Former Sonnenschein Partner Wins Higher Compensation, but Not Complete Victory

March 31, 2008

A former Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner has won his trial seeking higher compensation from the firm. Jurors determined that for years 2003 and 2004, the firm should have paid Douglas Rosenthal $500,000 per year rather than the over-$400,000 he received, and that for 2005 and 2006, he should have received $1,365,000 per year instead of the over-$1 million offered by the firm. The jury also awarded Sonnenschein $300,000, finding that Rosenthal and his new firm had interfered with Sonnenschein clients.