In addition to matching both the year-end and the special bonus scales, the firm is offering bonuses that \u201cmay be increased up to 150% of the year-end bonus amounts\u201d for those who have billed \u201cmaterially more\u201d than their 1900-hour billable expectation. <\/p>\n
Congratulations to everyone at Ropes & Gray!<\/p>\n
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\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0(subject line: \u201c[Firm Name] Bonus\/Matches\u201d). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don\u2019t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.<\/p>\n And if you\u2019d like to sign up for ATL\u2019s 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\u2019t need to do anything. You\u2019ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0Lin<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Top 10 Biglaw Firm Announces Bonuses For Associates \u2014 Offering Extra Cash For Big Billers<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bonuses, bonuses, and more bonuses! Yet another Biglaw firm has stepped into the 2025 bonus arena, rolling out its year-end awards. While the market continues to wait for a leader \u2014 cough, Milbank, cough \u2014 to break from the pack with something splashier, this latest announcement shows that firms are still jockeying for position by offering bigger and better bonuses to their highest billers. <\/p>\n Ropes & Gray \u2014 a firm that brought in $3,416,636,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting it at No. 7 on the most recent Am Law 100 \u2014 has announced a Cravath match for year-end bonuses for those who have met 1900 creditable hours, and a Milbank match for special bonuses.<\/p>\n This is what the firm\u2019s bonus scales look like (note that for the Class of 2017 and beyond, Ropes is offering associates $15,000 in additional bonus money):<\/p>\n In addition to matching both the year-end and the special bonus scales, the firm is offering bonuses that \u201cmay be increased up to 150% of the year-end bonus amounts\u201d for those who have billed \u201cmaterially more\u201d than their 1900-hour billable expectation. <\/p>\n Congratulations to everyone at Ropes & Gray!<\/p>\n 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\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0(subject line: \u201c[Firm Name] Bonus\/Matches\u201d). 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