Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms

by Vault Staff

• ISBN13: 9781581311631
• ISBN10: 158131163X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Vault Reports Inc

Summary

Annually updated insider's guide to law firms, an unbiased, investigative and comprehensive look at the top law firms in the country, based on surveys of more than 10,000 lawyers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
The State of the Law	3	(3)
A Guide to this Guide	6	(5)
THE VAULT PRESTIGE RANKINGS	11	(18)
The Ranking Methodology	13	(1)
The Vault 100	14	(4)
Regional Rankings	18	(4)
Departmental Rankings	22	(7)
QUALITY OF LIFE RANKINGS	29	(30)
Methodology	33	(1)
Best 20 Law Firms to Work For	34	(3)
Quality of Life Rankings by Category	37	(22)
DIVERSITY RANKINGS	59	(14)
Best 20 Law Firms for Diversity	61	(4)
Diversity for Women	65	(2)
Diversity for Minorities	67	(2)
Diversity for Gays/Lesbians	69	(4)
THE VAULT 100: FIRMS 1-50	73	(434)
Cravath, Swaine & Moore	74	(10)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	84	(10)
Sullivan & Cromwell	94	(8)
Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & From LLP and Affiliates	102	(8)
Davis Polk & Wardwell	110	(10)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	120	(8)
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton	128	(8)
Covington & Burling	136	(8)
Latham & Watkins	144	(8)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	152	(10)
Williams & Connolly LLP	162	(8)
Kirkland & Ellis	170	(8)
Shearman & Sterling	178	(8)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	186	(10)
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering	196	(10)
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP	206	(8)
Debevoise & Plimpton	214	(8)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	222	(8)
Arnold & Porter	230	(8)
White & Case LLP	238	(10)
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue	248	(8)
O'Melveny & Myers LLP	256	(8)
Hale and Dorr LLP	264	(8)
Morrison & Foerster LLP	272	(8)
Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP	280	(10)
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	290	(8)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	298	(8)
Ropes & Gray	306	(8)
Dewey Ballantine LLP	314	(8)
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P	322	(10)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	332	(8)
King & Spalding	340	(8)
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP	348	(10)
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw	358	(8)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher	366	(8)
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP	374	(10)
Winston & Strawn	384	(10)
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP	394	(10)
Baker & McKenzie	404	(8)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	412	(10)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	422	(10)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP	432	(8)
Cahill Gordon & Reindel	440	(8)
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP	448	(8)
Proskauer Rose LLP	456	(8)
Cooley Godward LLP	464	(10)
Baker Botts L.L.P	474	(8)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	482	(8)
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P	490	(8)
McDermott, Will & Emery	498	(9)
THE VAULT 100: FIRMS 51-100	507	(102)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP	508	(2)
Chadbourne & Parke LLP	510	(2)
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P	512	(2)
Irell & Manella LLP	514	(2)
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP	516	(2)
Jenner & Block,LLP	518	(2)
Kaye Scholer LLP	520	(2)
Goodwin Procter LLP	522	(2)
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal	524	(2)
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP	526	(2)
Coudert Brothers LLP	528	(2)
Dechert	530	(2)
Fish & Neave	532	(2)
Perkins Coie LLP	534	(2)
Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP	536	(2)
Alston & Bird LLP	538	(2)
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP	540	(2)
Piper Rudnick LLP	542	(2)
Holland & Knight LLP	544	(2)
Hunton & Williams	546	(2)
Foley & Lardner	548	(2)
Crowell & Moring LLP	550	(2)
Fenwick & West LLP	552	(2)
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP	554	(2)
Bingham Dana LLP	556	(2)
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP	558	(2)
Patton Boggs LLP	560	(2)
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP	562	(2)
Baker & Hostetler LLP	564	(2)
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP	566	(2)
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP	568	(2)
Bryan Cave LLP	570	(2)
Pennie & Edmonds LLP	572	(2)
Shaw Pittman LLP	574	(2)
Dorsey & Whitney LLP	576	(2)
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P	578	(2)
Choate, Hall & Stewart	580	(2)
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC	582	(2)
Greenberg Traurig, LLP	584	(2)
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP	586	(2)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner L.L.P	588	(2)
Fish & Richardson P C	590	(2)
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP	592	(2)
Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP	594	(2)
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP	596	(2)
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	598	(2)
Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman	600	(2)
Foley Hoag LLP	602	(2)
McGuireWoods LLP	604	(2)
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP	606	(3)
BEST OF THE REST	609	(26)
Andrews & Kurth L.L.P	611	(1)
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP	612	(1)
Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP	613	(1)
Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P	614	(1)
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP	615	(1)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	616	(1)
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	617	(1)
Duane Morris LLP	618	(1)
Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC	619	(1)
Haynes and Boone, LLP	620	(1)
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP	621	(1)
Littler Mendelson, P C	622	(1)
Lord, Bissell & Brook	623	(1)
Miller Nash LLP	624	(1)
Palmer & Dodge LLP	625	(1)
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP	626	(1)
Schiff Hardin & Waite	627	(1)
Stoel Rives LLP	628	(1)
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP	629	(1)
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP	630	(1)
Troutman Sanders LLP	631	(1)
Venture Law Group	632	(1)
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP	633	(2)
LEGAL EMPLOYER DIRECTORY	635	(20)
LEGAL SEARCH FIRM DIRECTORY	655	(6)
APPENDIX	661	(1)
Alphabetical Index of Law Firms	662	(2)
Firms by Main Offices	664	(5)
About the Authors	669