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Updated – More Law Firms Hike Associate Salaries

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By Mark Curriden

(June 13) – Bracewell, Akin Gump, Locke Lord, Baker Botts, Yetter Coleman and Gibson Dunn are the latest law firms operating in Texas to raise the annual base salaries of the hundreds of associate-level lawyers at the law firm.

Managing partner Andy Baker told 108 summer associates meeting Saturday at a firm retreat in Austin that Baker Botts will match 14 other law firms in Texas hiking the pay of hundreds of first-year associates to $180,000 – $9,000 more than the state pays Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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