Vault.com Guide to America's Top 50 Law Firms

by Vault.com

• ISBN13: 9781581311143
• ISBN10: 1581311141
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: VAULT.COM

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
Introduction	1	(1)
The State of the Law: 2000-2001	2	(5)
A Guide to this Guide	7	(6)
THE VAULT.COM PRESTIGE RANKINGS
The Vault.com Top 50	13	(3)
Prestige Rankings by City	16	(5)
Departmental Rankings	21	(9)
QUALITY OF LIFE RANKINGS
The Best 20 Firms to Work For	30	(3)
Quality of Life Rankings by Category	33	(27)
THE VAULT.COM 50
Cravath, Swaine & Moore	60	(16)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	76	(14)
Sullivan & Cromwell	90	(14)
Davis Polk & Wardwell	104	(12)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	116	(14)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	130	(12)
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton	142	(14)
Shearman & Sterling	156	(14)
Latham & Watkins	170	(12)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	182	(12)
Kirkland & Ellis	194	(10)
Williams & Connolly	204	(10)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges	214	(12)
Covington & Burling	226	(10)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	236	(14)
Sidley & Austin	250	(12)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	262	(12)
Debevoise & Plimpton	274	(10)
O'Melveny & Myers	284	(14)
White & Case	298	(10)
Arnold & Porter	308	(12)
Morrison & Foerster	320	(10)
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering	330	(10)
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison	340	(12)
Mayer, Brown & Platt	352	(12)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy	364	(10)
Hale and Dorr	374	(12)
Ropes & Gray	386	(12)
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	398	(12)
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue	410	(12)
Dewey Ballantine	422	(10)
Cooley Godward	432	(12)
Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells	444	(12)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	456	(12)
King & Spalding	468	(10)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher	478	(10)
Venture Law Group	488	(10)
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian	498	(12)
Hogan & Hartson	510	(12)
Munger, Tolles & Olson	522	(10)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker	532	(12)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	544	(10)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	554	(12)
Winston & Strawn	566	(12)
Baker & McKenzie	578	(12)
Vinson & Elkins	590	(10)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	600	(10)
Proskauer Rose	610	(12)
Baker Botts	622	(12)
Cahill Gordon & Reindel	634
NEARLY AND NOTABLE
Alston & Bird	648
Chadbourne & Parke	658
Choate, Hall & Stewart	670
Dechert Price & Rhoads	682
Fulbright & Jaworski	694
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich	704
Irell & Manella	714
Jenner & Block	724
Kilpatrick Stockton	736
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae	746
McDermott, Will & Emery	756
Perkins Coie	770
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro	782
Preston Gates & Ellis	794
THE BEST OF THE REST
Arent Fox Kinter Plotkin & Kahn	807
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll	808
Bingham Dana	809
Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley	810
Bracewell & Patterson	811
Drinker Biddle & Reath	812
Duane, Morris & Heckscher	813
Fenwick & West	814
Fish & Neave	815
Fish & Richardson	816
Foley, Hoag & Eliot	817
Foley & Lardner	818
Gardere & Wynne	819
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar	820
Haynes and Boone	821
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe	822
Howrey Simon Arnold & White	823
Hunton & Williams	824
Jenkens & Gilchrist	825
Katten Muchin Zavis	826
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler	827
Kelley Drye & Warren	828
Loeb & Loeb	829
Long Aldridge & Norman	830
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips	831
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo	832
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads	833
Palmer & Dodge	834
Pepper Hamilton	835
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe	836
Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul	837
Schiff Hardin & Waite	838
Schulte Roth & Zabel	839
Shaw Pittman	840
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton	841
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal	842
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey	843
Steptoe & Johnson	844
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan	845
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman	846
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault	847
Thelen Reid & Priest	848
Thompson & Knight	849
Troutman Sanders	850
Winstead Sechrest & Minick	851
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts	852
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen	853
APPENDIX
Alphabetical Index of Law Firms	857
Firms by Main Office	860
People Index	864
Company/Organization Index	873
About the Authors	883