtlanticMiddle

AtlanticNew EnglandTotal Firms

Region

Micropolitan/Rural

Metropolitan

Metropolitan Division

1 to 9 Lawyers

10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

Civil Trial Practice

Commerical Litigation

Corporate/Commercial

Insurance Defense Litigation

Plaintiffs' Contingency Litigation

Real Estate

Family

General Law

Other

Intellectual Property/Patent

Trusts/Estates

Sole Proprietorship

Partnership

Professional Corporation

Professional Corporation w/"S"

Limited Liability Company

Limited Liability Partnership

Other

Total Firms

Type of Population Area

Size of Firm

Practice Area

Type of Firm

1621912122421938243

4001101100

5363310821191

26121234751

9201210210

596557921591

7220200100

4201000100

4010000210

4000110020

38751432952

15002333220

4101110000

7200000320

5101001110

21411232710

22124511530

37332770951

5000120020

13010211350

280025301440

25333341521

35513473651

26330624530

8111100121

4411006509121

115712121816928121

3100000101

Breakout of DataBreakout of Data

DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPATING LAW FIRMS


PacificMountainWest North Central

East North Central

West South Central

East South CentralSouth AtlanticMiddle

AtlanticNew EnglandTotal Lawyers

Region

Micropolitan/Rural

Metropolitan


1 to 9 Lawyers

10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers





Plaintiffs' Contingency Litigation

Real Estate

Family

General Law

Other


Trusts/Estates

Partnership

Professional Corporation

Professional Corporation w/"S"

Limited Liability Company

Limited Liability Partnership

Other

Total Lawyers

Type of Population Area

Size of Firm

Practice Area

Type of Firm

7694305489452104410004782086178357

153002499030000

30301610319550457327671960143

147532206148641324456280

90190000053180

27951483402272583634086953614

151902603500000

6208000029250

5300016370000

194270104411155627663263414

10910085235348851132250

7620245000000

4503500000723430

6500000052130

1008960018325954421670

11613810329626263221772000

1663642746108435056916443

123000753600120

25890205018929326439012480

232800179504253011572350

1295841871651652167024412143

1091171511021152139220213114

3584838071255284400

33286000980

16071710035117602446650

60641344894526938244781833111843

230000009014


DISTRIBUTION OF LAWYERS BY OFFICE FOR PARTICIPATING LAW FIRMS

Does not include Of Counsel positions


CASH AND TOTAL COMPENSATION

Equity partners and shareholders, non-equity partners and shareholders, associates, staff lawyers, counsel, and support staff compensation data are provided in this section. A number of the responding firms are professional corporations/associations. The owner-employees of such organizations may receive substantial benefits which are not reported as taxable earnings. In partnerships (and proprietorships), these benefits are attributable to each partner’s taxable income and may be deducted by the partner (and proprietor) personally, subject to Internal Revenue Code restrictions. Such benefits include pension contributions, and insured medical benefits. Other benefits, such as life insurance and disability insurance are included in partner (proprietor) income, but are not deductible personally. This survey, therefore, reports “cash income” as W-2 earnings for shareholders (salary plus bonus). Associates are all reported on W-2, and therefore “cash income” with respect to these individuals is meaningful. “Total compensation” as reported in the survey includes K-1 earnings for partners. For shareholders, associates and staff it includes W-2 income (before employee reduction for qualified benefit programs) plus the following benefits: qualified retirement plan employer contributions (vested or unvested); medical reimbursement; group insurance benefits; employer’s share of social security, workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation; and dividends paid by a professional corporation. Not included are auto expenses, continuing education expenses and professional dues. “Total compensation,” therefore, represents a common denominator from which to compare self-employed and employed individuals on a like basis. This is important when law firm owners are either partners or shareholders. For associates, it is important for both the employer and the employee to understand the sizeable investment made in the often overlooked compensation costs of benefits.


Attorney Compensation

Trend Comparison – New Graduate ..................... 189

Trend Comparison – Partner vs. Associate .......... 190

Charts—Median Total Compensation ................... 194

National ................................................................. 199

Multi-office Firms ................................................... 199

Managing Partners/Shareholders ......................... 200

Gender .................................................................. 201

Region ................................................................... 203

State ...................................................................... 209

Firm Size ............................................................... 212

Population Area ..................................................... 216

Year Admitted to Bar ............................................. 219

Individual Non-Litigation Specialties ..................... 221

Individual Litigation Specialties ............................. 227

Individual Non-Specialist ....................................... 232

Shareholder Compensation and Benefits ............. 233

Associate Compensation and Benefits ................. 236

Associates and Staff Attorneys Separately ........... 237

Starting Salary to New Graduates ......................... 239

Support Staff Cash Compensation

Legal Administrator/Exec Dir/COO ....................... 242

Administrative/Office Manager .............................. 243

Comptroller/Finance Director/CFO ........................ 244

Accounting Manager ............................................. 244

Accounting Supervisor .......................................... 245

Information Services Director ................................ 245

Network Administrator ........................................... 246

Technology, Help Desk and Training Positions ... 247

Human Resource Director ................................... 248

Human Resource Manager .................................. 248

Benefits, Recruiting and Other HR Staff .............. 249

Chief Marketing Officer/Marketing Director .......... 249

Marketing Manager .............................................. 250

Marketing Coordinator/Assistant .......................... 250

Library Manager ................................................... 251

Administrative Assistant/Legal Secretary ............. 252

Office Services Manager ...................................... 253

Mailroom Positions ............................................... 254

Receptionist/Telephone Operator ........................ 255


TREND COMPARISON OF MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATIONNEW GRADUATE AND 5TH YEAR ASSOCIATE

IND

EX

FISCAL YEAR

98

125

152

179

206

233

260

287

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

New Graduate

5th Year Associate

CPI


IND

EX

FISCAL YEAR

TREND COMPARISON OF MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION9TH YEAR PARTNER AND 25TH-29TH YEAR PARTNER

95

122

149

176

203

23019

8619

8719

8819

8919

9019

9119

9219

9319

9419

9519

9619

9719

9819

9920

0020

0120

0220

0320

0420

0520

0620

0720

0820

0920

1020

1120

1220

13

9th YearPartner/Shareholder/Equity/Nonequity

25th‐29th YearPartner/Shareholder/Equity/Nonequity

CPI


$ Index $ Index $ Index1985 36,000 100 111,213 100 156,364 100 89,900 100 1001986 39,000 108 113,242 102 152,946 98 90,000 100 1021987 40,000 111 120,000 108 157,479 101 93,162 104 1061988 45,760 127 134,350 121 176,610 113 104,323 116 1111989 50,000 139 141,230 127 181,843 116 109,299 122 1161990 50,000 139 146,010 131 182,593 117 110,953 123 1231991 50,000 139 147,306 132 193,811 124 113,031 126 1291992 50,000 139 154,227 139 192,515 123 114,131 127 1331993 50,000 139 159,396 143 204,157 131 113,568 126 1371994 50,000 139 168,007 151 206,118 132 118,411 132 1411995 50,000 139 168,751 152 212,682 136 118,175 131 1451996 52,000 144 174,719 157 208,064 133 123,384 137 1491997 50,000 139 182,824 164 220,852 141 131,451 146 1531998 55,000 153 191,271 172 234,560 150 136,111 151 1551999 57,550 160 202,495 182 243,629 156 137,633 153 1592000 66,000 183 211,002 190 248,471 159 146,047 162 1652001 66,500 185 227,393 204 261,944 168 164,111 183 1702002 69,500 193 230,704 207 275,602 176 167,163 186 1722003 72,500 201 242,958 218 291,682 187 173,685 193 1762004 72,500 201 256,711 231 309,092 198 172,000 191 1812005 80,000 222 266,799 240 320,734 205 184160 205 1882006 82,500 229 277,500 250 327,112 209 183,198 204 1942007 85,000 236 278,639 251 341,892 219 194,191 216 2002008 85,000 236 272,205 245 328,260 210 185,191 206 2082009 85,500 238 272,293 245 322,813 206 191,004 212 2072010 85,000 236 289,911 261 349,300 223 195,816 218 2102011* - - 291,631 262 352,776 226 198,819 221 2172012 86,000 239 296,010 266 351,290 225 194,063 216 2222013 86,500 240 300,605 270 338,181 216 194,383 216 225% Change 1986-2013 140% 170% 116% 116% 125%

