How much do the most highly paid associates in the White Shoes law firms make in the US? I am asking this as I would like to try to compare it to the UK barristers (QC) and solicitors (Senior partners). Thanks in advance for your answers. Priyanka :-).

Top US law firm salaries for associates are somewhere between 160K and 290K, plus bonuses:

http://www.biglaw.org/news/show/2727/latham-watkins-raises-associate-salaries-for-2010
http://www.biglaw.org/news/show/2711/weil-gotshal-pays-associates-bonuses-of-up-to-50k
http://www.biglaw.org/news/show/2932/morrison-foerster-raises-first-year-salaries-back-to-160k
http://www.biglaw.org/news/show/2698/whos-next-wilmer-freezes-salaries-and-drops-lockstep