What negotiating techniques and strategies would you recommend to
second and third-year litigation associates in small Manhattan law
firms (approximately 20 lawyers) seeking to increase their annual
salaries?
What are the annual salaries that each the 2nd and 3rd-year should be expecting?
Although the focus is on firms of about 20 laywers, stats for firms
with fewer than 100 people should also be included.
Finally, what are the average benefits, i.e., health insuruance
(dental?), 401K, amount of vacation time, etc.? |
Clarification of Question by
pumpkinpie-ga
on
16 Jan 2003 16:41 PST
Just wanted to know if anyone plans on tackling this question in the
near future. If the question parameters need to be modified, that can
be arranged.
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Request for Question Clarification by
jumpingjoe-ga
on
16 Jan 2003 17:31 PST
To obtain a useful answer to this question you may wish to revise it.
Google's pricing policy states that the $2-$5 bracket "can be answered
with a single link or a single piece of information". It also adds
that is not appropriate for multi-part questions. Please carefully
read http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html
You may therefore wish to split your questions. Multipart questions
are never a good idea, since a researcher may know the answer to the
first part but not post an answer since he cannot answer the second.
Your first question could ask for negotiating techniques, remember
that is unlikely that researchers will be able to locate negotiation
advice online or in print that is specifically aimed at associates in
small Manhattan law firms. A better question would be a broader
question about salary negotiation tactics, which should also include
some aimed at the legal profession. Your price bracket should perhaps
be somewhere between $20 and $50 before you'll get an answer that will
be of great depth and use. Remember you're negotiating a salary of
tens of thousands of dollars.
Your second question could request the actual data, that is "What are
the approximate average salaries for 2 or 3 years qualified ligitation
associates working at smaller firms in Manhattan?" Then qualify this,
how much info? Would simply quoting one figure and a source be enough?
Say exactly what you need ideally, and state what lesser alternatives
you would accept, eg data for the whole of NYC rather than just
Manhattan. Would the salaries for 2/3 year associates in Los Angeles
be acceptable instead? Any large american metropolis? Read your
completed question, then the price guidelines, then price accordingly.
Depending on this, I think that the second question could be worth
anything between $5 and $50.
Sorry if this sounds like a lecture, but I'm just posting some advice
on how to ask a question that will get you a high quality and useful
answer! From one salary-starved lawyer to another, good luck.
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Clarification of Question by
pumpkinpie-ga
on
17 Jan 2003 06:01 PST
Thanks for the suggestion. Accordingly, I have edited my question to
read as follows:
What are the annual salaries that each a 2nd and 3rd-year litigation
attorney in Manhattan should be expecting?
Although the focus is on firms of about 20 laywers, stats for firms
with fewer than 100 people should also be included.
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Clarification of Question by
pumpkinpie-ga
on
21 Jan 2003 16:38 PST
Still awaiting an answer on this one. I've since modified it so that
my question has been narrowed down to just one.
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