Texas Lawyer, Above The Law Report on Brewer Firm Boosting First-Year Associate Salaries to $300,000

April 29, 2025 — Texas Lawyer and Above The Law report that Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors announced it will raise first-year associate salaries to $300,000, effective Sept. 1, up from the current $250,000, "as the Dallas-founded trial boutique strives to take on more litigation under alternative billing arrangements."

Firm founder William A. Brewer III told Texas Lawyer the firm wants to hire creative, superstar first-year associates as the firm leverages the efficiency of AI to meet increased demand, as clients are increasingly focused on outcomes instead of hours.

"We don’t want to pound clients with lots of hours. What you want to get to is value," Brewer told Texas Lawyer. "We are desperately trying to flip the script and reduce our hourly fee business to 20% or a little lower and have most of our work be based on an alternative arrangement."

Read the Texas Lawyer article here and Above the Law here.