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The
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Continues
For
A
Missing
Lawyer:
While
the
Union
County
Fire/Rescue
has
suspended
their
search,
the
private
search
will
keep
on.
What
lawyer
first
came
up
with
the
concept
of
canned
cranberry
sauce?
Hint:
It
was
part
of
an
effort
to
extend
the
selling
period
of
his
staple
crop.
Years
after
canned
cranberry
sauce
had
become
mainstream,
he
said
of
the
innovation,
“I
felt
I
could
do
something
for
New
England.
You
know,
everything
in
life
is
what
you
do
for
others.”
See the
answer
on
the
next
page.
Sen.
Jim
Justice
of
West
Virginia
and
his
wife,
Cathy,
reached
an
agreement
with
the
I.R.S.
to
pay
over
$5
million
in
back
federal
income
taxes.
This
agreement
comes
hours
after
the
Department
of
Justice’s
Tax
Division
filed
a
civil
lawsuit
in
federal
court
against
the
Justices
for
the
unpaid
taxes.
The
senator
claims
that
the
lawsuit
was
politically
motivated.
Justice,
a
Republican,
took
office
in
January
2025,
replacing
Democrat-turned-independent
Joe
Manchin
who
chose
not
to
run
for
reelection.
Prior
to
that,
he
was
the
governor
of
West
Virginia,
initially
as
a
Democrat
and
then
switching
to
the
Republican
party.
The
complaint
filed
on
November
24,
2025,
alleges
that
the
Justices
owe
$5,164,739.75
for
income
taxes
from
2009
that
were
assessed
on
November
25,
2015.
In
2009,
Justice
sold
one
of
his
coal
companies
to
Russian
coal
company
Mechel
for
$436
million
in
cash
and
shares.
Looking
at
the
dates
may
raise
questions.
First,
if
the
income
tax
was
from
2009,
why
was
it
assessed
on
November
25,
2015?
In
most
cases,
the
taxes
are
assessed
when
the
taxpayer
files
their
tax
returns,
with
the
earliest
date
being
April
15
of
the
following
year.
Some
people
file
extensions
and
file
by
October
15
of
the
following
year.
If
the
tax
was
assessed
five
years
after
the
due
date,
it
is
usually
because
the
tax
returns
were
filed
five
years
late
or
because
there
was
a
reassessment
due
to
a
tax
audit.
Since
the
case
has
been
settled,
it
is
assumed
that
the
Justices
are
not
challenging
the
assessment
date.
The
next
popular
question
would
be
whether
the
IRS
can
legally
collect
on
a
tax
that
is
15
years
old.
By
law,
the
IRS
has
10
years
from
the
date
of
assessment
to
collect
the
balance
in
full.
The
date
of
assessment
is
used
instead
of
the
due
date
of
the
tax
return
because
the
tax
amount
due
is
unknown
until
the
taxpayer
files
the
tax
return.
In
rare
cases
of
habitual
nonfilers,
the
IRS
can
issue
substitute
for
returns
(SFR)
which
acts
as
a
substitute
return
without
claiming
any
eligible
deductions.
When
these
SFRs
are
filed
by
the
IRS,
that
becomes
the
assessment
date
and
the
10-year
time
limit
begins
then.
The
10-year
limit
is
administratively
extended
in
certain
circumstances,
usually
when
the
IRS
is
forbidden
by
law
to
collect.
The
two
most
common
cases
are
when
the
taxpayer
files
bankruptcy
and
when
the
taxpayer
files
an
Offer
in
Compromise
which
proposes
to
settle
the
debt
for
less
than
they
owe.
When
either
a
bankruptcy
or
Offer
in
Compromise
is
filed,
collection
actions
are
stopped
until
bankruptcy
is
lifted
or
a
settlement
offer
is
rejected.
But
in
extreme
cases,
the
government
can
extend
the
10-year
collection
statute
of
limitations
by
filing
and
winning
a
civil
lawsuit,
which
is
what
they
did
with
the
Justices.
The
2009
tax
was
assessed
on
November
25,
2015,
and
the
lawsuit
was
filed
on
November
24,
2025,
one
day
before
the
collection
statute
would
have
expired.
