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Biglaw’s Lockstep Partner Compensation Is Dying

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

According to reporting by Law.com, which is the only Wall Street firm that appears to still pay partners with a pure lockstep system (and even this firm is stretching out its partner pay ratios)?

Hint: Lockstep comp for partners has fallen out of favor with Biglaw firms, with many firms adding partner bonus pools to pay top performers a bigger piece of the pie.

See the answer on the next page.

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