Firm Watch
Nov. 7, 2000
Sullivan & Cromwell: $35,000 BONUSES WAIT FOR FIRST-YEAR N.Y. ASSOCIATES
Sullivan & Cromwell, a big New York firm with 45 lawyers in Los Angles, lit a fire under East Coast year-end bonuses when it announced $35,000 for all first-year associates, no strings attached.
The bonuses - comparable to the base-salary war started in Silicon Valley - are in addition to the $125,000 base salaries Sullivan & Cromwell and most other big-money firms adopted.
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