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Litigation

Jul. 3, 2007

Does Howrey’s New Pay Plan for Associates Have Merit?

LOS ANGELES - Lauded by some as bold and innovative, Howrey's plan to abandon the industry standard lockstep pay scale for associates in favor of a merit-based system also is raising concerns over a potential backlash from both young attorneys and their clients.

By Maya Meinert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Lauded by some as bold and innovative, Howrey's plan to abandon the industry standard lockstep pay scale for associates in favor of a merit-based system also is raising concerns over a potential backlash from both young attorneys and their clients.
      Washington, D.C.-based Howrey will start first-year associates at base pay of...

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