“They’re Doing It Again” - Wheeler Trigg Kennedy Continues Tradition of Offering Top Salary of Any Denver-Based Law Firm for 1st Year Associates With $115,000

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Susan Holden Walsh, HoldenMcClurePR, 303-449-2526, holdenmcclurepr@aol.com
Connie Proulx, WTK, Director of Marketing, 303-244-1919, proulx@wtklaw.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DENVER, CO, DECEMBER 19, 2005…When nationally-recognized litigation firm Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP (www.wtklaw.com) opened its doors in 1998, it started a buzz on 17th Street and set a precedent of offering the highest salary to first year associates of any Denver-based law firm. It continues that tradition today with the announcement that as of January 1, 2006, it will offer $115,000 as a starting associate’s salary. The reason for the move is not to one-up the Denver firms, but rather to keep pace with the national litigation firms who they meet in the courtroom, and with whom they compete for the top legal talent in the country.

“We attract the very best young lawyers in the country,” states Hugh Gottschalk, Managing Partner of Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP. “The high caliber of our clients and our great location, matched with a competitive salary, makes Wheeler Trigg Kennedy an enticing place to be.”

While $115,000 may be tops for Denver-based firms and 15% above the national average, it falls below the entry level salaries of $125,000-140,000 at the largest firms in Los Angeles and New York City. According to an August release of the NALP 2005 Associate Salary Survey of 573 firms (www.nalp.org), “The median salary for first-year associates ranged from $67,500 in firms of 2-25 attorneys to $125,000 in firms of more than 500 lawyers, with a first-year median for all participating firms of $100,000.”

About WTK:
Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP is an entrepreneurial law firm that dedicates itself to litigation for Fortune 500 clients and other successful entities that have a strong interest in protecting their brand names, products, people and customers. WTK handles complex litigation matters, including appellate, trial, and related areas of civil litigation, on a local, regional and national scale for many of the nation's best-known companies. Most of its work takes place in federal and state courtrooms and administrative venues outside its base of Denver, Colorado. WTK has served as lead trial counsel in all 50 States and has tried cases to verdict in 35 states. The attorneys of WTK have appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court, 11 of the 13 U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, 65 of the 94 U.S. District Courts and many federal regulatory agencies. For more information, visit the WTK website at www.wtklaw.com or call 303-244-1800.

WHEELER TRIGG KENNEDY LLP 1801 California Street, Suite 3600 Denver, CO 80202-2617
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