Bonuses Are A Cool Way To End The Week

Or perhaps it’s a “Kool” way to end the week. As in McKool Smith.

The firm announced bonuses today and threw in some extra happy news for those associates clocking over 2200 hours this year.

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The base bonuses will follow the market standard, while big billers will get individual bump ups. According to the memo the top bonus will come in at $170K.

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Memo attached on the next page.

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