Salary Wars Scorecard: Firms That Have Announced Raises (2022)

Firm Date Matched Milbank
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K FIRST MOVER
January 20, 2022 Cadwalder
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $385K $396.5K
Class of 2013+: $406.5K January 20, 2022
February 24, 2022 (re-raise) McDermott Will & Emery
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $396.5K $415K January 20, 2022
February 22, 2022 (re-raise)
March 1, 2022 (second re-raise) Hueston Hennigan
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $396.5K $415K January 20, 2022
February 23, 2022 (re-raise)
March 1, 2022 (second re-raise) Fried Frank
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $396.5K January 21, 2022
February 25, 2022 (re-raise) Steptoe
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K January 21, 2022 McKool Smith
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K January 21, 2022 Goodwin
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $415K January 21, 2022
March 7, 2022 (re-raise) Irell
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $385K $396.5K $415K January 21, 2022
February 25, 2022 (re-raise)
March 3, 2022 (second re-raise) Loeb & Loeb
Tier 1: $205K
Tier 8: $340K January 21, 2022 Baker McKenzie
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $396.5K $415K January 24, 2022
February 24, 2022 (re-raise)
March 3, 2022 (second re-raise) WilmerHale
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K January 24, 2022 Boys Schiller
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $415K January 24, 2022
March 4, 2022 (re-raise) Duval & Stachenfeld
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K January 25, 2022 DLA Piper
Class of 2021 (Level 1): $215K
Class of 2014+ (Level 3): $385K January 25, 2022 Winston & Strawn
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K January 26, 2022 Dovel & Luner
1st Year: $225K
6th Year: $360K January 27, 2022 Elias Law Group
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K January 31, 2022 Axinn Veltrop
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K February 1, 2022 Norton Rose Fulbright
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $385K $396.5K February 4, 2022
February 28, 2022 (re-raise) Morgan Lewis
No Scale Announced Yet February 4, 2022 (firm is monitoring the market; will match prevailing scale effective April 2022, plus true-up “bonus” dating back to January 2022) Cooley
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $385K February 7, 2022 (firm is reportedly issuing Milbank match raises during associate reviews)
February 15, 2022 (firm officially matches Milbank) Groom Law Group
1st Year: $215K
Eighth Year: $385K February 9, 2022 Choate
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013: $395K February 10, 2022 Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors
1st Years: $235K
All Other Class Years: commensurate raises February 15, 2022 Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $385K February 16, 2022 Gunderson Dettmer
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013: $395K February 16, 2022 Fenwick & West
T1/L1: $215K
T3: $370-385K+ $415K February 18, 2022
March 7, 2022 (re-raise) Wilson Sonsini
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013: $395K February 18, 2022 Davis Polk
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K $415K NEW MARKET LEADER
February 22, 2022
March 3, 2022 (re-raise) Paul Weiss
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 22, 2022 Cleary
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K $415K February 23, 2022
March 2, 2022 (re-raise) Kirkland & Ellis
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2016: $360.5K $370K February 23, 2022
March 1, 2022 (re-raise) Debevoise
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013+: $406.5K $425K February 23, 2022
March 1, 2022 (re-raise) Ropes & Gray
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013+: $406.5K $425K February 23, 2022
March 2, 2022 (re-raise) Dechert
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 23, 2022 Simpson Thacher
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K $415K February 23, 2022
March 2, 2022 (re-raise) Willkie
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 23, 2022 Skadden
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K $415K February 23, 2022
March 2, 2022 (re-raise) Proskauer
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K February 23, 2022 O’Melveny
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K $415K February 23, 2022
March 3, 2022 (re-raise) Linklaters
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 24, 2022 Schulte Roth & Zabel
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013: $406.5K February 24, 2022 Freshfields
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K $415K February 24, 2022
March 7, 2022 (re-raise) Sidley Austin
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K $415K February 24, 2022
March 2, 2022 (re-raise) Vinson & Elkins
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K $415K February 24, 2022
March 3, 2022 (re-raise) Selendy Gay Elsberg
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K February 24, 2022 Kramer Levin
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013+: $406.5K February 24, 2022 Clifford Chance
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 25, 2022 Weil Gotshal
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K $415K February 25, 2022
March 7, 2022 (re-raise) Gibson Dunn
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K February 27, 2022 Paul Hastings
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K $415K February 28, 2022
March 3, 2022 (re-raise) Allen & Overy
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $396.5K February 28, 2022 Strock
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 28, 2022 Akin Gump
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K February 28, 2022 Jenner & Block
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2015: $381K February 28, 2022 Cravath
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $415K NEW MARKET LEADER
February 28, 2022 Quinn Emanuel
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014: $415K February 28, 2022 Paul Weiss
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K February 28, 2022 Latham
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2013+: $425K March 1, 2022 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $396.5K March 2, 2022 Foley Hoag
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K March 3, 2022 Kaplan Hecker & Fink
Class of 2021: $220K
Class of 2014+: $425K
Mid-Year Bonuses
Class of 2021: $5K
Class of 2014+: $15K March 3, 2022 Tensegrity
Class of 2021: $220K
Class of 2013+: $425K March 3, 2022 White & Case
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K March 4, 2022 Shearman & Sterling
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K March 4, 2022 Covington & Burling
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K March 4, 2022 Orrick
Associate Year 1: $215K
Senior Associate Year 2+: $415K March 4, 2022 Cahill
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K March 4, 2022 Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
Class of 2021: $215K
Class of 2014+: $415K March 4, 2022