In
recent
years,
the
IRS
has
respected
the
10-year
statute
of
limitations.
The
IRS
seldom
resorts
to
civil
lawsuits
in
order
to
extend
the
collection
time
limit.
The
IRS
must
consider
resolving
a
debt
internally,
in
addition
to
the
economic
value
of
the
lawsuit.
If
the
IRS
feels
a
lawsuit
is
appropriate,
they
refer
the
case
to
the
Tax
Division
of
the
Department
of
Justice,
which
also
considers
the
feasibility
of
the
lawsuit
before
doing
so.
So
was
this
lawsuit
politically
motivated?
The
senator
did
not
provide
details
or
evidence
to
support
this
claim.
But
Sen.
Justice’s
public
image
may
have
played
a
part
in
the
IRS
decision.
According
to
the
IRS
Internal
Revenue
Manual,
once
a
decision
is
made
to
litigate,
collection
personnel
should
take
every
effort
to
ensure
its
success.
Because
they
believe
a
timely
and
successful
court
action
can
have
a
positive
impact
on
voluntary
compliance.
While
the
case
has
been
settled
hours
after
it
began,
it
is
unclear
when
the
tax
will
be
paid.
Steven
Chung
is
a
tax
attorney
in
Los
Angeles,
California.
He
helps
people
with
basic
tax
planning
and
resolve
tax
disputes.
He
is
also
sympathetic
to
people
with
large
student
loans.
He
can
be
reached
via
email
at [email protected].
Or
you
can
connect
with
him
on
Twitter
(@stevenchung)
and
connect
with
him
on LinkedIn.
When
I
was
in
law
school,
negotiation
was
not
a
required
class
(it
now
is).
Still,
the
reputation
of
our
negotiation
program
and
negotiation
faculty
convinced
me
negotiation
would
be
more
than
worthwhile
to
take
as
an
elective.
I
learned
a
lot
in
that
course,
and
further
honed
my
negotiation
skills
during
a
decade
and
a
half
of
civil
litigation.
I
wouldn’t
claim
to
be
a
negotiation
expert
—
I
could
mention
a
couple
other
attorneys
out
there
who
really
are
—
though
I
held
my
own
in
settling
a
lot
of
cases.
We
are
not
going
to
cover
every
nuance
of
negotiating
successfully
here
in
a
few
hundred
words.
Even
so,
some
basic
principles
are
critical
to
any
type
of
negotiation.
You
want
to
go
into
a
negotiation
knowing
a
lot.
You
need
to
know
your
strengths,
and
even
more
importantly,
your
weaknesses.
But
a
negotiation,
by
definition,
is
not
only
about
you.
Sun
Tzu
had
this
figured
out
some
2,500
years
ago:
If
you
know
the
enemy
and
know
yourself,
you
need
not
fear
the
result
of
a
hundred
battles.
If
you
know
yourself
but
not
the
enemy,
for
every
victory
gained
you
will
also
suffer
a
defeat.
If
you
know
neither
the
enemy
nor
yourself,
you
will
succumb
in
every
battle.
Every
once
in
a
while,
especially
if
one
or
both
sides
are
bluffing,
you
can
resolve
a
case
through
early
mediation.
This
is
exceptionally
rare,
however,
because
in
the
absence
of
robust
discovery
both
sides
go
into
it
essentially
knowing
nothing
beyond
their
own
exceptionally
biased
viewpoints.
In
a
lawsuit,
you
need
to
know
the
other
lawyer’s
skills,
their
appetite
for
trial
(and
appeal),
and
their
ability
to
accurately
assess
the
strength
of
their
case.
You
need
to
be
introspective
enough
to
have
an
equally
good
look
at
yourself
about
these
things.
You
need
to
know
the
judge:
how
he
or
she
has
ruled
in
similar
cases
in
the
past,
how
his
or
her
decisions
tend
to
hold
up
on
appeal.
You
need
to
know
the
clients,
on
both
sides.
How
much
are
they
willing
to
spend?
Are
they
mostly
rational
in
terms
of
the
results
they
seek,
or
is
it
all
about
something
other
than
money
to
them?
