"Leverage": one rainmaker partner lets you hang 8 associates off of them on a project. The partner may only bill $600 an hour, but the associates bill $300, an

"Leverage": one rainmaker partner lets you hang 8 associates off of them on a project. The partner may only bill $600 an hour, but the associates bill $300, and they cost less than a third of that. This essentially makes the partner's net economic impact for the firm $2.2k per "hour" or north of $4 to $5 million per year.