{"id":154049,"date":"2026-06-08T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/08\/biglaws-lockstep-partner-compensation-is-dying\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:07:21","slug":"biglaws-lockstep-partner-compensation-is-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/08\/biglaws-lockstep-partner-compensation-is-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw\u2019s Lockstep Partner Compensation Is Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to reporting by Law.com, which is the only Wall Street firm that appears to still pay partners with a pure lockstep system (and even this firm is stretching out its partner pay ratios)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Lockstep comp for partners has fallen out of favor with Biglaw firms, with many firms adding partner bonus pools to pay top performers a bigger piece of the pie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/biglaws-lockstep-partner-compensation-is-dying\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw\u2019s Lockstep Partner Compensation Is Dying<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/money-handshake-GettyImages-478670071-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to reporting by Law.com, which is the only Wall Street firm that appears to still pay partners with a pure lockstep system (and even this firm is stretching out its partner pay ratios)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Lockstep comp for partners has fallen out of favor with Biglaw firms, with many firms adding partner bonus pools to pay top performers a bigger piece of the pie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/biglaws-lockstep-partner-compensation-is-dying\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/biglaws-lockstep-partner-compensation-is-dying\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporting by Law.com, which is the only Wall Street firm that appears to still pay partners with a pure lockstep system (and even this firm is stretching out its partner pay ratios)? 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