*New graduate compensation was not collected

TREND COMPARISON OF MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATIONLAWYERS IN PRIVATE LAW FIRMS

All in Group

25 to 29 YearPartner/Shareholder

Practice 9 Year PracticeCPI

Starting Salaries New Graduates

$ Index

Total Compensation of Partners/Shareholders

Fiscal Year


25th-29th Year Partner/ Shareholder

5th Year Associate

Compensation Ratio

1985 156,364 51,147 3.061986 152,946 54,617 2.801987 157,479 54,187 2.911988 176,610 59,957 2.951989 181,843 66,397 2.741990 182,593 68,731 2.661991 193,811 72,703 2.671992 192,515 72,863 2.641993 204,157 73,827 2.771994 206,118 75,830 2.721995 212,682 76,007 2.801996 208,064 78,511 2.651997 220,852 81,903 2.701998 234,560 90,265 2.601999 243,629 95,596 2.552000 248,471 99,809 2.492001 261,944 111,760 2.342002 275,602 113,477 2.432003 291,682 118,950 2.452004 309,092 118,438 2.612005 320,734 124,171 2.582006 327,112 122,836 2.662007 341,892 127,829 2.672008 328,260 133,497 2.462009 322,813 134,927 2.392010 349,300 137,297 2.542011 352,776 135,020 2.612012 351,290 133,193 2.642013 338,181 142,577 2.37

TREND COMPARISON OF COMPENSATION RATIOSLAWYERS IN PRIVATE LAW FIRMSMEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION

Fiscal Year


$ Index $ Index $ Index1985 139,963 100 91,820 100 56,600 100 1001986 139,000 99 92,085 100 57,309 101 1021987 150,079 107 94,904 103 60,529 107 1061988 169,500 121 101,185 110 65,612 116 1111989 180,000 129 105,293 115 67,826 120 1161990 184,060 132 112,263 122 72,714 128 1231991 195,782 140 120,060 131 81,707 144 1291992 186,000 133 123,000 134 82,500 146 1331993 220,004 157 130,000 142 87,908 155 1371994 222,000 159 138,904 151 86,008 152 1411995 225,000 161 138,737 151 78,540 139 1451996 260,000 186 143,152 156 81,252 144 1491997 240,700 172 151,650 165 90,000 159 1531998 220,000 157 164,025 179 97,650 173 1551999 268,913 192 180,400 196 109,406 193 1592000 255,000 182 174,552 190 115,000 203 1652001 312,000 223 183,433 200 124,551 220 1702002 331,500 237 180,300 196 115,691 204 1722003 370,002 264 195,000 212 124,141 219 1762004 382,500 273 202,900 221 133,728 236 1812005 425,174 304 210,830 230 137,830 244 1882006 408,000 292 232,750 253 161,050 285 1942007 411,974 294 231,858 253 164,200 290 2002008 467,100 334 231,314 252 152,920 270 2082009 485,156 347 246,275 268 154,082 272 2072010 466,759 333 242,429 264 150,375 266 2102011 463,967 331 270,287 294 163,900 290 2172012 542,200 387 256,080 279 162,590 287 2222013 603,403 431 264,396 288 156,476 276 225% Change 1985-2013 331% 187% 176% 125%

CPI

Fiscal Year

Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel Managing Attorney

Non-Supervisory Lawyer

TREND COMPARISON OF SALARIED LAWYERS IN INDUSTRYMEDIAN CASH COMPENSATION*


Region

PacificMountainWest North

Central

East North

Central

West South

Central

East South

Central

South Atlantic

Middle Atlantic

New England

Med

ian

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

0

138,632124,295117,174

129,050

151,824157,276144,525

155,596

117,240

306,720

260,200

287,033289,574

313,300

360,000

308,155300,000299,601

MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION BY REGION

Associate/Staff Lawyer

Partner/Shareholder-Equity/Non-Equity


Med

ian

350,000

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

Firm Size

Over 150 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

10 to 24 Lawyers

1 to 9 Lawyers

MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION BY FIRM SIZE





Textbox

Population AreaMetropolitan DivisionMetropolitanMicropolitan/Rural

Med

ian

350,000

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION BY POPULATION AREA





Textbox


Year Admitted to Bar

2012

2009 - 2011

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

1994 - 1998

1989 - 1993

1984 - 1988

1979 - 1983

1974 - 1978

1969 - 1973

Before 1969

Med

ian

400,000

350,000

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARPartner/Shareholder-Equity/Non-Equity


Year Admitted to Bar

201320122009 - 2011

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

1994 - 1998

1989 - 1993

1984 - 1988

1979 - 1983

1974 - 1978

1969 - 1973

Before 1969

Med

ian

($)

220,000

200,000

180,000

160,000

140,000

120,000

100,000

MEDIAN TOTAL COMPENSATION BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociate/Staff Lawyer


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Equity Partner/Shareholder

Non-Equity Partner

Associate Lawyer

Staff Lawyer

Of Counsel 333,287225,000170,000138,754204,55720346

244,731184,952155,694114,770165,8306016

206,703174,597143,535119,183149,7841,47998

331,865270,858210,382172,690228,5691,06272

679,166482,694348,625247,930405,8113,020106

StatusStatus

NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL STATUS CODESTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Non-Equity Partner


Of Counsel 333,287225,000170,000138,754204,55720346

207,836175,188143,813119,141150,4101,53998

331,865270,858210,382172,690228,5691,06272

679,166482,694348,625247,930405,8113,020106

StatusStatus

NATIONAL COMBINED STATUS CODESTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Non-Equity Partner


Of Counsel 326,285219,675169,597139,804201,34716832

204,269174,254144,685121,802150,4841,18156

328,372272,791214,100176,820231,20693850

686,258488,989358,384270,198416,8852,27062

StatusStatus

NATIONAL MULTIOFFICETOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Pacific

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers




General Law

Other

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

Practice Area

1,044,377616,441422,565291,000545,80617476

1,201,282756,273391,101302,686582,3552816

1,141,805892,075416,249271,685556,4852810

876,271585,241415,260288,422453,8942211

2,522,820684,015539,052335,877798,2283313

659,539605,978438,544310,519456,3773717

1,628,8421,153,776536,219381,362781,871198

1,138,442707,406564,300316,289709,7416321

661,404537,250391,881316,369444,7843618

840,188583,559321,823219,162419,6263419

438,865285,157179,500146,000234,475219

1,167,887800,356531,844396,808619,0964116

931,638589,775360,000280,157523,21313360

----351,256--384,149117

----513,310--541,217156

1,169,827969,827611,917375,240687,8711910

639,999575,795425,297274,366420,196297

----458,840--523,684155

873,700578,489305,370267,059419,4464821

2,793,5701,321,985458,015317,062949,0332815


PARTNERS/SHAREHOLDERS WITH SIGNIFICANT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIESTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner


Female

Male

215,591179,511147,346120,760154,52591195

342,298278,347218,146176,939234,76570167

697,732490,296353,693255,293415,6622,355104

195,810167,056139,177115,132144,18358689

312,336249,578193,313160,006215,08328456

530,963387,955282,993205,642330,19545291

Gender/StatusGender/Status

GENDERTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



Female

150,184140,021106,38295,629114,6554433

170,175150,970126,321108,056130,95617866

205,723178,688149,551127,318154,46024668

234,738179,929146,909123,500161,4965128

211,428198,975154,704127,953156,4371814

--------146,82986

240,078197,833162,923144,282176,8475131

316,299252,793205,410162,131220,22615665

429,878315,117228,583176,905266,54715772

622,453380,000279,827200,000339,14311559

518,301385,527273,466183,760301,7129547

583,675434,827328,813218,296382,3337547

817,845493,109342,766262,600435,5712317

Gender/Year Admitted to BarGender/Year Admitted to Bar

GENDER--FEMALE BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013



Male

----120,891--118,793149

150,415141,110118,751100,400120,6417637

177,626152,070128,474107,806132,14822671

221,361187,394155,029131,786162,45636173

227,948201,698167,636132,247166,7727434

249,784222,491178,800139,295187,1173518

----197,106--222,6191311

----163,792--174,9271611

--------187,57676

--------198,78497

316,110255,371198,280164,256218,07314657

407,641321,417230,422182,512270,28833489

505,000392,500285,600215,750327,61541989

650,931448,756323,971238,837380,82339388

737,851485,868351,050245,961413,21745587

752,860530,963363,906262,720443,31045186

690,776521,258357,598251,586413,10736784

712,066455,385317,751204,342397,67417063

623,449394,240265,000169,575340,2157542

Gender/Year Admitted to BarGender/Year Admitted to Bar

GENDER--MALE BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner





Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner





Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Mountain

Pacific

201,308166,490138,632113,026141,876559

574,333402,871311,066222,462339,3341429

402,820350,450270,100200,250277,4771406

166,166138,946117,174105,922126,808898

265,841227,123195,265184,123200,359255

549,963386,520313,180205,050320,6882619

201,269163,622129,050113,236140,29822215

274,953221,040179,666146,477194,73016211

606,282488,989358,624261,809399,22639414

202,560176,959151,824129,168154,74115914

290,163252,000209,382175,879211,93716012

668,404474,301362,725276,839400,61243715

208,081178,709157,276131,607159,975885

637,156530,963373,428268,416405,6002247

207,274171,857144,525114,692150,21951627

359,788275,076201,842169,259230,67332120

790,596527,937362,454250,000445,84879128

219,252194,385155,596132,905162,93435815

353,849298,834239,015185,047252,65630913

764,465505,066355,000254,875443,23061717

Region/StatusRegion/Status

REGIONTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1984 - 1988

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



145,753140,883132,335100,657121,687208

183,196158,388132,841114,338137,4136011

221,307196,945157,306139,302164,88814313

239,262210,892171,443134,904173,124379

252,297225,278198,140149,569193,171217

----148,679--165,123116

354,356269,109174,554150,925218,7262111

379,927291,948228,824175,979267,6129214

433,595324,107255,850207,559293,62512913

654,471400,725299,089200,917343,25413216

770,602494,831345,103244,136419,50314714

877,988542,561363,428279,016509,79012613

854,011596,675360,000284,152469,80611114

725,800452,599342,050206,944423,5344412

--------299,715107

Status/Year Admitted to BarStatus/Year Admitted to Bar

REGION--MIDDLE ATLANTIC BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1974 - 1978

