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Linking Partner Pay to Strategic Firm Objectives

In general law firms have been slower to adopt pay for performance systems. What law firms need now, and this article describes, is an approach to partner compensation that closely links a partners pay to their ability to contribute to the achievement of the firm's strategic objectives.

12 minute read April 01, 2020 at 02:23 AM
By
J. Mark Santiago
Linking Partner Pay to Strategic Firm Objectives

Pay for performance is not a new concept in this country. The ideas and concepts underlying a graduated pay scale based on contribution and merit are deeply ingrained in our society and date back at least to Adam Smith and the Scottish Renaissance.

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