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MA attorneys: 170 (113 male; 57 female)
Total attorneys worldwide: 720
Male/female equity partners:
78 male; 6 female
Male/female elevations in 2007:
3 male; 1 female
Male/female new hires in 2007:
16 male; 12 female
Male/female departures in 2007:
13 male; 8 female
“Of counsel” lawyers: 8
Minority lawyers: N/R
Paralegals/support staff: 21 paralegals;
189 support staff
Hourly billing rates: N/R
Annual billable hours expected of associates:
1,850 (including pro bono)
Associates’ starting salary as of fall 2007:
$160,000
Associates’ starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2008:
$160,000
Total annual pro bono hours: 19,049 (firm-wide)
Length of paid family leave: A four-week (20day)
paid parenting leave within three
months following the birth or adoption of a
child is available to eligible employees. The
time may be taken intermittently or in a
block of time.
Flextime for attorneys: Offering flexibility in
work schedules is an important element of
the firm’s commitment to its lawyers.
Flextime is a rearrangement, but not a
reduction of, office hours. It includes
compressed time in which a lawyer
handles a full workload in fewer, longer
workdays, instead of a normal work day.
The lawyer remains responsible for a full
workload based on the current standard
schedule of billable and non-billable
requirements in his/her office and is
entitled to full compensation. The firm also
allows attorneys to work a modified
schedule of hours with a reduction of 10
percent to 40 percent of the billable/nonbillable
hour requirements and
corresponding office hours. The firm offers
a flex-place arrangement where it is
agreed that some or all of a lawyer’s
responsibilities may be handled at home or
some other agreed-upon location, within
the boundaries of licensing and other
restrictions.
Flextime for staff: Where possible, flexibility is
made available for starting and ending
time, length of work day, number of days
worked, and an option to work weekend or
evening hours.
24 LARGEST LAW FIRMS
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156 LAWYERS
Part-time attorneys: N/R
Part-time staff: N/R
Telecommuting for attorneys: N/R
Telecommuting for staff: N/R
Unique benefits: Generous benefits to
employees, partners and their spouses;
domestic partner or same-sex spouse in
health care; dental; employee assistance
programs; wellness programs; adoption
assistance; back-up day care; paid time off
plans; vacation buyback program to nonexempt
employees
Dress policy: Business casual
NUTTER McCLENNEN & FISH
World Trade Center West
155 Seaport Blvd.
Boston 02210
(617) 439-2000
(617) 310-9000 (fax)
www.nutter.com
Founded 1879
MICHAEL E. MOONEY (Photo by Stan Rowin – stanstudio.com)
MANAGING PARTNER
Michael E. Mooney
MISSION STATEMENT
Nutter McClennen & Fish is a leading
Boston law firm with a longstanding reputation
for business savvy and pragmatism.
We represent a distinguished and diverse
range of local, regional and global publicly-held
corporations, family-owned and
other privately-held companies, institutions
and emerging companies across
many industries with a concentration in
some of New England’s leading business