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013



----149,955--124,996116

157,313149,358117,06799,667122,6864516

178,295154,134123,736102,989130,79214924

210,938180,661149,995127,034155,93622025

215,684195,861169,175138,564173,5964414

----166,352--167,143148

--------251,09285

--------182,81686

327,548248,310183,473154,750216,7897521

422,575330,000221,567179,711265,73616325

588,188440,428299,227212,605353,22620428

787,158566,175332,297241,995438,70416027

777,152507,798361,762255,089435,26316424

877,696551,640358,111236,705446,87314825

632,688472,977344,268235,620391,86110224

770,106596,000284,073176,175413,6445117

884,775451,127304,647190,408381,0472614


REGION--SOUTH ATLANTIC BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003


366,847320,991256,997194,468259,700447

444,078405,463327,938211,689317,045437

579,233530,963418,616267,785413,119356

604,421530,963366,847269,684390,709347

686,071581,711467,612355,385482,484387

760,725637,156530,963418,586552,753326


REGION--EAST SOUTH CENTRAL BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



167,323144,903112,561105,550126,0281710

179,509166,049138,902124,010142,6135312

215,099196,803170,217142,605172,9906413

257,764232,931181,200160,000194,778438

345,185276,430218,769174,286229,7057513

448,601341,763273,795209,635293,7958813

595,525434,209358,351278,836374,1607612

628,350442,629358,586285,748393,9887911

750,201574,977396,236310,628443,14910612

795,954468,558358,175234,400397,8325612

567,033450,136371,049209,744344,593179


REGION--WEST SOUTH CENTRAL BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1989 - 1993

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



121,982120,434107,65896,267107,548238

155,269134,550121,963113,742125,4826914

236,694185,110150,557129,719160,5307912

201,269183,250127,246102,340137,564199

--------151,71385

263,617228,179183,658150,834192,561256

425,250299,250235,709186,895265,6427912

488,989419,561293,402195,727315,4869013

552,402483,694325,993254,181364,2427713

628,623473,851276,392173,637329,7006912

724,457488,989363,346244,031413,8287612

595,336533,364385,721194,541418,0435711

633,159454,003279,255177,896354,6513213

----192,064--379,456116


REGION--EAST NORTH CENTRAL BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011


Associate/Staff Lawyer136,970121,853105,81299,574110,017236

169,165147,346127,446110,640132,298276

288,850225,510197,431160,074201,572266

332,706282,361238,422189,923237,630338

390,837338,637275,916192,806272,552297

507,020348,676302,750189,194303,241337

693,371404,450324,375216,188361,530428

626,549565,961333,366203,745391,984337

660,238489,123324,375225,531355,371296


REGION--WEST NORTH CENTRAL BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003


282,240238,950186,569165,108205,901266

366,000286,400260,086207,525269,008246

368,571347,903266,400198,811264,905216

487,928348,082290,624227,740305,739216

479,100359,093261,348207,674286,009205

429,651388,397313,800168,101290,618186


REGION--MOUNTAIN BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



223,613195,465154,294128,745155,011208

--------196,95475

376,998332,313272,354182,821263,065218

389,165289,722191,711142,571225,998186

----222,598--268,602157

656,352401,305306,191223,107372,213227

523,611435,235347,961281,151354,486278

----373,496--365,785137


REGION--PACIFIC BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION















FL

GA

IL

LA

NC

NJ

NY

PA

TX

212,009187,975166,942144,853166,9291077

580,196418,960312,897217,466338,5192317

232,899198,879161,703136,613167,1601927

798,000497,523330,600233,663429,4365097

465,950353,142254,750199,166302,6402475

550,475383,648301,978241,122342,4031705

817,360518,039315,000204,645420,6833145

175,078148,069132,094116,452136,518375

673,032438,232331,602230,072376,2313276

231,320186,053151,399110,442152,221955

187,038157,357130,277107,975137,3311326

579,057412,478273,490188,212351,7022227

189,020169,467149,831133,900156,030875

635,749451,854330,451241,377369,6791675

State/StatusState/Status

STATETOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1974 - 1978

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

2009 - 2011



1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008



2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011Associate/Staff Lawyer

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008



1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003


1974 - 1978

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998


FL

GA

IL

LA

NC

NY

325,266265,000225,000199,583238,631415

652,325421,422271,075205,763341,391415

522,369353,142281,000214,988303,522275

481,743380,000290,000206,835297,638435

775,408585,680399,116236,437435,411645

923,890692,917347,545226,250464,582405

1,006,380610,427340,522238,155470,696545

624,874491,799240,000146,428325,122215

----282,526--476,395165

202,560174,346147,503133,642154,357195

247,056213,449179,200150,620183,975305

385,363292,933231,750185,500250,959435

426,832355,066290,170219,738303,077535

635,527416,320345,108278,729370,732435

785,499669,962463,460366,885515,520575

814,775547,217389,497298,750429,724335

181,821157,269120,988112,206133,469255

247,294215,922179,269143,591179,209465

184,057156,634145,407126,266142,395485

309,509236,273187,000168,739206,995355

397,459293,000235,000175,220249,242396

532,476360,507273,138228,750331,074376

542,642477,478354,081248,649369,188255

805,816510,000408,580300,938437,343235

161,685151,685138,492120,900135,144215

454,642419,326368,483228,031334,911315

753,869673,726415,089311,346473,481245

----376,834--415,181165


STATE BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



PA

TX

186,115174,597155,758138,902155,418356

217,267211,280187,975162,182185,640416

324,687241,871217,466149,374204,824296

500,383333,929261,835187,613288,176326

588,225470,583411,274324,117408,285285

625,941435,741394,788273,099401,331305

667,879483,500362,588276,074390,090425

865,061469,912332,374232,242389,548175

----140,133--118,824125

196,974169,907136,850111,609140,771376

229,814206,159163,077143,901171,5531007

243,559226,100179,928139,026183,390235

----181,344--213,141115

392,801321,300241,823186,107291,951556

471,498342,501272,781209,379313,702806

725,610399,245300,553199,325349,758767

922,058587,625370,102252,656476,295936

970,156625,095389,329290,556543,644857

921,207691,695440,855319,410542,572787

797,630575,228417,747342,050555,518256


STATE BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

224,858191,050156,025133,368166,6864428

353,815291,023229,461184,401246,1704169

754,241547,956409,988302,606471,40285810

201,049171,299144,269118,804149,85355922

329,403269,387209,855172,491225,75341020

732,480504,808362,454278,754439,73886923

181,748151,582128,868108,593134,28924620

283,306229,985192,038160,673209,91114219

539,052392,009302,600229,320334,71857922

220,132172,946135,191112,157146,27621730

296,130226,708186,068151,550193,4327218

616,291436,542293,686193,510358,13053229

189,587151,865113,24291,639124,4247117

333,057265,133153,582126,591185,666195

606,944383,771247,501156,442308,47517219

Firm Size/StatusFirm Size/Status

FIRM SIZETOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



194,191165,606119,373108,090135,8232913

--------220,244108

358,833261,103171,394150,500205,8233116

422,296361,059251,343155,781268,4323816

479,095313,628265,000155,482289,8543318

622,146541,300295,200167,650346,3333016

816,585525,981251,244210,635385,9751712

836,901549,117343,798155,962400,4322012

--------361,31677


FIRM SIZE--9 TO 20 LAWYERS BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



