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PSA: Jones Day is ranked 15 by Vault and doesn't pay lockstep

Senior associates making $260k. This is a SHIT profession.
fragrant stead
  06/15/18
“I like working for a firm that has its finances in order!”
fluffy abode
  06/15/18
As I understand it.
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  02/12/22
they're a rust belt firm filled with miserable strivers. th...
Aquamarine Kitchen
  06/15/18
oh we got a legal expert here
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  10/06/21
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fragrant stead
  02/12/22
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  08/12/25
they have no debt as I understand it
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  06/15/18
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  06/15/18
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  06/15/18
260k is a huge salary
vivacious principal's office
  06/15/18
goes a long way in shaker heights
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  06/15/18
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  06/15/18
Cr. Thats city janitor money
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  06/15/18
Something tells me they have no problems hiring. The legal ...
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  06/15/18
How did this shit analysis not get called out in 2018? V25 ...
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  02/12/21
It's probably a decent firm if you want to increase your cha...
Bonkers chad
  06/15/18
they de-equitize all the time. so yea, if you want to live ...
Aquamarine Kitchen
  06/15/18
sounds 180
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fragrant stead
  01/18/25
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I hate being a lawyer and want to die
  08/12/25
omg 260k where do they get off
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  06/15/18
For the record I’m at a much lower ranked firm that doesn’t ...
fragrant stead
  06/15/18
p depressing news going into the weekend
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  06/15/18
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  06/15/18
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Multi-colored telephone
  06/16/18
yeah, but with "Jones Day" on your resume, you put...
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  06/15/18
To be fair, *Jones Days, Nights, and Weekends
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fragrant stead
  10/14/21
I make less than that as a V50 Of Counsel.
mischievous round eye
  02/12/21
holy shit out the firm
obsidian whorehouse roommate
  02/12/21
or at least give us vault range. that is really low.
fragrant stead
  02/12/21
Gotta be flame. First years make 200k minimum now.
cerebral forum azn
  02/12/21
it might not be flame. there is severe salary compression a...
fragrant stead
  02/12/21
That’s a good point, I woulda thought most v50s pay cr...
cerebral forum azn
  02/12/21
i think most v50s do, but there are some outliers.
fragrant stead
  02/15/21
They systematically overpay top performers though. If you'r...
histrionic main people
  02/12/21
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at-the-ready yarmulke meetinghouse
  02/12/21
No they don't. No associate at Jones Day makes more than an...
mischievous round eye
  02/12/21
Then explain why a high performer would stay knowing they ca...
histrionic main people
  02/12/21
Better partnership odds
purple kitty
  02/12/21
That's a fair point, it seems like they have larger partner ...
histrionic main people
  02/12/21
Not longer than most V20s, which are 10 years plus, except f...
purple kitty
  02/12/21
(Stevie Brogan)
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  02/12/21
lol no
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  02/12/21
how hard to lateral from NYC/Chicago v50 to Jones Day Clevel...
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  06/29/21
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Racy Mauve Idiot
  10/06/21
that's why they're as high as they are. feature, not a bug.
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  10/06/21
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fragrant stead
  02/12/22


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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: fragrant stead

Senior associates making $260k. This is a SHIT profession.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: fluffy abode

“I like working for a firm that has its finances in order!”

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: Exciting unhinged toaster

As I understand it.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:37 PM
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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:55 AM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: Aquamarine Kitchen

they're a rust belt firm filled with miserable strivers. the high ranking is from their NY and DC specialty practices, which didn't arrive until the 80s. they lost their entire DC office when it broke off to form crowell & moring

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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:10 PM
Author: Bossy Karate Legend

oh we got a legal expert here

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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:41 AM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: vivacious principal's office

they have no debt as I understand it

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:48 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:42 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: vivacious principal's office

260k is a huge salary

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: offensive jew

goes a long way in shaker heights

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:41 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
Author: Ruddy hospital elastic band

Cr. Thats city janitor money

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: frisky anal range nibblets

Something tells me they have no problems hiring. The legal profession will always have a massive oversupply problem unless major changes are made.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:14 PM
Author: Zippy Contagious Cuckold

How did this shit analysis not get called out in 2018? V25 firms are all competing over the same band of graduates and to a lesser extent laterals. There's an oversupply of lawyers in the country but there isn't an oversupply of Class of 2017 Stanford Law graduates willing to do debt financing.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:35 PM
Author: Bonkers chad

It's probably a decent firm if you want to increase your chances of making a career of it v. maximizing your earnings. That's always been my impression, although maybe incorrect.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: Aquamarine Kitchen

they de-equitize all the time. so yea, if you want to live in the midwest making six figures as basically a career of counsel, it might work.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: vivacious principal's office

sounds 180

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:42 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:56 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:38 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:38 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:42 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:55 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:59 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 10:46 PM
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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:06 PM
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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:12 PM
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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:17 PM
Author: fragrant stead

is this that coked up "written work, the way 9.3 interacts with 7.2" guy?