Do
they
have
some
sense
of
honor
in
adhering
to
what
they’ve
agreed
to,
or
will
they
try
to
weasel
out
of
any
deal
that
isn’t
locked
down
as
tightly
as
possible?
There
is
also
a
lot
of
material
out
there
about
what
I
would
somewhat
derisively
call
gamesmanship
during
the
actual
negotiation
itself,
like
anchoring
the
other
side’s
perception
of
value.
Knowing
about
that
stuff
isn’t
going
to
necessarily
hurt
you,
in
that
at
the
very
least
you
can
avoid
succumbing
to
the
other
side’s
psychological
tricks.
Yet,
it’s
not
going
to
win
you
anything
you
weren’t
otherwise
already
going
to
get
when
faced
with
a
well-prepared
opponent
either.
Like
many
things,
a
successful
negotiation
is
mostly
about
preparation
and
knowledge.
Meanwhile,
President
Donald
Trump,
the
self-styled
“dealmaker”
president,
is
just
about
the
worst
person
I
have
ever
seen
anywhere
at
negotiation.
It’s
all
gamesmanship,
and
not
even
cogent
gamesmanship.
Rather
than
developing
an
intimate
understanding
of
both
sides
of
a
complex
issue
so
he
knows
where
he
can
strategically
apply
leverage
to
achieve
the
best
result
possible
within
the
range
of
realistic
outcomes,
it’s
more
like
he
barrels
in,
knowing
nothing,
with
a
laundry
list
of
irrational
demands
that
often
don’t
even
benefit
him
and
almost
never
actually
benefit
the
United
States
of
America.
He
refuses
to
budge,
he
makes
threats,
he
insults
everyone
on
both
sides,
he
talks
to
someone
on
the
other
side
then
completely
switches
sides
before
switching
back
again,
he
throws
a
tantrum
like
a
small
child,
and
eventually,
whatever
the
actual
outcome,
he
announces
victory
with
no
mechanisms
in
place
to
enforce
the
supposed
agreement.
A
few
weeks
later
he’s
typically
forgotten
all
about
the
whole
thing
and
moved
on
to
something
else.
There
are
far
too
many
examples
of
this
“dotard
asshole
negotiation”
approach
to
go
into
each
in
detail.
But
what
has
been
consistent,
from
Trump’s
many
trade
negotiations
([insert
untrustworthy
country
here]
promised
to
invest
a
gajillion,
kajillion
dollars
in
the
U.S.!)
to
the
“peace”
he
“helped”
broker
in
the
Middle
East
(which
amounts
to
Israel
simply
having
been
allowed
to
level
Gaza
with
U.S.
taxpayer
support),
his
direct
involvement
in
any
negotiation
results
in
a
worse
result
for
the
American
people.
The
only
time
Trump’s
negotiation
style
worked
was
when
he
used
it
against
several
large
law
firms
and
a
handful
of
big
corporations
because
they
are
gigantic
cowards
who
somehow
managed
to
know
even
less
than
he
did.
His
signature
bombardment
of
nonsense
will
not
do
anything
to
help
end
the
unjustified
Russian
invasion
of
Ukraine,
the
latest
example
of
Trump
trying
to
apply
his
nonskills
as
a
dealmaker
by
pressuring
Ukraine
to
simply
accept
all
of
Russia’s
demands
and
thereby
invite
their
adversary
back
to
finish
the
job
in
a
couple
years.
In
refusing
an
offer
to
be
evacuated
during
the
early
days
of
the
war,
when
everyone
though
Russia
would
trample
its
much-smaller
opponent
in
a
matter
of
days,
Ukraine’s
President
Volodymyr
Zelensky
said,
“I
need
ammunition,
not
a
ride.”
I
was
just
in
Ukraine
last
month,
and
the
Ukrainian
people’s
will
to
fight
on
has
not
waned.
They
are
not
going
to
surrender
their
country,
especially
not
because
of
Trump’s
ineffectual
flailing
about.
Trump
can’t
negotiate
his
way
out
of
a
paper
bag.
He’d
do
better,
and
come
off
better,
if
he
focused
instead
on
helping
Ukraine
get
Russia
out
of
their
country
militarily.
Jonathan
Wolf
is
a
civil
litigator
and
author
of Your
Debt-Free
JD (affiliate
link).
