tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post4450188620472273199..comments2023-11-23T02:12:35.461-08:00Comments on <center>las vegas law blog</center>: Comp Survey 2016law.dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091995027411414418noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-69928187059051252332016-12-01T11:40:02.225-08:002016-12-01T11:40:02.225-08:006th year, large firm, about $125k with bonus. Insu...6th year, large firm, about $125k with bonus. Insurance for my family of four is about $10k a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-88073811851300718452016-12-01T07:51:21.630-08:002016-12-01T07:51:21.630-08:00Health insurance should be seperated from employer...Health insurance should be seperated from employer based to individual based with portibability. In addition to the simple issue of breaking the lock an employer may have over the employee for fear of loosing insurance, why should an employee doing the same job with the same results earn a greater total compensation because they have a spouse/children/both?<br /><br />Paying them a salary for their work and having them purchase their own insurance (along the creation of buying pools to get the benefits of group plans) makes more sense and is more equitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-49709047238536262472016-11-30T13:58:12.502-08:002016-11-30T13:58:12.502-08:00Dollar beers - you are crazy!Dollar beers - you are crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-8101099232019726342016-11-30T13:26:59.582-08:002016-11-30T13:26:59.582-08:00I just called the bar and lady said their vendor m...I just called the bar and lady said their vendor mailed notices before the invoices were ready. You can go to fastcase as noted above, 10:10, or call the bar and they'll give you temporary log in information. She was very helpful and apologetic. I'm sure they're not happy with their vendor right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-57046211204443076562016-11-30T08:15:54.592-08:002016-11-30T08:15:54.592-08:00I can drink as many beers as I have dollars. Whic...I can drink as many beers as I have dollars. Which means I can drink 120K beers per year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-82894446739360277332016-11-30T08:14:59.440-08:002016-11-30T08:14:59.440-08:00I'd rather be déclassé than ripped off or comp...I'd rather be déclassé than ripped off or complicit in my friends being ripped off. 6th year. Small firm. $120K total between base and bonus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-13637804044066108162016-11-30T07:20:14.018-08:002016-11-30T07:20:14.018-08:00I agree with 4:23's point. I think that's ...I agree with 4:23's point. I think that's the best value these blogs bring -- clarity of the black box compensation structure without the need to be the guy that talks about salaries in real life conversations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-82597331314060183462016-11-29T22:10:25.021-08:002016-11-29T22:10:25.021-08:00Go to www.nvbar.org, mouse-over 'member servic...Go to www.nvbar.org, mouse-over 'member services', click on 'Legal Research', then click on 'Fastcase'. then click on the link in the 'Login' section named "State Bar of Nevada Members Login Page". Then bookmark that bastard and go straight there next time to avoid all this BS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-21163001222480837832016-11-29T17:58:55.318-08:002016-11-29T17:58:55.318-08:00Nobody is silencing or suppressing your speech. Y...Nobody is silencing or suppressing your speech. You are free to be a douchebag if you want and we are free to identify your nozzle and call a douche a douche. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-21456559108918599332016-11-29T16:58:51.621-08:002016-11-29T16:58:51.621-08:00Agreed. The only people who benefit from silence ...Agreed. The only people who benefit from silence and suppressing reasonable discussion of compensation issues are the fat cats at the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-84921273201513011842016-11-29T16:23:52.215-08:002016-11-29T16:23:52.215-08:00That's because Eglet and Schreck are the benef...That's because Eglet and Schreck are the beneficiaries of the information asymmetries in law firms. There are reasons other than "tacky" bragging for publicly discussing compensation. This is especially true amongst the "younglings." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-78924198276256565832016-11-29T15:07:12.822-08:002016-11-29T15:07:12.822-08:00What is going on with the bar's login. "...What is going on with the bar's login. "Unavailable until Dec. 8" or something. Does this mean my free access to Fastcase is also unavailable? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-18056433479102431832016-11-29T13:37:40.633-08:002016-11-29T13:37:40.633-08:00I had to cancel my family insurance plan. I hope ...I had to cancel my family insurance plan. I hope Trump gets rid of Obamacare completely and deregulates the entire medical industry. Deregulation works. Yes, I know, I dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-17672074001178159602016-11-29T12:25:33.413-08:002016-11-29T12:25:33.413-08:00Thank youThank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-18457673281010747522016-11-29T12:08:49.997-08:002016-11-29T12:08:49.997-08:00But don't you understand?! I heard a rumor fr...But don't you understand?! I heard a rumor from a Kolesar Associate who heard from Snell Associate that Holland & Hart associates heard that Fennemore Associates make more than Akerman Associates and are going to demand their just desserts. I guarantee Bob Eglet, Randall Jones and Frank Schreck aren't posting their compensation on this board. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-4581429381281709012016-11-29T12:05:26.680-08:002016-11-29T12:05:26.680-08:00To all of those who complain that their raise is n...To all of those who complain that their raise is not big enough or bonus is not big enough, your Bonus and raise went to pay the increases in health insurance. @11:47-- we do this at our firm. If you would like to opt out of the employer insurance, we will be fine paying you a proportionate amount of the savings (with the understanding that the increase in salary comes with additional taxes for the employer and the employee).