Susman Godfrey elected six new lawyers to its equity-only partnership and announced market-topping bonuses, reflecting the second-most successful year in the firm’s history.
An AmLaw100 firm, Susman Godfrey announced its first-year associates will receive median bonuses of $120,000 and the most senior associates at the firm will receive median bonuses of $280,000. Once again, SG’s bonuses exceed the New York scale (including the base and special bonuses awarded by those firms). The firm’s bonuses will be paid to all associates. As is tradition, the firm will also pay bonuses to every single one of its 287 employees, from office assistants to paralegals to managers.
“We are grateful to our incredible lawyers and staff that together ensure the success of Susman Godfrey year after year,” said the firm’s managing partners Vineet Bhatia and Kalpana Srinivasan. “We are also thrilled to welcome six new partners to our ranks.”
Susman Godfrey’s new equity partners all came from the associate ranks of Susman Godfrey:
| Alex Aiken (Seattle) | Russell Rennie (NY) |
| Ravi Bhalla (NY) | Max Straus (NY) |
| Eliza Finley (LA) | Ryan Weiss (Houston) |
Susman Godfrey sets bonuses based on partnership class (rather than graduation year) and has provided the median bonus by partner year below:
| Partner Year | Median Bonus by Partner Year | Number of Years at Firm |
| 2025 | $280,000 | 6 |
| 2026 | $240,000 | 5 |
| 2027 | $220,000 | 4 |
| 2028 | $180,000 | 3 |
| 2029 | $150,000 | 2 |
| 2030 | $120,000 | 1 |
The median bonus based on law school graduation class is reflected below:
| Grad Year | Median by Grad Year |
| 2016 | $280,000 |
| 2017 | $270,000 |
| 2018 | $240,000 |
| 2019 | $210,000 |
| 2020 | $200,000 |
| 2021 | $150,000 |
| 2022 | $120,000 |
| 2023 | $130,000 |
New York scale by graduation year is as follows:
| Grad Year | Median by Grad Year |
| 2025 | $15,000 (prorated) + $6,000 (prorated) |
| 2024 | $20,000 + $6,000 |
| 2023 | $30,000 + $10,000 |
| 2022 | $57,500 + $15,000 |
| 2021 | $75,000 + $20,000 |
| 2020 | $90,000 + $25,000 |
| 2019 | $105,000 + $25,000 |
| 2018 | $115,000 + $25,000 |
