http://blog.altmanweil.com/2007/10/28/income-spread/ Lawyer compensation and law firm finance Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:27:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blog.altmanweil.com/2007/10/28/income-spread/#comment-42 John Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:05:32 +0000 http://blog.altmanweil.com/2007/10/28/income-spread/#comment-42 The problem with compensation spread lies in how it is used. In my view, it is an interesting statistic that results from calculations using already set compensation figures. I certainly don't have the experience level of AW, but, I find it hard to believe there can be any circumstance in which it is appropriate to use spread as a target when determining compensation, unless of course a firm is trying to reduce the number of partners. The problem with compensation spread lies in how it is used. In my view, it is an interesting statistic that results from calculations using already set compensation figures. I certainly don’t have the experience level of AW, but, I find it hard to believe there can be any circumstance in which it is appropriate to use spread as a target when determining compensation, unless of course a firm is trying to reduce the number of partners.

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