By Mark Curriden of The Texas Lawbook Updated 6:34 pm, Monday, June 18, 2018 Photo: Gary Coronado, Staff Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Major law firms in Texas, including Houston's Vinson & Elkins, are raising pay for associates. Major law firms in Texas, including Houston's Vinson & Elkins, are raising pay for associates. Photo: Gary Coronado, Staff Texas' elite law firms in a race to raise pay for associates 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Houston-based corporate law firm Vinson & Elkins announced late Monday afternoon that it has raised the amount it is paying its first-year associates to $195,000. V&E, which is one of the largest and most profitable law firms in Texas, informed its associates it is matching the compensation increases that national law firms operating … [Read more...] about Texas’ elite law firms in a race to raise pay for associates