Attorney Benefits

Milbank offers a competitive wide range of benefits for attorneys including life enhancing benefits such as flex-time, part-time and other alternative work arrangements. Other work life benefits offered in our domestic offices include:

Attorney Work Life Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Program providing confidential counseling and other services pertaining to family life balance
  • Emergency back-up child care services
  • Paid child-care leave for men and women
  • Paid primary caregiver leave for men and women
  • Transitional part-time policy for Associates returning from maternity leave
  • Flex-time Full-Time and Reduced Hours arrangements
  • Extended Personal Leave


Attorney Health and Welfare Benefits

  • Subsidized Major health plans
  • Subsidized Dental plan offering two options
  • Vision plan
  • Same-sex domestic partner coverage for all health, dental and vision, including firm paid tax gross-up offset
  • Firm-paid Life Insurance
  • Firm-paid Business Travel and Accidental Death (AD&D) Insurance Plans
  • Firm paid Long-Term Disability Insurance up to a $1000 monthly benefit
  • Salary Continuation during Short-Term Disability
  • World-Wide Travel Assistance

Additional Attorney Contributory Benefits

  • Supplemental Life Insurance up to $1,250,000
  • Supplemental Long-Term Disability
  • Disability Income Completion Program
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Reimbursement Programs
  • Long Term Care
  • TransitChek and Pre-tax parking programs
  • 401(k) Savings Plan which includes after-tax contributions and Roth 401(k) options
  • Group Excess Liability Insurance 

 Additional Attorney Benefits

  • Four weeks accrued vacation with additional sick and personal leave
  • One time interest free salary advances to incoming first year Associates
  • Relocation expenses covered for incoming and lateral Associates
  • Reimbursement for bar review courses and bar exam
  • Free private banking with JPMorgan Chase or Citigroup
  • Payment of Bar association fee
  • Laptops and Blackberries for each incoming associate
  • Lateral associate and administrative staff referral bonuses
  • Subsidized cafeteria (NY Office)
  • Dinner reimbursement after 8:00 p.m.
  • Transportation home after 8:30 p.m.
  • Gym membership discounts
  • Pet Insurance
  • Select vendor discount programs

This is a quick reference of selected benefits offered to attorneys. If any inconsistency exists between this summary and the actual policies and laws, the policies and laws control. Additionally, the firm reserves the right to amend or discontinue these plans or policies at any time.

*Equivalent local market benefits apply in other regions such as Europe.