Statistical Data

(as of July 2009)

Offices:  Los Angeles and Newport Beach, California. The Los Angeles office is located in Century City, a major commercial center in West Los Angeles. The Century City and Newport Beach offices are closely integrated, both professionally and socially.  The offices are an hour apart and lawyers in the two offices regularly work together.

Associate compensation:  Highly competitive (base salary is currently $160,000 per year for the class of 2008); no differential compensation among associates in a given class;  Judicial clerkship bonus.

2008 Revenue per Lawyer:  $1,162,000

Law schools represented by five or more lawyers:

Harvard              

UCLA             

Yale               

USC               

Columbia         

Berkeley Law      

28

24

21

18

17

17

Chicago           

Stanford           

NYU               

Penn                 

Michigan          

11

8

7

6

5

Benefits for full-time associates:  Five-week stipend while studying for the bar; bar review course and exam fees; dues for membership in state bar; moving expenses; medical (which includes coverage for domestic partners), dental, disability, life, and professional liability insurance; paid maternity and paternity leave; 401(k) plan; free parking; $500 technology budget; $500 decorating budget.

Los Angeles Hiring Chair Craig Varnen (cvarnen@irell.com)
Newport Beach Hiring Co-Chairs: Kyle Kawakami (kkawakami@irell.com) and Melissa McCormick (mmcormick@irell.com)

Los Angeles Recruiting Administrator: Robyn Steele (rsteele@irell.com)
Newport Beach Recruiting Administrator: Nicole Miltko (nmiltko@irell.com)

Irell & Manella LLP does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, marital status, age, or disability.