With M&A and capital markets work surging, and litigation holding steady, partners at many elite New York firms with traditional ties to the investment banks saw their compensation rise last year, at times dramatically.

A founding partner of Foley & Lardner’s Detroit office has sued the firm for discrimination, claiming he would have received higher compensation had he been female, non-Caucasian or younger.

Lawyers for those injured while responding to the Sept.

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An extensive study released this week surveyed more than 700 female partners about pay disparities at law firms. The Project for Attorney Retention was one of two groups that undertook the study