The
winter
holidays
are
just
around
the
corner,
but
Biglaw
firms
still
have
ample
time
to
give
their
associates
the
greatest
gift
of
all:
More
money.
After
all,
matching
the
Cravath
year-end
bonus
and
Milbank
special
bonus
scales
isn’t
so
much
to
ask,
now
is
it?
In
fact,
one
top
firm
recently
gave
its
attorneys
the
all
clear
to
unwrap
some
cold,
hard
cash.
That
firm
is
Sullivan
&
Cromwell.
After
bringing
home
$2,050,719,000
gross
revenue
in
2024,
the
firm
came
in
at
No.
25
in
the
most
recent
Am
Law
100
ranking.
S&C
doesn’t
publish
memos
related
to
compensation,
but
instead
sends
out
individualized
links
to
its
attorneys.
According
to
our
sources,
the
firm
is
following
the
market
and
matching
the
prevailing
market
rate
on
bonuses.
Here’s
what
the
bonus
scale
looks
like
at
SullCrom:
-
Class
of
2025
–
$15,000
(prorated)
/
$6,000
(prorated) -
Class
of
2024
–
$20,000
/
$6,000 -
Class
of
2023
–
$30,000
/
$10,000 -
Class
of
2022
–
$57,500
/
$15,000 -
Class
of
2021
–
$75,000
/
$20,000 -
Class
of
2020
–
$90,000
/
$25,000 -
Class
of
2019
–
$105,000
/
$25,000 -
Class
of
2018
–
$115,000
/
$25,000
Bonuses
at
the
firm
will
be
paid
out
just
before
Christmas.
Congratulations
to
everyone
at
Sullivan
&
Cromwell!
Remember
everyone,
we
depend
on
your
tips
to
stay
on
top
of
compensation
updates,
so
when
your
firm
announces
or
matches,
please
text
us
(646-820-8477)
or email
us (subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Bonus/Matches”).
Please
include
the
memo
if
available.
You
can
take
a
photo
of
the
memo
and
send
it
via
text
or
email
if
you
don’t
want
to
forward
the
original
PDF
or
Word
file.
And
if
you’d
like
to
sign
up
for
ATL’s
Bonus
Alerts
(which
is
the
alert
list
we
also
use
for
salary
announcements),
please
scroll
down
and
enter
your
email
address
in
the
box
below
this
post.
If
you
previously
signed
up
for
the
bonus
alerts,
you
don’t
need
to
do
anything.
You’ll
receive
an
email
notification
within
minutes
of
each
bonus
announcement
that
we
publish.
Thanks
for
your
help!
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Zaretsky is
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