Attorneys

Health Care and Insurance:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability salary continuation
• Long-term disability insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Business travel accident insurance
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care reimbursement
• Commute reimbursement accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Employee Assistance Plan

Paid Leave:

• Attorneys who have completed one year of service are eligible for up to 24 consecutive weeks (six months) of parental leave for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child. Pay received during leave varies by years of service and individual circumstance.
• Three (3) weeks’ vacation (Associate); four (4) weeks’ vacation (all other levels)
• Two (2) Weeks’ sick and safe time (one week paid sick leave for California attorneys)
• Eleven (11) paid holidays, including New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, half a day on Christmas Eve (when Christmas Eve falls on a weekday), Christmas Day, and a floating paid day to engage in activities related to racial justice
• Sabbatical program (for equity partners)

Retirement:

• 401(k) option (employee contribution)

Paid Dues and Fees:

• Bar association fees
• Bar exam expenses and BARBRI fees; living expenses stipend for new associates (first-year associates only)
• CLE fees
• Professional membership dues
• Professional Liability Fund premiums
• Reimbursement allowance for client entertainment and business development

Other Benefits:

• $150 match for nonprofit contributions
• Reimbursement of up to $5,000 for employee’s approved moving costs if offer of employment requires relocation.
• Remote work flexibility, including full at-home office set-up provided by the firm (desk, chair, dual monitors, etc.)
• Firm-provided cell phones
• Quarterly remote work stipend; $100 (for attorneys with a firm-issued phone), $150 (for attorneys without a firm-issued phone); California attorneys receive $75 per pay period.
• Parking reimbursement of up to $100 per month or transit reimbursement of up to $130 per month
• Wellbeing program

Miller Nash’s commitment to continuous learning, skill development, and identifying legal trends ensures that our attorneys provide comprehensive and forward-thinking legal services tailored to our clients’ needs. We offer an individualized approach to the professional development of each of our attorneys, including:

• In-house and virtual “Miller Nash Master Class” sessions covering a wide-range of topics, including cutting-edge legal updates, the business of law, practice management techniques, and specialty CLE topics.
• Rainmaker University, a concentrated client development program featuring outside consultants who assist attorneys seeking directed coaching on growing their practice and developing client relationships. This six-month program is offered once a year and all attorneys at the firm are eligible to participate.
• Internal and external coaching on strategic practice growth and client development.
• Highly skilled in-house business development and events team to assist with client development efforts.
• Practice-specific in-house education sessions.
• Firm-sponsored attendance at industry and legal conferences and educational programs.
• Subscriptions to a wide variety of legal and industry publications.
• A formalized mentoring program for our associates.
• A subscription to WestLegalEdcenter's™ full range of online educational sessions.
• Dedicated professional development staff to assist attorneys with career advancement and continuing legal education.

Associate Compensation:

• Annual base compensation depending on years of experience:
  • Portland/Vancouver/Boise: $145,000–$172,500
  • Seattle/Long Beach: $155,000–$182,500
• Annual billable hours expectation 1,750 billable hours
• Automatic bonus for achieving 1,800 billable hours credit:
  • Entry Level (0-2 years): $20,000
  • Midlevel (2-4 years): $30,000
  • Senior (5+): $40,000
• Credit available towards 1,800 billable hour credit target to achieve automatic bonus:
  • Up to 150 hours of billable hour credit for pro bono/approved diversity initiative work for the firm
  • Up to 50 hours of billable hour credit for preapproved internal work for the firm
  • Up to 7.5 hours of billable-hour credit for well-being day for unplugged time away
• Discretionary bonuses are available to reward extraordinary effort and contributions to firm success

Partnership Consideration:

• Eligible for consideration for non-equity partnership after seven years, and/or for equity partnership between seventh through tenth year of practice. It is not necessary to pass through non-equity status before being considered for equity status.