126,678113,248107,65893,779104,5991713

176,199139,123122,402105,742125,7676124

234,432201,941153,704129,840164,4648526

187,421165,256127,246107,366134,1941910

340,819239,462176,740151,146202,5962915

425,250332,313217,067161,563248,8108125

493,018381,703243,784180,624289,8418424

566,898439,395258,236183,170316,8866625

565,270383,273262,725200,366325,1748323

641,038448,383315,768205,540355,5169826

610,012458,675368,291218,301399,6306525

812,770373,068247,903177,132343,2333117

----204,791--329,370129




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



149,731129,394107,65898,315112,5941710

150,940130,474113,572104,047117,6977718

187,975164,690140,138119,712143,94410618

227,431206,312170,055132,381165,703175

----------55

256,956222,028175,578153,730184,1474416

299,570271,277220,917168,044227,4668920

382,208317,359253,409187,946269,49910121

530,893366,478286,456222,283335,2909020

474,138356,788305,780238,120320,3829818

562,810420,768334,000256,673358,2679120

530,517411,860330,715262,600344,2317117

456,996414,184283,240198,459299,9363713

969,710404,900281,732138,108362,661219




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



144,809139,185108,42396,661116,0685018

169,049152,831128,403111,878132,52815821

203,303180,106152,245130,249156,12423221

224,733189,164165,120134,785169,9975018

253,444218,155198,375165,890193,409209

--------267,78276

307,424243,060192,995162,000211,0208219

374,850291,251220,336186,025267,92117222

474,548372,455280,457218,462315,77818822

718,200451,966330,820260,550400,90717922

758,930516,620381,425266,803428,05119222

765,260550,930372,501274,340458,65020022

699,228527,021344,398247,909418,15713422

768,552575,348327,032231,224441,4655720

723,011439,430315,840196,842378,4812313




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



152,184150,161132,581117,048132,743367

194,430166,791143,792124,750150,8211017

236,061205,671167,036140,997174,8111617

239,371198,693174,115131,211175,209357

274,458222,933166,750138,152182,666216

----166,750--167,308135

311,500231,667187,875163,125211,381568

404,856328,232260,770194,583272,2861619

575,897432,754299,270225,000352,8242159

692,917493,057356,500243,975406,2541859

761,825530,963370,102273,466449,5841799

894,238627,348469,750320,762531,6241719

772,310602,868439,390308,983485,0631299

741,636510,000380,119275,000446,826479

----332,426--330,326136


FIRM SIZE--OVER 150 LAWYERS BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Non-Equity Partner



Non-Equity Partner


Metropolitan


237,039205,949178,911144,644176,85738022

358,524300,615256,073202,269262,38726315

848,672554,492404,551293,740476,59851221

187,421160,316136,071115,036141,7391,15976

314,150252,000198,423168,739217,43879957

651,573466,744337,278240,556392,1012,50184

Population Area/StatusPopulation Area/Status

POPULATION AREATOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013



165,523155,267128,80496,248122,558179

150,200134,114112,79399,560117,1709842

161,685143,299123,664106,703126,88634062

191,204166,709143,777125,997148,10646266

190,684174,115148,433127,246153,0709133

240,063209,686165,428138,103173,6354521

312,884186,875147,434129,342180,364179

----141,331--160,540117

--------166,66776

--------166,22875

--------180,46196

308,677232,918187,819159,940204,75019055

367,478289,785220,578177,226245,27743773

480,106373,055273,015200,025304,20452477

593,879422,418313,039225,459354,60045076

672,425462,762333,843236,631384,53947469

746,700523,146365,407260,534438,47147971

689,700516,895359,196255,063405,61234969

671,110453,641300,000206,878389,64013752

563,557387,658273,366169,958326,5076837


POPULATION AREA--METROPOLITAN BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



147,383144,415135,66299,367122,8792610

192,081175,483154,634120,933150,0658019

241,902219,408192,883165,490191,04715420

277,038226,616202,683152,696195,0783611

----199,379--202,165126

--------217,31187

--------165,44496

266,307244,555176,740150,087207,0553111

455,001342,559258,734202,713302,7239820

606,364435,100297,369251,903364,98810416

839,578531,367369,937279,325462,94210419

869,827548,092384,495264,179454,11910920

852,882558,033426,711304,221475,6589818

895,487586,719409,263289,896502,3997117

761,167467,312344,764203,642405,9704214


POPULATION AREA--METROPOLITAN DIVISION BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008 304,562233,663187,005156,810205,07322166

382,273298,745226,246180,000255,49853694

488,989378,921276,846204,499313,75863094

640,945446,998324,173231,643374,93955495

693,998477,526338,181239,484396,96658490

752,458530,963367,080265,039444,20157890

697,160524,700362,454259,925421,25842187

708,160454,364316,578205,750393,47217966

623,449394,240265,000169,575340,2157542

Year Admitted to BarYear Admitted to Bar

YEAR ADMITTED TO BAR--Partners/Shareholders-Equity/Non-EquityTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013 162,698153,901120,89192,040118,0832011

150,196140,071113,93699,667118,36712452

174,209150,195126,911108,898131,30142081

214,093183,801151,796130,249158,84161686

226,839191,975163,122127,485164,97812744

242,356213,151172,311138,617179,6425727

336,200206,591166,750129,342192,1872516

246,403208,447150,601106,843162,7472013

--------183,21587

--------188,05997

--------198,619107


YEAR ADMITTED TO BAR--Associates/Staff LawyerTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION






















Administrative

Banking

Bankruptcy

Comm'l./Contract

Education

Employee Benefits

Employment

Environmental

Family/Domestic Law

General Business

Health Care

Insurance ----327,343--343,995115

196,945175,462141,729124,434150,9972911

708,569460,677328,232251,151394,5418528

211,122178,297146,909117,304151,2608328

633,389461,945313,778203,747378,58625149

1,175,480706,024309,351217,376484,489308

----131,593--150,676135

526,766484,268337,834222,565344,5305021

201,903157,233143,184110,628141,489186

708,112510,600319,600228,676385,1045816

206,065182,277153,735120,610150,7451810

617,154433,134314,585200,394319,8594020

--------121,70895

----216,556--245,694159

217,755180,315160,643134,185165,0262210

769,317624,955366,847270,556486,9657622

211,774185,828155,317135,180162,6042914

954,470532,858385,527259,631449,7037720

316,703227,839161,688135,813188,144206

844,700550,000399,002260,770463,4828724

993,521433,053319,747240,708457,4063413

Specialty/StatusSpecialty/Status

INDIVIDUAL NON-LITIGATION SPECIALTIESTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION




















Intellectual Property

Labor-Mgmt.

Mergers/Acquisitions

Municipal Finance

Natural Resources

Real Estate

Securities

Taxation

Trusts/Estates/Probate

Utilities

Other Non-litigation

Multiple Non-litigation

163,953139,166124,677110,869126,9675620

474,703365,734292,168204,725320,62315328

----133,455--139,2751611

638,753415,036303,025199,750366,7145420

--------371,769105

209,688187,988129,050100,036139,1665330

567,840421,075289,976176,353327,85614957

223,486171,264141,962122,804153,8831711

679,420440,598321,038236,655402,6955635

738,156569,287321,044258,238422,7692619

252,250198,426160,981136,775172,1967633

667,723435,465320,441236,431370,50726657

--------335,93285

--------144,77696

637,156491,201302,083232,491368,3613913

781,755522,766357,778272,390457,1114720

632,584401,000310,230206,875339,1094611

244,897194,229158,749134,094170,5795516

624,625456,398332,140240,038370,62310328


INDIVIDUAL NON-LITIGATION SPECIALTIESTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1984 - 1988Partner/Shareholder-Equity/Non-Equity

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003


1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008



1974 - 1978

1984 - 1988

2004 - 2008



1979 - 1983


1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1994 - 1998


Administrative

Banking

Bankruptcy

Comm'l./Contract

Employee Benefits

Employment

Environmental

--------317,52675

--------389,34887

----342,000--326,436118

--------419,498107

--------417,390105

--------160,09496

--------369,57676

--------416,02275

--------175,509105

--------392,994106

975,156678,220468,545297,146526,762188

--------577,461106

----405,463--482,679117

----154,928--143,043119

----154,988--172,657117

----298,271--363,707128

----284,104--371,878149

--------614,032106

----426,478--566,339158

--------447,55288

--------440,19186

----307,867--327,828126

----390,000--426,575155

1,240,652824,902497,125285,940590,882177

----519,105--549,902116

----396,969--541,1421410

--------374,52585


INDIVIDUAL NON-LITIGATION SPECIALTIES BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008



1974 - 1978

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



General Business

Health Care


229,223178,606142,557125,513155,660217

263,291201,424158,028137,740175,2422612

----240,000--243,1861311

676,419469,946333,418244,029379,4822412

479,457374,727322,083282,603333,0781810

--------441,23687

--------435,73198

----155,595--159,714129

--------256,91686

----265,078--342,385138

--------447,42877

----311,705--335,1741614

1,180,529639,431468,434303,735515,4521710

1,321,818507,645353,497272,748463,595117

--------127,16197

191,678160,316129,050109,776138,3342313

274,352202,050167,463121,287168,9462513

280,905201,241151,051129,792166,4481210

343,741249,983202,849171,425220,2872316

467,109293,000256,241204,175273,2533218

844,700463,248405,463200,407408,4982513

787,343488,989325,993239,240430,6312719

621,367488,989389,668239,387391,2623121

955,471673,789503,471326,107520,1893018

667,206552,923391,175169,834382,3412717

1,651,516415,768300,000201,875475,3331914

629,733356,067315,492192,064327,6951110




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


1979 - 1983



1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1989 - 1993

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008



1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998


Labor-Mgmt.

