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Large Firms

Jan. 19, 2000

Trickling Down

Law-firm staff are less likely than lawyers to share in the financial success they help create, but employers are finding other ways to compensate them.

By Leslie A. Gordon
        
        It's no secret that law-firm lawyers are raking it in these days. Average profits per partner at California's largest firms have soared to nearly $1 million. Starting salaries for first-year associates have hit almost $150,000.
        Attorneys, however, aren't the only ones who contrib...

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