More on lawyers’ pay

January 31, 2008

An update about associate pay hikes at two law firms that have historically been among the most generous in Baltimore: Saul Ewing’s not planning on making any pay raise decisions for several months, but its fellow Philly-based firm, Ballard Spahr, actually raised first-year associate salaries at the beginning of 2008, even though it also raised them in mid-2007.

According to Baltimore hiring partner Tom Hauser, Ballard was at $120K in Baltimore at the beginning of last year. In June 2007, it went to $130K. Now it’s at $140K, and that doesn’t include the across-the-board $5,000 “stipend” for all first-years.

Hauser says this is the first time in six or seven years that Ballard’s raised associate salaries twice in one year.

Stay tuned for news from DLA Piper…

CARYN TAMBER, Legal Affairs Writer

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Posted by Jackie Sauter | Filed Under law 

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