Mergers/Acquisitions

Municipal Finance

Real Estate

Taxation


461,778332,685287,227181,553270,5782520

----293,840--388,7151413

586,166485,542326,764172,153371,4872420

----415,177--373,3031313

723,705432,691337,283186,054371,4832519

----280,500--350,4921211

--------181,36276

--------294,23987

--------445,57487

----318,238--485,1521413

----300,745--334,9161110

--------120,87399

----150,204--148,465118

244,052194,476160,025137,183165,5002517

--------214,37387

519,272275,176257,482171,000264,8431410

382,532319,330250,000205,525262,7902721

560,933407,988278,310198,262320,1362916

707,018562,712334,152243,276429,7653319

739,336511,726351,856260,822409,8434425

637,183482,125361,608244,549390,0574023

756,435516,051334,259254,750397,5223122

753,966608,670386,036291,133429,2941712

--------378,312105

--------307,05786

----449,353--480,5161410

--------307,06875




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



1994 - 1998


Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012




Other Non-litigation

Multiple Non-litigation

----111,477--109,279118

142,483130,345122,857106,657117,9782513

180,833163,229140,158132,898147,4521711

----280,177--284,702169

475,830327,672265,330202,798283,3382513

444,623378,124293,725229,471307,7902013

452,321360,713287,123187,715346,6552212

870,093591,420332,182253,223424,0232113

533,668455,826347,968215,295336,4672011

--------363,29776

--------226,28976

--------337,351107

----269,733--306,7301410

--------124,94197

217,612205,000129,719109,739146,2521916

--------162,74498

--------232,01577




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION





















Bankruptcy

Collections

Comm'l./Contract

Criminal

Educational

Insured Defense

Employment

Environmental

Family & Domestic Law

Health Care


Labor-Mgmt.

Natural Resources ----402,537--539,082165

539,087394,641337,278201,381324,754257

550,250439,721271,211198,778325,1592213

198,809187,097150,886120,335155,243209

613,548418,241256,520206,101395,1094817

226,200196,606133,473110,674149,7531811

469,556353,700243,166169,277292,2793714

----159,498--162,430146

704,878485,474312,156256,618387,0466421

174,684154,096131,693110,672133,0475720

459,800358,068240,000185,450286,95714539

158,258133,216116,09599,760118,22914818

528,515358,093237,368168,050290,69320732

--------497,288105

--------300,513107

221,959186,250159,427137,350164,64610425

590,956416,148304,067212,100346,47721239

766,530381,227205,726149,252350,212199

221,778187,269166,929121,377164,0972411

610,168401,374328,116219,152355,7516433


INDIVIDUAL LITIGATION SPECIALTIESTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION















Personal Injury

Products Liability

Real Estate

Taxation


Workers' Compensation

Other Litigation

Multiple Litigation

201,657168,734144,646123,345149,08525648

594,243395,692280,600194,820346,08657669

224,966197,172153,033131,741166,6379019

628,802440,975312,493231,348370,56826829

153,697143,136115,64497,109120,999619

475,865361,013256,579166,459283,2357915

802,519497,844352,212259,624404,0992010

--------328,21986

----187,669--183,792146

776,476499,189406,987243,805433,9922011

210,815181,685156,741131,499161,392518

676,700500,238336,688235,975400,1629616

--------143,131107

592,287452,325306,648227,429350,9143618


INDIVIDUAL LITIGATION SPECIALTIESTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2004 - 2008



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012




Bankruptcy

Comm'l./Contract

Insured Defense

Employment --------440,541105

110,696105,372100,40090,81397,473177

126,558118,776112,31790,403106,0064912

158,589144,693124,835110,902127,3426112

----159,264--151,793137

----151,805--161,433165

268,561222,131187,000156,127194,0093712

427,448276,773221,664155,704249,2492311

403,099283,390243,830206,868270,4823311

565,877415,676308,917190,875331,4614218

593,804455,420359,424195,473344,7292717

----359,108--410,804169

179,013169,256149,363114,093143,4532213

239,500194,511165,752141,981172,3795421

--------170,377108

----189,991--214,166139

371,649308,243230,000181,533242,3213314

439,336379,968254,077188,366312,8884221

666,033463,287341,900249,841370,5973316

721,464468,362345,432241,752372,4942415

693,104558,754358,186243,356404,8293220

854,554637,156530,963314,301528,1682111

--------155,15075

--------184,79577

--------276,43177

--------339,09887

--------364,96597

----477,781--506,5361612


INDIVIDUAL LITIGATION SPECIALTIES BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

2004 - 2008



1984 - 1988

2004 - 2008



1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008




1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1989 - 1993

1999 - 2003


1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988


Employment

Environmental

Family & Domestic Law

Health Care


Personal Injury

Products Liability

----363,486--408,373157

----416,476--494,908127

--------510,435105

--------287,20665

--------386,75465

--------351,03076

--------325,97155

--------362,735108

--------167,82895

--------257,45797

--------320,46376

--------391,33086

----326,475--701,639119

--------162,44385

--------409,56276

--------135,63655

----306,762--309,953119

----381,625--416,205139

----359,085--402,613119

--------659,00965

----127,963--127,224168

200,869155,877129,101107,127136,6112112

520,120250,000186,895160,978274,764198

383,050323,646257,314197,500258,5973215

414,550346,849233,463187,375266,1212616

538,095357,558255,656194,609301,9692417

----328,593--347,191148




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008




1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

2004 - 2008



1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998


Products Liability

Real Estate

Workers' Compensation

Other Litigation

Multiple Litigation

447,545360,000267,576190,725286,4399943

621,462386,633305,451236,116347,0367035

923,991516,329331,250239,874457,9435726

665,556493,106369,657265,254409,8936837

617,029396,226312,855225,133340,5765438

543,292450,768346,142163,220334,6452315

----490,296--525,346119

189,647162,360132,266121,692140,103218

228,216206,648156,944133,328169,7654314

--------162,04096

248,963228,056210,000136,075192,005186

402,615323,032260,770211,338275,749329

454,034358,624289,913223,998300,9705019

715,282443,210327,268252,988392,2654214

763,752507,038339,827255,436399,3273914

916,488603,728448,232333,662522,9994615

714,541554,172438,508331,766449,5832410

----241,164--281,624129

173,516146,132130,187108,185128,284275

----354,081--338,125137

----329,758--357,050116

--------284,23286

--------385,84565

183,704178,669165,724137,671160,083237

405,100346,271257,711182,969268,041177

----299,270--325,561126

----343,082--387,926166




Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012



Multiple Litigation

150,203139,121120,76094,885115,8331712

172,328152,437128,444107,877133,7428333

203,244180,045151,320137,132159,5489528

----142,025--149,549159

311,000243,641203,245174,478215,2363419

355,459245,226186,217167,007214,6527735



Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION


Associate/Staff LawyerGeneralist

244,943195,924142,605116,342153,986259

768,600448,875295,833190,574386,9718214


INDIVIDUAL NON-SPECIALISTSTOTAL COMPENSATION

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011



Generalist

--------123,17585

----168,560--179,554136

----292,416--301,256116

----295,409--327,243126

880,289530,619378,000153,707385,429178

----279,318--544,363117

--------510,42176


INDIVIDUAL NON-SPECIALISTS BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARTOTAL COMPENSATION


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

SALARY

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008 195,000175,853140,000120,000148,5909932

225,250195,113158,518132,000165,00620441

258,939224,244168,438144,000185,40321642

370,419258,000200,000150,000222,95921142

399,818284,250193,254150,000234,47122941

449,011292,500200,000160,000242,07823941

401,829275,000210,000160,000236,25318339

344,811250,596192,629151,500219,5367229

365,552257,833195,711125,000202,1474022


SALARY* BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARShareholder-Equity/Non-Equity

*For Professional Corporations Only.