<br /><br />I have carried an HSA and catastrophic coverage for years and have saved so much money over the years. Is there a catastrophic risk? Sure. Life is replete with risk. But the margin between the amounts of money being paid to subsidize the uninsurable, the actuarial risk that my family will need catastrophic care and the penalties are so narrow that it is worth the risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-59154662370101231302016-11-29T11:57:31.716-08:002016-11-29T11:57:31.716-08:00Uh, 11:47, have you looked at the plans on the ACA...Uh, 11:47, have you looked at the plans on the ACA exchange? They're shite, every one of them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-60190688877376629492016-11-29T11:47:10.138-08:002016-11-29T11:47:10.138-08:009;30, would your employer pay you the difference i...9;30, would your employer pay you the difference if you choose not to use the employer provided insurance? And have you tried pricing bronze, silver, gold plans on Nevada's ACA exchange? If your employer pays you for not using their healthcare, you may be able to price out a plan on the exchange that, if not the equivalent of your previous plan, is at least better than no health insurance at all. (Assuming, of course that all of this is not repealed as of 1/22/17, in which case insurance rates will all magically drop to mere pennies and we'll all get a free pony, too!) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-82836417571584331302016-11-29T11:22:57.763-08:002016-11-29T11:22:57.763-08:00People who discuss how much they make or are worth...People who discuss how much they make or are worth are total tacky shallow cads and losers. How many beers you can drink is a much better topic instead of the greedy money hungry d-bags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-30492729146337421762016-11-29T11:19:42.638-08:002016-11-29T11:19:42.638-08:00How much someone makes and bonuses are my least fa...How much someone makes and bonuses are my least favorite part of this blog. WWLB was a little too much but bonuses and salaries are tacky to declare and discuss. Just one 25 year attorneys opinion. I realize the younglings are much more interested in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-47534349942065316112016-11-29T10:50:24.690-08:002016-11-29T10:50:24.690-08:00I agree with 10:40. I understand Obamacare sucks. ...I agree with 10:40. I understand Obamacare sucks. During the deliberations for healthcare in 2009, they discussed single payer option but canned it. If they had that it wouldve at least saved a lot of people money who couldn't afford the higher stuff. The biggest issue is that health insurance is a for-profit industry. That alone is a conflict of interest, where you are pitting the bottom line of the insurance company against the lives of those in poor health. If health insurance as non-profit, there would be more money in the system covering people and keeping premiums low. But since (mostly) republicans have lobbyists from such industries, that will never happen. And lets be real here, Republican approach to healthcare has been shit. Even they like that fact that obamacare allows children to stay on parents insurance until 26 and ridding the policy of pre-exisiting condition exclusion. My question is, why did they not come up with that during the Bush era??? Because they don't want to piss off the people who fill their campaign coffers..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-17665846458840501172016-11-29T10:40:44.021-08:002016-11-29T10:40:44.021-08:00I can't believe someone would bitch about $6k ...I can't believe someone would bitch about $6k a year. That's nothing. I paid $14k for my family this year, and while it sucks, there's no way I would go without health insurance. As a provider, I have a duty to protect my family's financial security and provide for their health. I can't be a responsible parent and roll the dice, especially where I have the $14k to pay. I'd rather pay the $14k than risk financial ruin or not being able to obtain crucial and necessary treatment for my kids.<br /><br />Obamacare sucks. But the Republicans have had 30 years to come up with an alternative, and they have nothing to show for it except the absurd idea that we all just save tens of thousands of dollars in HSA's, because you know how easy that is for a family of four making $60k a year.<br /><br />As the Boomers age, this problem will only get worse. The rest of us will continue to subsidize their health care. The Republicans may actually make the problem worse. At this point, the GOP has had their chance, they've blown it. Let's just do single payer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-9552646767605194462016-11-29T10:34:22.968-08:002016-11-29T10:34:22.968-08:00@ 10:32: Isn't it THE most common way to end u...@ 10:32: Isn't it THE most common way to end up in bankruptcy? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-23928022048766454062016-11-29T10:32:07.018-08:002016-11-29T10:32:07.018-08:00This is a common way to end up in bankruptcy.This is a common way to end up in bankruptcy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-78354707941566800412016-11-29T10:27:37.885-08:002016-11-29T10:27:37.885-08:00I thought my family was fairly healthy until we fo...I thought my family was fairly healthy until we found out my son had a birth defect which required brain surgery and has required extensive medical care since that time. He was 11 years old when we discovered the problem. The biggest benefit of insurance was not the actual payments, but the negotiated rates with the hospital and surgeons. They billed over $200,000 for the surgery and hospital stay, but the insurance company rate was $30,000. Even though I ended up paying close to $10,000 with my share and the deductibles, it was possible. The hospital told me that it would violate their contracts with the insurance companies to give a discount to people who pay on their own. There's no way I could have afforded the $200,000 or the many bills since that time at a non-discounted rate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com