{"id":162959,"date":"2026-09-15T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/15\/biglaws-20-million-partner-paydays-are-getting-out-of-control\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:12:03","slug":"biglaws-20-million-partner-paydays-are-getting-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/15\/biglaws-20-million-partner-paydays-are-getting-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw\u2019s $20 Million Partner Paydays Are Getting Out Of Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The rules are just flying out the window<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> \u00a0<\/span>Naomi Kaplan, a Los Angeles-based recruiter, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the eye-popping compensation packages Biglaw firms are using to lure star partners. With some rainmakers now commanding guarantees of $20 million or more, firms are taking increasingly expensive gambles on lateral hires, despite research showing that many fail to meet financial expectations or remain at their new firms for the long haul.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is 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 Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The post Biglaw\u2019s $20 Million Partner Paydays Are Getting Out Of Control<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The rules are just flying out the window<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> \u00a0Naomi Kaplan, a Los Angeles-based recruiter, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the eye-popping compensation packages Biglaw firms are using to lure star partners. With some rainmakers now commanding guarantees of $20 million or more, firms are taking increasingly expensive gambles on lateral hires, despite research showing that many fail to meet financial expectations or remain at their new firms for the long haul.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is 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 Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. The rules are just flying out the window. \u2014 \u00a0Naomi Kaplan, a Los Angeles-based recruiter, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the eye-popping compensation packages Biglaw firms are using to lure star partners. With some rainmakers now commanding guarantees of $20 million or more, firms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162959","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=162959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}