Boutique
law
firms
continue
to
show
the
market
what
they’re
made
of
when
it
comes
to
their
financial
prowess,
by
either
matching
the
Cravath
year-end
bonus
and
Milbank
special
bonus
scales,
or
coming
in
over
the
top.
The
latest
boutique
to
announce
a
Biglaw
bonus
is
Ross
Aronstam
&
Moritz,
a
Delaware
litigation
firm
founded
by
lawyers
from
Wachtell,
Weil,
and
Kellogg
Hansen.
This
small,
specialized
firm
recently
entered
the
ring
to
match
the
latest
round
of
bonuses.
Here’s
an
excerpt
from
the
firm’s
bonus
memo:
We
are
happy
to
let
you
know
that,
as
we
have
always
done,
we
are
matching
the
prevailing
market
scale
for
major
national
firms,
including
both
their
year-end
and
special
bonus
amounts.
We
are
also
please
to
announce
that
we
will
likewise
continue
matching
the
salary
scale
in
place
at
those
same
national
firms.Congratulations
to
everyone
at
Ross
Aronstam!
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
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!
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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