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Date: January 18th, 2025 10:31 PM
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Date: August 12th, 2025 12:32 PM
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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:50 PM
Author: Fighting dashing sanctuary

omg 260k where do they get off

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: fragrant stead

For the record I’m at a much lower ranked firm that doesn’t pay lockstep and was making 260k when I made partner.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:28 PM
Author: turquoise property genital piercing

p depressing news going into the weekend

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Date: June 15th, 2018 7:15 PM
Author: fragrant stead

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Date: June 15th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: turquoise property genital piercing

your unraveling before our eyes has become the dumpster fire du jour

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Date: June 15th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: fragrant stead

Explain

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Date: June 16th, 2018 2:30 PM
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Date: September 4th, 2018 2:24 PM
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Date: June 16th, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: Multi-colored telephone



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Date: June 15th, 2018 7:28 PM
Author: stimulating chestnut church love of her life

yeah, but with "Jones Day" on your resume, you put in some time and then afterwards you basically write your own ticket

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Date: June 15th, 2018 9:46 PM
Author: Swollen charcoal headpube

To be fair,

*Jones Days, Nights, and Weekends

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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:22 PM
Author: fragrant stead



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:21 PM
Author: at-the-ready yarmulke meetinghouse



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:06 PM
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Date: October 14th, 2021 1:53 PM
Author: fragrant stead



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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:36 PM
Author: mischievous round eye

I make less than that as a V50 Of Counsel.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:37 PM
Author: obsidian whorehouse roommate

holy shit

out the firm

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:15 PM
Author: fragrant stead

or at least give us vault range. that is really low.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:22 PM
Author: cerebral forum azn

Gotta be flame. First years make 200k minimum now.



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:24 PM
Author: fragrant stead

it might not be flame. there is severe salary compression at firms that don't pay lockstep (like mine). I think when i made partner biglaw was at 180 or 190 for first years. i was making 260 when i was put up. my firm always matches the market salary for first years but does nothing for anyone year 2 and beyond.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:27 PM
Author: cerebral forum azn

That’s a good point, I woulda thought most v50s pay cravath scale but it’s been a while since I’ve seen the list

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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:02 PM
Author: fragrant stead

i think most v50s do, but there are some outliers.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:24 PM
Author: histrionic main people

They systematically overpay top performers though. If you're a 6th year doing 2400+ hours and unhappy with your pay and you're good, you could walk across the street to any other firm that does lockstep. But now you make the same as their worst sixth year.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:39 PM
Author: at-the-ready yarmulke meetinghouse



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:10 PM
Author: mischievous round eye

No they don't. No associate at Jones Day makes more than an associate of the same year at a lockstep firm.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:57 PM
Author: histrionic main people

Then explain why a high performer would stay knowing they can go to another firm tomorrow and get more money?

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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:00 PM
Author: purple kitty

Better partnership odds

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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: histrionic main people

That's a fair point, it seems like they have larger partner classes, but it's a longer track too.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:10 PM
Author: purple kitty

Not longer than most V20s, which are 10 years plus, except for places where no one makes partner (Cravath, S&C, etc.).

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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:15 PM
Author: obsidian whorehouse roommate

(Stevie Brogan)

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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:22 PM
Author: coiffed boistinker

lol no

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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:12 PM
Author: confused primrose death wish

how hard to lateral from NYC/Chicago v50 to Jones Day Cleveland? the Shaker Heights trolling has got me curious

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Date: June 29th, 2021 8:18 AM
Author: fragrant stead



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:07 PM
Author: fragrant stead



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:15 PM
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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:17 PM
Author: self-absorbed rigor boltzmann

that's why they're as high as they are. feature, not a bug.

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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:43 AM
Author: fragrant stead



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