Associate Compensation

Hiring Criteria

Savell & Williams L.L.P.
233 Peachtree Street
2700 Harris Tower
Atlanta, Georgia  30303
(404) 521-1282
FAX (404) 584-0026

The firm recruits associates with the best educational credentials and through lateral hiring. The opportunities to handle responsible matters and to develop as an attorney have enabled the firm to attract first-rate associates.

The policy of the firm is to afford each associate experience in as many areas of its practice as he or she expresses an interest. Accordingly, associates are not assigned exclusively to any one partner, but generally work with several partners.

A partner is designated to serve as a mentor for each new associate. The mentor is charged with the responsibility of monitoring the associate’s workload, overseeing the training of the associate, and in the ongoing evaluation of the associate.

The firm supervises the associate’s professional development, ensures the quality of the associate's work product upon completion of specific assigning attorney, and schedules formal training sessions at regular intervals. Associates attend continuing legal education seminars held in Atlanta and other cities at firm expense. The firm’s associate training objective is to enable new associates to assume significant responsibility for client matters early in their careers, with progressively less supervision.

Associates are encouraged to develop new clients, for whom they may be primarily responsible with partner oversight. Interest in specialized areas of practice are encouraged, and firm attorneys have successfully developed toxic tort, securities litigation, and professional liability practices in recent years.

The firm is proud of the amount of information about the Partnership’s decision making and financial performance shared with associates. The open, honest relationship between the partners and the associates is one of this distinctive features of this firm.

The firm treats its associates as professionals and endeavors to involve them in all aspects of the firm’s practice. Information concerning the firm’s practice is shared, and associates are involved in the decision-making process as part of their development toward partnership.