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Fisher and Phillips to Increase Associates’ Pay

Submitted by: Rachael Renken on Jun 11, 2010 at 1:56 pm Tagged with: Fisher & Phillips LLP, labor and employment law, lawyers, South Carolina Source: Fisher & Phillips LLP

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Kevin Sullivan
Fisher & Phillips LLP
(O) 404-240-4248
(C) 678-612-4636
ksullivan@laborlawyers.com

Fisher & Phillips Increases Associates’ Pay
Part of Increases Tied to Performance;
No Effect on Client Rates

ATLANTA (June 11, 2010) – The national labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP has increased its associate pay scale by an average 8%. Clients will not be asked to underwrite the raises, which the firm’s owners will absorb.

Half of the increase is contingent upon performance – associates who meet specific productivity and efficiency standards over a full year will be eligible for a meets-standards bonus. Associates have already realized half of the increase in the form of an increase in salaries, effective June 1.

Chairman and Managing Partner Roger Quillen said: “All of our associates have benefited from this move in the form of increased salaries, but there is more available to them. We believe a material part of everyone’s compensation should depend upon meeting basic performance standards. And we aren’t just talking about working and logging billable time. We measure and reward efficiency, too. This is what aligns our associates’ compensation with our clients’ interests.”

Quillen added: “These increases are meant to say to all of our associates, “We recognize and appreciate the important part you play in our clients’ satisfaction and our firm’s overall success.’”

Fisher & Phillips associates who meet standards are also eligible for substantial merit bonuses for superlative performance.

About Fisher & Phillips LLP (www.laborlawyers.com)
Fisher & Phillips LLP represents employers nationally in labor, employment, civil rights, employee benefits and immigration matters. The firm has more than 225 attorneys in 22 offices. Founded in 1943, it is one of the largest U.S. law firms to concentrate its practice exclusively upon representation of employers in labor and employment matters. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbia, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, New Jersey, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland ME, Portland OR, San Diego, San Francisco, and Tampa.

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