Attorneys

Salary & Insurance

Farella offers a competitive salary. First-year associates receive an annual salary of $205,000; our minimum billable requirement is 1,850 hours. We also provides a full range of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance benefits which are effective the first month after joining the firm. Our generous benefits policies apply equally to spouses, registered domestic partners, and dependent children.

Childcare 

Farella offers paid primary and secondary caregiver leave (i.e., gender-neutral maternity and paternity leave). Further, we offer subsidized back-up childcare assistance. Farella also has a plan that allows associates to pay for dependent day care expenses on a pre-tax, salary reduction basis.

Flexible Vacation & Associate Sabbatical Program

We believe time away from work contributes to the ongoing happiness, creativity, and productivity of all attorneys. Flexible Vacation is available from date of hire but does not accrue. It is expected that an associate meeting their annual billable target will take approximately four weeks of vacation each year. In addition to vacation, after four consecutive years with the firm and billing 7,400 hours, associates are entitled to take a four-week paid sabbatical.

Judicial Clerkship

Farella pays judicial clerkship bonuses to those individuals who have completed a clerkship on the federal district or appellate courts, state appellate courts, or United States Supreme Court. Incoming attorneys who have had this type of clerkship experience are usually given one year’s credit for each year of clerking.

Technology Allowances

Farella provides allowances toward the purchase of a personal computer, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and other supplies needed for working remotely as well as wireless data fees.