Associate compensation news is coming in hot! If your firms aren’t raising salaries or announcing seasonal bonuses, what are they doing? We can officially add another boutique to the list of firms that know what associates want.
Dunn Isaacson Rhee, founded in May 2025 after its top brass — Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Jessica Phillips, and Jeannie Rhee — defected from capitulating firm Paul Weiss, is handing out bountiful bonuses to its associates. In an internal memo viewed by Above the Law, the firm announced that associates will receive special spring bonuses between $10,000 and $25,000, based on seniority.
Congratulations to everyone at Dunn Isaacson Rhee!
Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of compensation updates, so when your firm announces or matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or email us (subject line: “[Firm Name] Bonus/Matches”). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don’t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.
And if you’d like to sign up for ATL’s Bonus Alerts (which is the alert list we also use for salary announcements), please scroll down and enter your email address in the box below this post. If you previously signed up for the bonus alerts, you don’t need to do anything. You’ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Associate compensation news is coming in hot! If your firms aren’t raising salaries or announcing seasonal bonuses, what are they doing? We can officially add another boutique to the list of firms that know what associates want.
Dunn Isaacson Rhee, founded in May 2025 after its top brass — Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Jessica Phillips, and Jeannie Rhee — defected from capitulating firm Paul Weiss, is handing out bountiful bonuses to its associates. In an internal memo viewed by Above the Law, the firm announced that associates will receive special spring bonuses between $10,000 and $25,000, based on seniority.
Congratulations to everyone at Dunn Isaacson Rhee!
Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of compensation updates, so when your firm announces or matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or email us (subject line: “[Firm Name] Bonus/Matches”). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don’t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.
And if you’d like to sign up for ATL’s Bonus Alerts (which is the alert list we also use for salary announcements), please scroll down and enter your email address in the box below this post. If you previously signed up for the bonus alerts, you don’t need to do anything. You’ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