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

BONUS

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008 125,15076,21945,00024,35671,6327828

139,48577,84137,29617,22869,20615836

177,805131,65060,56823,93489,27517338

402,136160,00076,76830,000139,96016638

363,784185,23386,06430,000142,54518337

394,850180,36590,00035,000177,62118336

362,688186,52992,52040,000163,21313333

463,336171,32084,00030,000186,9535122

188,695121,75032,67417,75065,3162415


BONUS* BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARShareholder-Equity/Non-Equity



Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

CASH COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008 274,400225,900184,204145,158205,0279932

309,647246,820196,805157,112218,51820441

376,162300,891240,000181,250256,90621642

607,911387,937290,000199,700333,07021142

625,063418,176299,414204,847348,29622941

646,073462,528304,863217,096377,84023941

584,680420,428300,000223,075354,87218339

642,309398,287307,879194,944351,5587229

441,584316,510221,922134,725241,3374022


CASH COMPENSATION* INCLUDING BONUS BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARShareholder-Equity/Non-Equity


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

DOLLAR VALUE OF BENEFITS

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008 60,36146,13532,67826,79039,0488527

61,31049,87233,97926,98647,48916935

71,41359,72939,70727,27256,84718736

77,70361,31043,13530,06366,41818136

79,92962,42944,47631,49964,47519634

73,69060,21141,78730,95355,02720534

75,66261,79044,19626,68054,58815734

84,70344,81332,49121,43763,5306126

61,21349,04733,20920,66635,6203018


DOLLAR VALUE OF BENEFITS* BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARShareholder-Equity/Non-Equity



Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

Before 1969

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011 ----------11

320,803257,482224,445176,652229,5438527

379,909314,113233,477194,435272,64216935

472,366377,656286,400226,122319,96718736

712,802456,633343,206250,530400,39418136

708,842484,087355,176239,919408,41319634

733,020523,124356,983262,961436,89220534

677,155488,527355,043261,734415,57315734

742,342442,950318,924222,807420,9866126

489,888374,493297,881179,860286,3893018


TOTAL COMPENSATION* BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARShareholder-Equity/Non-Equity


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

SALARY

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013 135,000131,25093,24173,75092,7482213

129,500114,25093,80382,00096,37015060

140,000120,000102,00085,755104,35551898

166,000142,250120,000102,500124,691729100

179,400151,000133,000103,000130,85415153

198,800166,025134,250110,273140,5216230

208,065169,850134,140102,375139,3953420

206,769172,917140,000107,492137,9872516

--------140,199109

----133,250--142,3931210

--------123,482107


SALARY BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociate/Staff Lawyer


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

BONUS

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013 ----2,874--4,5891410

22,6259,5006,0003,0008,9887936

21,00013,8317,5004,27510,11532878

30,03319,74610,0005,00014,30050880

33,04815,0008,0004,00013,7499142

27,97414,8049,8894,00011,4703923

----9,529--69,4191411

--------13,98099


BONUS BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociate/Staff Lawyer

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

CASH COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013 141,750131,25093,50076,81195,6692213

135,000116,92795,04386,000101,10415060

146,498125,206107,22291,495110,75251898

185,000154,023128,145108,000134,634729100

187,960162,601135,197107,282139,08715153

204,006176,578143,498111,492147,7366230

230,812172,750138,483107,000167,9793420

219,841178,917140,000112,197143,0192516

--------150,272109

----139,500--148,3981210

--------178,075107


CASH COMPENSATION* BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociate/Staff Lawyer

*Includes Salary and Bonus Compensation


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

DOLLAR VALUE OF BENEFITS

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013 28,72720,80420,20413,52318,6292011

24,07921,09516,19413,01117,96612452

27,48922,68819,09214,61419,82442081

31,10426,28521,19016,44822,92061686

33,82025,41120,25016,19424,21412744

38,44729,51223,72620,20328,8935727

108,40032,27024,45920,51838,4352516

32,33628,55122,38317,67122,0822013

--------23,31387

--------37,96097

--------20,544107


DOLLAR VALUE OF BENEFITS BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociates/Staff Lawyer

Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1969 - 1973

1974 - 1978

1979 - 1983

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013 162,698153,901120,89192,040118,0832011

150,196140,071113,93699,667118,36712452

174,209150,195126,911108,898131,30142081

214,093183,801151,796130,249158,84161686

226,839191,975163,122127,485164,97812744

242,356213,151172,311138,617179,6425727

336,200206,591166,750129,342192,1872516

246,403208,447150,601106,843162,7472013

--------183,21587

--------188,05997

--------198,619107


TOTAL COMPENSATION BY YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociates/Staff Lawyer


Number of Offices

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

Number of Lawyers

TOTAL COMPENSATION

1984 - 1988

1989 - 1993

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

2009 - 2011

2012

2013

1994 - 1998

1999 - 2003

2004 - 2008

Associate Lawyer

Staff Lawyer

--------142,64085

----153,658--167,160129

--------167,33695

162,698153,901120,89192,040118,0832013

150,198139,842113,93699,667118,64112160

174,725150,445127,454109,627131,62141797

214,368184,201151,806130,347159,05560898

220,685191,975165,256127,485164,75011552

242,738216,422173,749137,958181,9494827

309,041196,705163,442128,535178,1752017

249,624210,956148,67996,135160,7371914


TOTAL COMPENSATION BY STATUS AND YEAR ADMITTED TO BARAssociate and Staff Lawyer Status Codes Separately


Number of Graduates

Number of Firms

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

STARTING SALARY AND BONUS

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers




General Law

Other

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

Practice Area

132,000102,00090,00072,50085,054173.0071

138,750117,25095,00074,37598,30429.0014

--100,00085,62572,00079,41119.009

--93,75084,41775,00082,60423.008

131,600100,00086,50070,50084,15834.0013

136,800110,50092,50082,00089,57148.0017

134,500118,750100,00089,37595,56236.0010

134,150110,750100,00081,40691,88067.0020

115,00092,50086,00065,00070,80026.0015

133,500100,00085,00075,00090,76725.0015

--------68,15710.007

144,600133,75080,00062,50086,43730.0013

123,350100,00090,00072,37584,744143.0058

----86,000--68,91513.005

108,500100,00078,00058,75072,34928.0012

--118,00097,50079,375100,93827.008

135,000111,00088,83366,25085,38957.0023

132,450111,25095,00072,75092,37522.0012


STARTING SALARY AND BONUS* OFFERS TO NEW GRADUATES

*Includes those with bonus amounts of $0.


Number of Graduates

Number of Firms

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

STARTING SALARY

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers




General Law

Other

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

Practice Area

130,000100,00086,50070,00082,645173.0071

137,500111,25091,00073,75095,94629.0014

--95,00085,62571,00076,63319.009

--90,00081,91775,00081,10423.008

128,60096,00086,50070,50082,38934.0013

136,000110,00092,50070,50085,57148.0017

134,500115,00096,00085,00092,21236.0010

129,650108,75092,50080,95889,38067.0020

113,50090,00082,00061,00068,46626.0015

132,000100,00080,00075,00088,73325.0015

--------65,72910.007

143,000132,50080,00060,00085,16730.0013

120,650100,00086,75070,00082,080143.0058

----86,000--68,91513.005

107,00094,25078,00055,00069,59928.0012

--115,00093,75078,75097,81327.008

133,000110,00085,00065,00082,47557.0023

132,450107,50090,00072,75090,70822.0012


STARTING SALARY TO NEW GRADUATES


Number of Graduates

Number of Firms

Ninth Decile

$

UpperQuartile

$

Median $

LowerQuartile

$

Average $

BONUS OFFER

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan

25 to 40 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers



Other

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

Practice Area

9,6005,0005,0003,0005,51678.0031

----5,000--4,71414.007

----5,000--4,60016.005

--10,0005,0003,0007,55629.009

--8,0005,0004,3755,58317.006

9,4005,0005,0003,0004,54639.0011

--------6,1008.005

10,4007,0005,0003,0005,72267.0027

--9,0005,0005,0006,60017.005

--6,5005,0003,5005,00019.005

21,1006,5003,7501,2505,58426.0012


BONUS* OFFERS TO NEW GRADUATES

*Does not include bonus offers of $0.


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Legal Administrator

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

Mountain

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

290,885226,533150,008110,250180,48590.889

--------349,40810.09

386,323230,000187,690141,227210,76524.023

259,667203,884161,738130,894167,16620.821

226,832208,801133,230110,125151,22920.020

----90,604--98,27814.014

----210,000--208,95316.917

290,869215,723145,035110,000174,67672.971

--------157,4427.07

----136,463--199,57415.115

--------190,06710.810

--------180,4677.07

397,659227,500145,035111,808184,78024.925

----138,044--178,05312.011


LEGAL ADMINISTRATOREXEC DIR/COOTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*

*W-2 Earnings before voluntary reductions.


