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How much work do they get? Because in theory, at that rate they could get 3.65 million dollars a year if they didn't take breaks (and maybe "only" 2 million dollars a year if they did).


Amounts up to about £1m, it seems: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/greenpolitics/legal/75...

In case you think that's rather a lot, remember that the modal barrister may get paid a lot less: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/richard-bentwood/legal-aid-r...

And it's certainly small beer compared to CEOs, footballers or top TV celebrities.


Don't forget the leverage they get from charging out juniors at high rates as well. Magic circle law firms could easily charge 500 pounds per hour for an associate and a significant part of that will go into the partners' kitty




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