He
has
taught
legal
writing,
written
for
a
wide
variety
of
publications,
and
made
it
both
his
business
and
his
pleasure
to
be
financially
and
scientifically
literate.
Any
views
he
expresses
are
probably
pure
gold,
but
are
nonetheless
solely
his
own
and
should
not
be
attributed
to
any
organization
with
which
he
is
affiliated.
He
wouldn’t
want
to
share
the
credit
anyway.
He
can
be
reached
at [email protected].
Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
When
institutionally
and
governmentally
and
globally
there’s
kind
of
chaos
and
unpredictability,
it’s
harder
to
lead
an
organization.
I
think
you
live
in
a
world
now
where
there’s
risk
if
you
act
and
risk
if
you
don’t
act.
—
Jami
McKeon,
chair
of
Morgan
Lewis,
in
comments
given
to
Bloomberg
Law,
concerning
the
many
challenges
her
successor
will
need
to
deal
with
once
she
steps
down
from
her
leadership
role
in
September.
McKeon
has
served
as
chair
since
2014,
but
plans
to
retire
and
leave
the
firm
by
the
end
of
2026.
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to
email
her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
critiques.
You
can
follow
her
on Bluesky, X/Twitter,
and Threads, or
connect
with
her
on LinkedIn.
Just
in
time
for
Thanksgiving,
the
Eleventh
Circuit
finally
weighed
in
on
Donald
Trump’s
appeal
that
hoped
to
set
aside
the
massive
sanctions
slapped
upon
the
president
and
his
lawyers
in
the
Florida
conspiracy
case
against
Hillary
Clinton
and
most
of
D.C.
In
a
unanimous
opinion,
the
panel
reviewed
Trump’s
deranged
Hillary-Clinton-RICO
fanfic
and
said:
Absolutely
not,
you
clowns
owe
the
million
dollars.
Before
the
inevitable
Truth
Social
posts
blasting
the
George
Soros-funded,
radical,
activist,
soyboy
circuit
judges,
we
note
that
the
opinion
is
authored
by
Chief
Judge
William
Pryor,
a
man
whose
jurisprudence
is
generally
best
described
as
“what
if
Federalist
Society
swag
bags
could
vote?”
Joining
Pryor
in
the
opinion
were
Judge
Andrew
Brasher
—
a
Trump
judge
and
Pryor’s
former
clerk
—
and
Biden-appointed
Judge
Embry
Kidd.
So,
we’re
dealing
with
a
deeply
conservative
majority
here,
and
nonetheless
upheld
the
sanctions
with
a
brand
of
judicial
deadpan
usually
reserved
for
telling
a
toddler
to
stop
sticking
forks
into
electrical
outlets.
This
case
began
as
a
Trump
shotgun
manifesto
disguised
as
a
RICO
complaint
alleging
that
Hillary
Clinton
conspired
with
James
Comey,
Perkins
Coie,
Marc
Elias,
the
Tooth
Fairy, Jake
Sullivan,
the
Democratic
Party,
and
a
series
of
John
Does
to
cook
up
the
Russia
investigation
and
ruin
his
life.
A
conspiracy
so
damaging
that
Trump
won
the
election.
The
case
was
assigned
to
Judge
Donald
Middlebrooks,
who
jettisoned
the
complaint,
warning
ominously
that
he
was
reserving
“jurisdiction
to
adjudicate
issues
pertaining
to
sanctions.”
Those
sanctions
came
in
to
the
tune
of
a
million
dollars.
Trump
appealed,
hoping
for
a
friendly
panel.
As
a
partisan
matter,
it
couldn’t
have
gotten
much
friendlier…
and
he
still
lost.
And
Trump’s
favorite
fantasy
novel
—
The
Durham
Report
—
didn’t
change
the
matter:
We
do
not
doubt
that,
in
the
light
of
the
Durham
Report,
President
Trump
has
concerns
about
some
defendants’
conduct
during
the
2016
election.
The
investigation
by
Special
Counsel
Durham
found
that
some
defendants
played
a
role
in
orchestrating
unverified
allegations
of
him
colluding
with
Russia.
