Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has raised salaries for Texas associates at all levels. The firm’s first-years will now earn a base of $135,000 with an additional $5,000 bonus. Akin Gump employs 900 attorneys worldwide and has Texas offices in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.

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Locke Liddell & Sapp has joined the Texas raise bandwagon, bumping first-year salaries in its Austin, Dallas, and Houston offices to $140,000. Associates in its New Orleans and D.C. offices will see the same increase.

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Baker Botts has increased its Texas associate salaries at all levels to meet the current market trend. First-years will now earn $140,000 with a potential $10,000 bonus, slightly bettering the recent moves by V&E and Andrews Kurth. Baker Botts is based in Houston and has offices in both Dallas and Austin.

Source:Texas Lawyer

Houston-based Andrews Kurth has followed Vinson & Elkins lead in raising associate salaries. Details of the changes are as yet unreleased, but will be retroactive to January 1. Andrews Kurth’s Texas offices are located in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and The Woodlands.

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Houston-based firm Vinson and Elkins will raise salaries for all associate levels in Texas. In order to remain competitive both in-state and nationally, V&E will now pay its first-years $135,000.
Source: Texas Lawyer