As one associate put it at the time: \u201cThey say it can change from year to year but they will tell us ahead of time (yeah right, we\u2019re not going to believe that shit anymore).\u201d<\/p>\n
With that context, let\u2019s examine this year\u2019s memo\u2026 and note that there\u2019s no announced hourly changes:<\/p>\n Nothing surprising there.<\/p>\n Bonuses will be paid on or before December 24, 2025 to associates who are employed and in good standing on that date and who have met the Firm\u2019s applicable performance criteria for associates of their seniority.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The memo also includes the usual caveats about pro-rated bonuses for associates on reduced schedules, approved leaves, or who joined after January 1, 2025. London associates get pounds to sterling conversions, because apparently Brexit didn\u2019t change everything.<\/p>\n Congratulations to the Proskauer associates who will be receiving their checks before Christmas. May your hours be above threshold and your good standing remain unquestioned.<\/p>\n The post Proskauer Rose Boards The Bonus Train<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018Tis the season for Biglaw bonus announcements, and Proskauer Rose has entered the chat. The firm announced its 2025 year-end bonuses today, matching the scale that\u2019s rapidly taking on consensus status.<\/p>\n But before we get to the numbers, let\u2019s take a trip down memory lane. Because Proskauer\u2019s 2024 bonus season was\u2026 memorable. And not in a \u201cgreat holiday party\u201d kind of way.<\/p>\n Last year, Proskauer associates discovered that the firm sprung an hours requirement<\/a> for bonuses that, according to tipsters, didn\u2019t formally exist until after people missed it. Associates who fell short by as few as three hours<\/strong> found nothing but coal in their stockings. The firm then \u2014 in what we can only describe as damage control under duress<\/a> \u2014 called a virtual town hall nine minutes<\/em> after our story posted to announce that, going forward, there would be an official 2,000-hour requirement.<\/p>\n As one associate put it at the time: \u201cThey say it can change from year to year but they will tell us ahead of time (yeah right, we\u2019re not going to believe that shit anymore).\u201d<\/p>\n With that context, let\u2019s examine this year\u2019s memo\u2026 and note that there\u2019s no announced hourly changes:<\/p>\n Nothing surprising there.<\/p>\n Bonuses will be paid on or before December 24, 2025 to associates who are employed and in good standing on that date and who have met the Firm\u2019s applicable performance criteria for associates of their seniority.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The memo also includes the usual caveats about pro-rated bonuses for associates on reduced schedules, approved leaves, or who joined after January 1, 2025. London associates get pounds to sterling conversions, because apparently Brexit didn\u2019t change everything.<\/p>\n Congratulations to the Proskauer associates who will be receiving their checks before Christmas. May your hours be above threshold and your good standing remain unquestioned.<\/p>\n \u2018Tis the season for Biglaw bonus announcements, and Proskauer Rose has entered the chat. The firm announced its 2025 year-end bonuses today, matching the scale that\u2019s rapidly taking on consensus status. But before we get to the numbers, let\u2019s take a trip down memory lane. Because Proskauer\u2019s 2024 bonus season was\u2026 memorable. 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Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/money-stack-bonus-chart-2022-GettyImages-1008861200-300x211.jpg?resize=300%2C211&ssl=1\" "\\"\\"")
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Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"