{"id":139215,"date":"2025-12-17T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/17\/elite-ip-boutique-is-showering-associates-with-more-money-than-biglaw\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:08:13","slug":"elite-ip-boutique-is-showering-associates-with-more-money-than-biglaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/17\/elite-ip-boutique-is-showering-associates-with-more-money-than-biglaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite IP Boutique Is Showering Associates With More Money Than Biglaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whoever said bigger is better did not know about elite boutique law firms. While Biglaw might be the standard bearer for associate compensation, time and again we see small but mighty firms blowing that standard out of the water.<\/p>\n

The latest firm to do just that is Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone<\/a>\u00a0LLP. The firm, founded just three years ago<\/a>, is a patent litigation shop with impressive credentials. The firm is super successful, and its sharing that success with its associates.<\/p>\n

The bonus scale at Groombridge is as follows:<\/p>\n

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Even if you add in the special bonuses making the rounds in Biglaw, the bonuses at Groombridge are bigger. Congrats to associates at the firm on their impressive bonuses.<\/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

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Elite IP Boutique Is Showering Associates With More Money Than Biglaw<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whoever said bigger is better did not know about elite boutique law firms. While Biglaw might be the standard bearer for associate compensation, time and again we see small but mighty firms blowing that standard out of the water.<\/p>\n

The latest firm to do just that is Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone<\/a>\u00a0LLP. The firm, founded just three years ago<\/a>, is a patent litigation shop with impressive credentials. The firm is super successful, and its sharing that success with its associates.<\/p>\n

The bonus scale at Groombridge is as follows:<\/p>\n

\"\"
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even if you add in the special bonuses making the rounds in Biglaw, the bonuses at Groombridge are bigger. Congrats to associates at the firm on their impressive bonuses.<\/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

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Elite IP Boutique Is Showering Associates With More Money Than Biglaw<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whoever said bigger is better did not know about elite boutique law firms. While Biglaw might be the standard bearer for associate compensation, time and again we see small but mighty firms blowing that standard out of the water. The latest firm to do just that is Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone\u00a0LLP. The firm, founded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-620x568-uheIZ3.jpg?fit=620%2C568&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}