Associate Compensation and Benefits

Salary, Bonuses, and Hours:

• Starting salaries
  

  • Portland/Vancouver: $120,000
    

  • Seattle: $130,000
    

• No minimum billable hours requirement for discretionary bonus consideration
  

• 1,800 billable hours guarantees bonus of at least $10,000, plus discretionary bonus consideration
  

• 150 hours of pro bono/diversity initiative work may be counted towards billable hours goal
  

• 50 training hours credit for associates in their first year of practice
  

Partnership Consideration:

• Consideration for non-equity partnership after 7 years, and/or consideration for equity partnership between 8-9 years.  It is not necessary to pass through non-equity status before being considered for equity status.

Health Care and Insurance:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, and contributory coverage for dependents including domestic partner
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-term disability salary continuation
• Long-term disability insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Business travel accident insurance
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care reimbursement
• Health savings accounts
• Employee Assistance Plan

Paid Leave:

• Paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for women and men upon birth or adoption of a child (depends on years of firm service)
  • (An additional 12 weeks of unpaid leave is also available, for a total of 24 weeks of parental leave)
• Vacation and sick leave
• 9 Paid holidays
• Sabbatical program (for partners)

Retirement:

• Profit sharing participation after 2 years of service with the firm
• 401(k) option (employee contribution)

Paid Dues and Fees:

• Relocation expenses
• Bar association fees
• Bar exam expenses and BAR/BRI fees; living expenses stipend for new associates
• CLE fees
• Professional membership dues
• Professional Liability Fund premiums
• Reimbursement allowance for client entertainment and business development

Education and Professional Development:

• New Associate Orientation series
• Business development support
• Attorney retreat
• CLE classes
• Formalized mentoring programs
• Financial planning/investment education seminars
• Subscription to WestLegalEdcenter's™ full range of online educational sessions

Other:

• $150 match for non-profit contributions
• Pre-tax commute spending account and transit subsidy
• Discounted initiation fee on gym membership (where available)
• Smartphones
• Wellness program
• "Green Team" for environmental sustainability

(as of October 2016)