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Administrative/Office Manager

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

114,75892,85076,17557,50078,732121.955

128,25891,24776,06058,80178,51062.410

122,433110,69387,28264,51587,97324.513

----83,162--93,86613.010

----72,000--70,05011.011

--------78,4757.07

180,633107,50087,28255,85889,52728.011

114,08990,13574,14857,50076,12792.943

--------70,09310.05

128,04492,72375,82463,09181,50324.810

138,490109,09788,51568,69091,58237.518

--90,13555,85853,75068,31429.67


ADMINISTRATIVE/OFFICE MANAGERTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Comptroller/Finance Director/CFO

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan


25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

188,663154,032125,77293,725131,37075.772

----163,533--176,00211.910

212,610167,476138,494128,525148,30126.824

----106,393--111,90913.814

----106,431--114,87416.717

180,800156,833131,843101,570136,89120.520

194,251154,032123,80692,833129,24655.252

--------136,11510.010

--------113,21610.910

194,361164,952131,200101,502134,99620.521

----127,313--154,65615.514


COMPTROLLER/FINANCE DIRECTOR/CFOTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Accounting Manager

South Atlantic

West South Central

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

105,85386,74375,96259,62677,23957.150

----86,275--100,80113.06

----76,497--80,56613.214

--------74,66910.911

--------79,26810.811

--------54,4899.28

--------96,6128.79

103,41186,48673,42358,06373,26147.440

--------75,6677.76

110,54398,66780,30664,65680,90720.716


ACCOUNTING MANAGERTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Accounting Supervisor

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

Metropolitan

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

92,69782,13869,51959,21171,84329.726

--------69,7397.06

----73,092--78,82312.710

91,48283,23068,77654,34770,32422.820

--------72,7509.79

--------74,2468.96


ACCOUNTING SUPERVISORTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Information Services Director

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan


25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

186,241165,091124,365102,823133,80759.360

----172,646--179,04311.010

184,915168,487143,403123,989145,67220.522

----110,537--112,03714.615

--------106,93910.010

----147,399--147,70614.214

184,749155,119122,93095,081129,57745.146

--------134,9618.79

--------113,6669.09

238,986163,237143,46897,475139,95218.520

--------153,4649.08


INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTORTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Network Administrator

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

114,90992,18880,52367,50082,533102.470

--119,33696,79177,84599,62729.59

132,142101,48086,85967,00388,96929.922

110,57587,11874,61970,94179,91120.417

----74,468--77,19212.712

--------63,8589.910

109,624104,85091,00073,99390,51121.115

117,41487,67374,61964,50080,35781.355

--------82,6387.97

--------81,7778.07

--------76,34010.57

--------71,06210.65

132,752100,35680,38662,23782,70533.623

140,444111,477100,00080,64697,93319.111


NETWORK ADMINISTRATORTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Technology, Help Desk, Training Positions

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

Mountain

Pacific

Metropolitan


25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

82,28370,41857,60847,85160,065278.973

83,81678,61369,81559,64068,884120.610

96,19971,32160,88149,77263,07198.225

78,20464,53657,17349,13558,02838.018

95,30263,88551,42242,03555,18019.117

101,40077,56172,54357,46269,37264.415

78,82064,31254,80846,28457,658214.558

----58,576--63,20316.08

--66,42359,50045,82656,80022.25

--71,90463,22249,42064,31933.69

90,13471,69657,60848,02561,50339.311

--------46,95310.55

90,83073,34459,12345,36360,61090.723

--70,69962,90358,17664,05562.08


TECHNOLOGY, HELP DESK AND TRAINING POSITIONSTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Human Resources Director

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East North Central

Metropolitan


25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

180,500139,365114,17487,448120,68243.544

--------163,34310.010

----127,206--130,09716.216

--------84,78910.311

--------94,6237.07

----122,148--118,88612.212

188,570142,549110,39387,448121,35631.332

--------128,9798.08

--------124,25710.311

--------147,1718.28


HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Human Resources Manager

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

Metropolitan


41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

105,86299,83787,15358,37281,50635.933

--------89,7668.98

----82,588--81,46612.811

--------85,9667.68

--------85,5208.68

109,12195,78182,58858,37280,22127.325

----99,250--94,93612.512

--------79,2817.06


HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Benefits, Recruiting, Other HR Clerical Positions

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan


41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

78,52864,88457,62348,94159,10298.052

88,67466,61458,71944,20058,14140.610

87,76468,39359,15051,01962,21537.023

----56,611--56,84116.415

87,83477,00065,58157,69366,24822.911

77,87162,90353,67246,62857,18475.241

--------60,4438.77

----60,281--59,01015.48

88,90174,38356,61147,60361,48434.921

--73,84060,84344,20061,29420.16


BENEFITS, RECRUITING AND OTHER HR CLERICAL POSITIONSTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Chief Marketing Officer/Marketing Director

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East North Central

Metropolitan


25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

205,494147,489108,54879,532120,75057.055

----205,704--191,39011.210

195,431137,989106,53379,994114,77323.022

----92,731--97,91011.011

--------102,4838.89

----133,264--137,67911.411

205,704146,867103,51177,953116,51845.644

--------124,9168.08

189,594145,62296,47379,866111,73418.118

----133,264--155,81811.49


CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER/MARKETING DIRECTORTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Marketing Manager

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

Metropolitan


41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

110,09594,39472,22863,83679,39442.130

--105,96880,99865,58284,95119.98

--------77,60210.08

--------71,5877.38

--104,56183,20860,81988,00317.79

108,65985,97571,60663,17275,70424.521

--------76,8169.08

----79,347--74,60415.16


MARKETING MANAGERTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*


Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Marketing Coordinator

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan


41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

69,56753,03347,95037,27747,675101.349

72,05770,63453,03351,08357,57545.910

60,14851,65747,15637,99046,22333.918

----37,680--43,80514.114

70,36362,38246,28238,19750,07820.110

62,38151,86347,95034,99047,05981.239

--51,75249,68041,95649,69519.37

--63,02943,93530,28045,27719.26

60,64455,39647,17435,37145,26721.216

--54,68551,07940,08649,01623.98


MARKETING COORDINATOR/ASSISTANTTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Library Manager

South Atlantic

East North Central

Metropolitan


41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

92,91382,89470,00050,50766,02846.249

--------80,8609.09

----71,267--70,44616.617

----56,123--57,58114.416

--------80,2079.510

89,00081,32760,34949,54162,39236.739

--------52,7028.08

----72,937--69,07611.713


LIBRARY MANAGERTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Administrative Assistant/Legal Secretary

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Mountain

Pacific

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

68,99460,00551,40345,13952,7623,138.8114

69,62062,89957,68749,63356,577875.010

69,16056,92653,76949,03854,1141,022.726

67,64656,63850,71447,42851,903662.225

79,93662,34651,38946,33455,373420.531

68,46660,56743,32438,24047,954152.520

80,60470,44067,33660,01966,301600.923

61,10654,77248,90643,11849,4712,525.989

--69,04160,19847,93661,582134.19

--62,34661,10652,76858,127205.87

--53,93249,57147,52550,573179.88

77,39961,74151,42841,63952,630425.917

68,27457,13151,38947,45852,423472.015

--48,61541,43939,50944,497189.89

69,25856,28449,48842,35651,500902.531

69,39566,74153,57846,47355,126593.915


ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/LEGAL SECRETARYTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Office Services Manager

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

West South Central

East North Central

Metropolitan


25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

101,58272,81656,89741,55961,59562.446

----72,092--82,46212.86

116,94083,25360,02547,58366,89428.318

--------56,4559.09

----40,960--48,48811.312

----74,663--82,87611.010

89,47867,09250,62238,91355,68451.436

--------68,0167.07

----47,958--50,50212.08

103,03872,52747,58336,20056,18320.815

--------87,31910.67


OFFICE SERVICES MANAGERTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Mailroom and Messengers

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Pacific

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

40,49736,36930,53724,50930,211264.873

--39,79336,85229,49634,93254.97

43,25535,70029,54924,55429,67078.315

41,49336,30929,56920,71529,31860.717

46,30736,41431,81325,19731,03858.226

----28,408--28,34811.77

47,94044,02237,34733,59837,91633.510

39,47135,28729,55921,85328,928230.362

----31,355--29,14613.16

--33,83330,66524,16029,19021.68

----30,738--33,09316.78

50,62434,90229,78924,70830,17544.212

--34,10822,10920,94726,44435.95

42,17836,00227,10919,10027,97396.222

--46,03637,00930,91138,10919.76


MAILROOM POSITIONSTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Number of Firms

Number of Positions

Ninth Decile

$

Upper Quartile

$

Median $

Lower Quartile

$

Average $

Receptionist

Middle Atlantic

South Atlantic

East South Central

West South Central

East North Central

West North Central

Mountain

Pacific

Metropolitan


10 to 24 Lawyers

25 to 40 Lawyers

41 to 75 Lawyers

76 to 150 Lawyers

Over 150 Lawyers

ALL FIRMS

Region

Population Area

Firm Size

47,87743,15836,18430,12336,908225.5111

--45,63940,75334,05640,09365.38

55,74542,70036,30526,01337,18555.024

49,16144,40437,28130,18637,32640.824

47,50041,40436,91831,10836,50940.932

54,37745,65633,50028,00836,37421.321

57,59845,43740,67227,95939,61146.722

45,99442,20034,66630,14136,204176.687

----40,151--38,52311.19

--48,18745,19330,28239,45618.49

----39,281--38,26912.28

49,78444,84440,09232,75038,16920.214

41,49736,28933,41829,59632,95238.314

--36,38830,12327,95532,90119.59

56,99942,20835,70027,22436,61062.332

50,92345,43739,08732,95538,61441.514


RECEPTIONISTTOTAL CASH COMPENSATION*



Submission Form Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2014 Edition

SECTION 1: Participant Information Firm Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Title: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________________________ City: ______________________________________________________________________________________ State: ________________________________________ Zip Code: ____________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________ Email: ________________________________________ If the person completing this questionnaire is different than above, please complete the following: Contact Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Title: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________________________ City: ______________________________________________________________________________________ State: ________________________________________ Zip Code: ___________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________ Email: ______________________________________

SECTION 2: Firm Profile 1. Please select the choice that best describes your firm.

