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This law firm will pay special spring bonuses of up to $25K

By Debra Cassens Weiss

February 19, 2025, 9:21 am CST

Knobbe Martens has announced that it will pay special spring bonuses of up to $25,000.

Law.com reported on the announcement, made in a Feb. 14 email.

Knobbe Martens will pay $2,500 to first year associates, $5,000 to second-year associates, $10,000 to third-year associates, $15,000 to fourth-year associates, $20,000 to fifth-year associates, and $25,000 to counsel and to associates with at least six years of experience.

The spring bonuses are in addition to year-end bonuses ranging from $5,000 to $30,000, according to Law.com.

The year-end bonuses were bigger in BigLaw, according to Above the Law’s associate compensation scorecard. Many law firms paid up to $115,000 in year-end bonuses.

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How this lawyer reacted when client claimed to be Messiah and demanded $25K

By Debra Cassens Weiss

April 4, 2024, 9:47 am CDT

A lawyer in Mississippi is grateful that he and his staff members are safe after an agitated client with a gun in his leather bag demanded $25,000.

“We don’t take it for granted that the Lord spared our lives yesterday,” said lawyer Carlos Moore of Grenada, Mississippi, in an interview with WREG.

The client came to Moore’s office with his wife, said he was the Messiah, and said he wouldn’t leave until he received $25,000 in his workers’ compensation case, Moore told the broadcast station.

Moore told the client that he had to call the opposing counsel. Moore left the meeting room, called 911, and texted his staff to remain in their offices.

“I was concerned what he would do when I came back to tell him there would not be a $25,000 check today,” Moore said.

When Moore came back, the client “was going for a gun” in a small leather bag, Moore said. The client’s wife was telling him, “No, you’re not doing this today.” The client replied that the gun wasn’t loaded, and he and his wife continued to bicker over it.

Police and paramedics quickly arrived. The client wasn’t charged because he never threatened harm. Moore plans to withdraw from the man’s case.