Compensation & Structure

One of the quiet flaws in many law firm compensation systems is not how partners are paid—but how little productivity is required to support those payments.

when non-equity compensation nears (or even sometimes exceeds) equity comp, equity may be simply not worth "buying."

Background and Objectives : Coan, Payton & Payne is a leading business firm in Ft. Collins, Colorado, with an expanding practice along Colorado’s Front Range. The firm wanted to reassess sustainability, with a particular focus on partnership structure and compensation. The task was to review and advise on the firm’s existing Strategic Plan and help the firm execute its strategy into the firm’s partner compensation system. Approach and Implementation : EvolveLaw work