Headquarters only

Headquarters with branch offices (specify # of offices _______ )

Single office

Multiple offices in one metro area

Sole practitioner

2. Please check one of the following describing your firm’s business organization.

Sole Proprietorship

Partnership (may include individual PCs)

Professional Corporation/Association

Professional Corporation w/“S” election

Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC)

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

Professional Limited Liability Partnership (PLLP)

Other (please specify) __________________

3. What is your firm’s BIGGEST single practice area in terms of revenues (e.g. the majority of revenues are

derived from that particular specialty area), and approximately what percentage of overall firm revenues is generated by work in that practice area?

Banking

Bankruptcy


Collections

Commercial litigation

Corporate/Commercial (non-litigation)

Criminal

Environmental

Family

Government

Healthcare

Immigration

Insurance defense litigation

International


Labor/Employment

Legislative

Maritime/Admiralty

Mergers and Acquisitions

Municipal/Public finance

Plaintiffs’ Contingency Litigation

Real Estate and Land Use

Securities

Taxation

Trusts/Estates

Utilities/Energy

Other (please specify) ______________________

Percentage of firm revenues _______________ %

SECTION 3: Firm Management 4. Looking ahead to 2015, with respect to your law firm, you are:

Optimistic Pessimistic Uncertain 5. In which practice area do you expect to see the most revenue growth in 2014?

Litigation

Corporate

Bankruptcy/restructuring

Intellectual property

Real estate

Other (please specify) __________________ 6. With respect to profits per partner, in 2014 you expect:

They will grow by more than 5 percent

They will grow by 5 percent or less

They will be flat

They will decrease 7. What is your firm planning to do with billing rates for 2014?

Increase them by more than 5 percent

Increase them by 5 percent or less

Hold them flat

Decrease them by 5 percent or less

Decrease them by more than 5 percent 8. In 2013, approximately what percentage of your firm billing was valued through an arrangement that

was not based solely on hourly rates?

Between 1% and 10%

Between 11% and 25%

Between 26% and 50%

Greater than 50%

None

9. What change did you see in the volume of alternative fee billings in 2013 (from 2012)?

Increase--enter percent %

Decrease—enter percent %

No change 10. What change did you see in your firm’s staffing levels in 2013 (from 2012)?

Partners Associates Non-Attorney Staff

Increase—enter number

Decrease—enter number

No change 11. Concerning mergers with other law firms, is your firm: (select one)

Seeking merger partners

Open to merger partners

Not interested

12. What are the THREE biggest economic challenges your law firm faces in 2014?

Please rank the three issues in order of priority, with 1= highest priority.

Client retention

Adding new clients

Expanding business of current clients

Pressure from clients to decrease costs

Increasing revenue

Expense management

Maintaining profitability

General growth of the firm

Competitive pressure from other firms in our area

Succession planning

Attorney or staff retention

Attorney or staff recruiting or training

Other (please specify)

SECTION 4: Financial Profile 13. CASH BASIS INCOME STATEMENT

A. Gross Receipts (total) ..................................................................... . $ , ,

A1). Amount of gross receipts comprised of legal fees only ........ ... $ , ,

B. Expenses

1) Lawyer Total Compensation

a) Shareholders ............................................................................. -$ , ,

b) All other salaried lawyers .......................................................... -$ , ,

2) Paralegal Total Compensation ..................................................... -$ , ,

3) Secretarial, Clerical and Administrative Total Compensation ...... -$ , ,

4) Occupancy ................................................................................... -$ , ,

5) Equipment, Lease, Maintenance & Depreciation ......................... -$ , ,

6) Reference Material / Libraries ...................................................... -$ , ,

7) Malpractice Insurance .................................................................. -$ , ,

8) Promotion, Marketing or Business Development ......................... -$ , ,

9) Payments to Former Partners/Shareholders/Inactive Counsel .... -$ , ,

10) All Other Expenses ...................................................................... -$ , ,

C. Gross Profit .................................................................................... =$ , , 14. YEAR-END CASH BASIS BALANCE SHEET

A. Assets

1) Current Assets ............................................................................ +$ , ,

2) Client Costs Advanced ................................................................ +$ , ,

3) Fixed Assets, Net of Depreciation ............................................... +$ , ,

4) Other Assets ............................................................................... +$ , ,

5) Total Assets ............................................................................... =$ , ,

B. Liabilities

6) Debt and Capitalized Leases ...................................................... +$ , ,

7) Obligations to Deceased or Retired partners .............................. +$ , ,

8) Other Liabilities ........................................................................... +$ , ,

9) Undistributed (2013) Profits for Partnerships .............................. +$ , ,

10) Total Liabilities .......................................................................... =$ , ,

C. Permanent Capital or Shareholder Equity ........................................ $ , , (Total Liabilities plus Permanent Capital must equal Total Assets)

SECTION 4: Financial Profile (continued) 15. OTHER ASSETS AT YEAR-END

A. Work-in-Progress (Unbilled Time)

1) Contingent Fee Matters ............................................................... +$ , ,

2) Non-Contingent Fee Matters ....................................................... +$ , ,

3) Total Work-in-Progress ............................................................... =$ , ,

B. Collectible Accounts Receivable, Fees Only ..................................... $ , ,

C. Dollar Value of Fees Receivable Written Off ..................................... $ , , 16. REALIZATION

A. Total dollar value of time relieved from WIP (standard rates) ........... $ , ,

Total dollar value of time relieved from WIP (actual rates) ............... $ , ,

B. Total dollar amount actually billed ..................................................... $ , ,

SECTION 5: Staffing Profile 17. NUMBER OF FTEs

A. Equity Partners/Shareholders/Proprietors ........................................................................ + , .

B. Non-Equity Partners/Salaried Partners/Non-Participating Partners .............................. + , .

C. Associates ........................................................................................................................ + , .

D. Staff Lawyers .................................................................................................................... + , .

E. Contract/Temporary Lawyers ........................................................................................... + , .

F. Of Counsel ........................................................................................................................ + , .

G. Paralegals ......................................................................................................................... + , .

H. Administrative Assistants/Legal Secretaries .................................................................... + , .

I. Technology Employees .................................................................................................... + , .

J. Finance/Accounting Employees ....................................................................................... + , .

K. Administrative and Clerical Employees ............................................................................ + , .

L. Marketing & Business Development Staff ........................................................................ + , .

M. All Other Staff ................................................................................................................... + , .

N. Total Firm FTE Contingent ............................................................................................... = , . 18. OFFERS TO 2014 LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES

A. Number of offers ......................................................................................................................................

B. Average starting salary ................................................................................................ $ ,

C. Average signed bonus ................................................................................................. $ ,

SECTION 6: Earnings Data for Administrative/Support Staff Position Total Number of FTEs Total Wages per Position Category

60 Legal Admin/Exec Dir/COO , . $ , ,

61 Administrative/Office Manager , . $ , ,

70 Comptroller/ Finance Dir./CFO , . $ , ,

71 Accounting Manager , . $ , ,

73 Accounting Supervisor , . $ , ,

74 Collections Manager , . $ , ,

75 Accounting Clerk/Staff , . $ , ,

80 Info. Services Director/CTO , . $ , ,

81 Network Administrator , . $ , ,

82 Technology/Help Desk/Training , . $ , ,

90 Human Resources Director , . $ , ,

91 Human Resources Manager , . $ , ,

92 Benefits, Recruiting & Other HR , . $ , ,

100 Marketing Director/CMO , . $ , ,

101 Marketing Manager , . $ , ,

102 Marketing Coordinator/Assistant , . $ , ,

110 Library Director/Manager , . $ , ,

115 Records Manager/File Clerk , . $ , ,

118 e-Discovery Manager , . $ , , 120 Admin. Asst./Legal Secretary , . $ , ,

123 Litigation Support Manager , . $ , ,

125 Word Processing Staff , . $ , ,

130 Office Services Manager , . $ , ,

134 Mailroom and Messengers , . $ , ,

136 Receptionist , . $ , ,

SECTION 7: Individual Lawyer Data (Fee Earners Only)

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N)

Line #

Year Admitted

to Bar

Status Code Gender Activity

Code Salary

(draw, if partner)

Bonus (cash distribution

if partner)

Benefits (distribution in kind if partner)

Chargeable Hours

Hourly Rate as of 1/1/2014

Specialty Code

Less than full-year?

Zip (if different from HQ)

New Client Originations

2013

1. $ $ $ $

2. $ $ $ $

3. $ $ $ $

4. $ $ $ $

5. $ $ $ $

6. $ $ $ $

7. $ $ $ $

8. $ $ $ $

9. $ $ $ $

10. $ $ $ $

11. $ $ $ $

12. $ $ $ $

13. $ $ $ $

14. $ $ $ $

15. $ $ $ $

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