And
it
found
that
key
allegations
in
the
Steele
Dossier,
relied
on
by
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
and
the
press,
were
never
corroborated.
Some
appeared
to
be
fabricated.
The
Special
Counsel’s
investigation
found
that
Bureau
officials
appeared
to
favor
Clinton
and
that
their
investigation
decisions
reflected
that
preference.
And
it
found
that
the
Crossfire
Hurricane
investigation
began
without
“any
actual
evidence
of
collusion.”
Yet,
those
findings
do
not
cure
the
deficiencies
in
Trump’s
racketeering
claims.
The
Steele
Dossier,
a
privately
commissioned
piece
of
opposition
research,
included
some
wild
and
probably
untrue
claims.
But
the
right
answer
for
any
campaign
looking
over
those
allegations
was
to
flag
the
issue
for
the
FBI.
The
Durham
Report
can’t
change
that
the
whole
case
was
time-barred,
unsupported,
incoherent,
and
stitched
together
from
misquoted
sources
and
“knowingly
false
or
made
with
reckless
disregard
for
the
truth.”
Many
of
Trump’s
and
Habba’s
legal
arguments
were
indeed
frivolous.
Even
setting
aside
the
tolling
arguments,
the
district
court
ruled
that
Trump
brought
several
frivolous
claims,
including
a
“malicious
prosecution
claim
without
a
prosecution,”
and
a
“trade
secret
claim
without
a
trade
secret.”
Habba,
of
course,
continues
to
fail
upward.
Having
walked
Trump
into
a
million
dollars
worth
of
sanctions,
she’s
presently
cosplaying
as
the
U.S.
Attorney
for
the
District
of
New
Jersey.
Now
that
they’ve
lost
the
appeal,
she’s
presumably
on
tap
to
take
over
as
Attorney
General.
And
life
just
got
a
million
dollars
more
expensive
for
Donald
Trump.
This
Trump
economy
is
really
hurting
everyone,
isn’t
it?
(Check
out
opinion
on
the
next
page…)
Joe
Patrice is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
Feel
free
to email
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tips,
questions,
or
comments.
Follow
him
on Twitter or
Bluesky
if
you’re
interested
in
law,
politics,
and
a
healthy
dose
of
college
sports
news.
Joe
also
serves
as
a
Managing
Director
at
RPN
Executive
Search.
The
search
for
missing
Dallas
attorney
Charles
Hosch
enters
a
heartbreaking
new
phase.
The
longtime
cybersecurity
lawyer,
a
partner
at
boutique
firm
Hosch
&
Morris
and
an
adjunct
professor
at
SMU
Dedman
School
of
Law,
vanished
on
November
11th
while
hiking
Blood
Mountain
in
northeast
Georgia.
After
nearly
two
weeks
of
intensive
effort,
search
and
rescue
crews
led
by
Union
County
Fire/Rescue
have
officially
suspended
active
operations.
His
law
partner,
Kathryne
“Kate”
Morris,
announced
the
update
on
the
firm’s
website,
emphasizing
that
while
ground
teams
have
stood
down,
the
search
is
continuing
in
other
forms.
Union
County
has
paused
its
active
search
operations
while
awaiting
new
information
or
clues.
Today’s
search
produced
no
new
findings
after
almost
two
weeks
of
exceptional,
round-the-clock
efforts. This
does
not
mark
the
end
of
the
search;
the
case
remains
active,
and
search
and
rescue
personnel
will
continue
to
pursue
any
new
clues
or
credible
information
that
arises.
And
it’s
clear
the
past
two
weeks
have
left
a
mark.
We
are
forever
indebted
to
the
search
and
rescue
teams
who
navigated
treacherous
terrain
in
challenging
conditions
with
heroism,
skill,
and
tireless
dedication.
Their
commitment
to
finding
Charles
has
been
nothing
short
of
remarkable,
and
we
will
be
always
grateful
for
their
courage
and
compassion.Our
own
search
efforts
will
continue.
We
are
planning
the
next
phase
and
will
share
details
as
they
develop.
Union
County
Sheriff
Shawn
Dyer
said
investigators
determined
that
Hosch
was
last
seen
at
the
summit
of
Blood
Mountain,
roughly
1.5
miles
west
of
U.S.
