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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.
Curious jap puppy
  06/15/18
“I like working for a firm that has its finances in order!”
Aromatic awkward temple
  06/15/18
As I understand it.
scarlet organic girlfriend lettuce
  06/15/18
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Flirting newt
  06/15/18
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Flirting newt
  02/12/22
they're a rust belt firm filled with miserable strivers. th...
sooty vivacious area pozpig
  06/15/18
oh we got a legal expert here
Mentally impaired saffron shrine liquid oxygen
  10/06/21
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Curious jap puppy
  02/12/22
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boner police?s buttondick
  08/12/25
they have no debt as I understand it
free-loading maize crackhouse
  06/15/18
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Flirting newt
  06/15/18
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Ultramarine piazza
  06/15/18
260k is a huge salary
free-loading maize crackhouse
  06/15/18
goes a long way in shaker heights
Arousing station boiling water
  06/15/18
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gold corner clown
  06/15/18
Cr. Thats city janitor money
Flirting newt
  06/15/18
Something tells me they have no problems hiring. The legal ...
Flushed shitlib
  06/15/18
How did this shit analysis not get called out in 2018? V25 ...
Amethyst Keepsake Machete Garrison
  02/12/21
It's probably a decent firm if you want to increase your cha...
Primrose galvanic cruise ship
  06/15/18
they de-equitize all the time. so yea, if you want to live ...
sooty vivacious area pozpig
  06/15/18
sounds 180
free-loading maize crackhouse
  06/15/18
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gold corner clown
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Ultramarine piazza
  06/15/18
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scarlet organic girlfriend lettuce
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Ultramarine piazza
  06/15/18
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spectacular church building really tough guy
  10/06/21
is this that coked up "written work, the way 9.3 intera...
Curious jap puppy
  10/06/21
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Curious jap puppy
  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
lime unholy fat ankles
  06/15/18
For the record I’m at a much lower ranked firm that doesn’t ...
Curious jap puppy
  06/15/18
p depressing news going into the weekend
bonkers useless property
  06/15/18
Eat my dick nigger lover
Curious jap puppy
  06/15/18
your unraveling before our eyes has become the dumpster fire...
bonkers useless property
  06/15/18
Explain
Curious jap puppy
  06/15/18
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Curious jap puppy
  06/16/18
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Curious jap puppy
  09/04/18
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spectacular church building really tough guy
  06/16/18
yeah, but with "Jones Day" on your resume, you put...
Impertinent rehab
  06/15/18
To be fair, *Jones Days, Nights, and Weekends
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Curious jap puppy
  02/12/21
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Laughsome cruel-hearted stage
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Ultramarine piazza
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Curious jap puppy
  10/14/21
I make less than that as a V50 Of Counsel.
glittery very tactful library
  02/12/21
holy shit out the firm
Thriller Olive Halford Main People
  02/12/21
or at least give us vault range. that is really low.
Curious jap puppy
  02/12/21
Gotta be flame. First years make 200k minimum now.
sickened locus
  02/12/21
it might not be flame. there is severe salary compression a...
Curious jap puppy
  02/12/21
That’s a good point, I woulda thought most v50s pay cr...
sickened locus
  02/12/21
i think most v50s do, but there are some outliers.
Curious jap puppy
  02/15/21
They systematically overpay top performers though. If you'r...
White chapel
  02/12/21
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Laughsome cruel-hearted stage
  02/12/21
No they don't. No associate at Jones Day makes more than an...
glittery very tactful library
  02/12/21
Then explain why a high performer would stay knowing they ca...
White chapel
  02/12/21
Better partnership odds
Rusted stimulating theatre elastic band
  02/12/21
That's a fair point, it seems like they have larger partner ...
White chapel
  02/12/21
Not longer than most V20s, which are 10 years plus, except f...
Rusted stimulating theatre elastic band
  02/12/21
(Stevie Brogan)
Thriller Olive Halford Main People
  02/12/21
lol no
Wonderful shimmering orchestra pit associate
  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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Curious jap puppy
  10/06/21
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Violent out-of-control becky hospital
  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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Curious jap puppy
  02/12/22


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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

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

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: Aromatic awkward temple

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

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: scarlet organic girlfriend lettuce

As I understand it.

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:37 PM
Author: Flirting newt



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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:55 AM
Author: Flirting newt



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: sooty vivacious area pozpig

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: Mentally impaired saffron shrine liquid oxygen

oh we got a legal expert here

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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:41 AM
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: August 12th, 2025 12:15 PM
Author: boner police?s buttondick ((zurich is stained))



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: free-loading maize crackhouse

they have no debt as I understand it

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:48 PM
Author: Flirting newt



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:42 PM
Author: Ultramarine piazza



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: free-loading maize crackhouse

260k is a huge salary

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: Arousing station boiling water

goes a long way in shaker heights

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:41 PM
Author: gold corner clown



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
Author: Flirting newt

Cr. Thats city janitor money

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: Flushed shitlib

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: Amethyst Keepsake Machete Garrison

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: Primrose galvanic cruise ship

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: sooty vivacious area pozpig

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: free-loading maize crackhouse

sounds 180

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: gold corner clown



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:56 PM
Author: Ultramarine piazza



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal immigrant foreskin

https://simpsonsscreenshots.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mysterybox.png

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
Author: Flirting newt



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:38 PM
Author: scarlet organic girlfriend lettuce



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:42 PM
Author: Ultramarine piazza



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:55 PM
Author: Ultramarine piazza

https://imgur.com/a/9I8pMf1

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:59 PM
Author: Primrose galvanic cruise ship



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Date: June 15th, 2018 10:46 PM
Author: spectacular church building really tough guy



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:06 PM
Author: Ultramarine piazza



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:12 PM
Author: spectacular church building really tough guy



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:17 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

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
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: August 12th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: I hate being a lawyer and want to die



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:50 PM
Author: lime unholy fat ankles

omg 260k where do they get off

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

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: bonkers useless property

p depressing news going into the weekend

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Date: June 15th, 2018 7:15 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

Eat my dick nigger lover

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Date: June 15th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: bonkers useless property

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

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Date: June 15th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

Explain

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Date: June 16th, 2018 2:30 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: September 4th, 2018 2:24 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: June 16th, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: spectacular church building really tough guy



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Date: June 15th, 2018 7:28 PM
Author: Impertinent rehab

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: magenta violent travel guidebook nursing home

To be fair,

*Jones Days, Nights, and Weekends

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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:22 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:21 PM
Author: Laughsome cruel-hearted stage



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:06 PM
Author: Ultramarine piazza



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Date: October 14th, 2021 1:53 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:36 PM
Author: glittery very tactful library

I make less than that as a V50 Of Counsel.

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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:37 PM
Author: Thriller Olive Halford Main People

holy shit

out the firm

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:15 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

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

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:22 PM
Author: sickened locus

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



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:24 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy

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: sickened locus

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: Curious jap puppy

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

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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:24 PM
Author: White chapel

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: Laughsome cruel-hearted stage



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:10 PM
Author: glittery very tactful library

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: White chapel

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: Rusted stimulating theatre elastic band

Better partnership odds

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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: White chapel

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: Rusted stimulating theatre elastic band

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: Thriller Olive Halford Main People

(Stevie Brogan)

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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:22 PM
Author: Wonderful shimmering orchestra pit associate

lol no

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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:12 PM
Author: coral maniacal boltzmann pit

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: Curious jap puppy



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:07 PM
Author: Curious jap puppy



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:15 PM
Author: Violent out-of-control becky hospital



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:17 PM
Author: Ocher gaping

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: Curious jap puppy



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