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Law Practice

May 11, 2012

Law firms stay silent on spring bonuses

Last year's mid-year bonuses may have been post-recession anomaly.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Law firm associates who received sizable spring bonuses last year should not expect a repeat this year.


Mid-year bonuses were popular among large firms last year because firms were trying to make up for cutting year-end associate bonuses following the recession, according to a firmwide managing partner at a prominent West Coast firm who spoke on condition of anonymity.


"I think last year ...

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