Highway
19.
Despite
the
difficult
terrain
and
the
length
of
time
with
no
clues,
authorities
say
foul
play
is
not
suspected.
Blood
Mountain
is
the
highest
peak
on
Georgia’s
stretch
of
the
Appalachian
Trail,
and
even
seasoned
hikers
can
face
sudden
weather
shifts,
steep
scrambles,
and
disorienting
paths.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
AtL
tipsters
are
the
best,
so
please
connect
with
her.
Feel
free
to
email
her
with
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tips,
questions,
or
comments
and
follow
her
on
Twitter
@Kathryn1 or
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@[email protected].
Abracadabra!
Biglaw
bonus
announcements
are
magically
appearing
in
associates’
inboxes
left
and
right,
and
the
latest
firm
to
unveil
a
bonus
scale
is
Clifford
Chance.
Last
year,
the
firm
took
in
$3.25
billion
in
gross
revenue
and
now
they’re
sharing
the
good
fortune
with
associates.
Today,
Clifford
Chance
sent
a
memo
to
its
U.S.
associates
announcing
the
firm
will
be
matching
the
Cravath
scale,
complete
with
Milbank’s
summer
bonuses.
Here’s
what
that
looks
like
at
the
firm:
Bonuses
will
hit
bank
accounts
on
January
15,
2026.
Congratulations
to
everyone
at
Clifford
Chance!
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
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below
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If
you
previously
signed
up
for
the
bonus
alerts,
you
don’t
need
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do
anything.
You’ll
receive
an
email
notification
within
minutes
of
each
bonus
announcement
that
we
publish.
Thanks
for
your
help!
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to
email
her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
critiques.
You
can
follow
her
on Bluesky, X/Twitter,
and Threads, or
connect
with
her
on LinkedIn.
Bonus
season
is
underway,
and
Biglaw
firms
are
lining
up
to
reward
associates
for
a
year’s
worth
of
effort.
The
market
scale
—
unless
some
firm
breaks
rank
and
crashes
the
party
—
tracks
last
year,
which
can
be
a
bit
anticlimactic,
but
with
the
economy
possibly
resting
on
the
precipice
of
recession,
this
was
probably
all
we
could
hope
for.
Also,
we
discuss
Lindsey
Halligan’s
epic
fail
in
the
James
Comey
case
—
and
we
recorded
this
before
the
judge
tossed
the
case.
Finally,
Judge
Jerry
Smith
decided
to
commit
his
unhinged
conspiracy
theories
to
paper
in
a
massive,
doorstop
of
a
dissent
in
the
Texas
redistricting
case.
And
we
discuss
Thanksgiving
sides.
There’s
a
high-priority
email
associates
are
looking
for
this
time
of
year
—
the
one
with
a
bonus
announcement.
Thankfully,
Linklaters
associates
are
done
with
the
wait.
The
firm
raked
in
a
whopping
$2,965,192,000
in
gross
revenue
in
2024,
according
to
American
Lawyer.
Coffers
that
rich
make
it
easy
to
spread
the
wealth
around
via
bonuses
and
special
bonuses.
Here’s
the
scale:
To
everyone
at
Linklaters,
enjoy
the
money!
If
you’re
looking
for
some
inspiration
on
what
to
do
with
the
cash,
I
recommend
that
you
purchase
and
play
a
copy
of
Ocarina
of
Time.
Not
only
is
it
one
of
the
highest
ranked
games
ever,
knowing
about
the
main
character’s
time
travel
shenanigans
will
make
you
chuckle
every
once
in
a
while
when
you
see
your
firm’s
name.
Find
the
joy
where
you
can!
We
like
hearing
about
bonuses
almost
as
much
as
you
enjoy
spending
them.
As
soon
as
your
firm’s
memo
comes
out,
please email
it
to
us
(subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Bonus”)
or
text
us
(646-820-8477).
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
Salary
&
Bonus
Alerts,
please
scroll
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and
enter
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If
you
previously
signed
up
for
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bonus
alerts,
you
don’t
need
to
do
anything.
You’ll
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email
notification
within
minutes
of
each
bonus
announcement
that
we
publish.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.