Law Firm Rankings

This ranking factors in objective prestige measurements similar to those used by Vault. In addition, it seeks to balance prestige with an enjoyable work environment where enjoyable is defined roughly as liking one's work, getting enough training, billing a reasonable number of hours and where associates are likely to stay two more years. Enjoyable work versus prestige is weighted approximately 75:25.

The calculations are based in part on survey responses of 5,600 Midlevel associates (3rd, 4th & 5th year). Only firms with 10 or more survey responses are shown. Some of the data comes from The American Lawyer's 2005 Midlevel Associates Survey.

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Rank	Law Firm	Main Office	Participating Offices	Total Midlevels	Respondents	Response Rate	Prestige	Enjoyable Place to Work	Score (0-100)
26	Allen & Overy	International	Hong Kong; London; New York; Tokyo	38	19	50%	3.0	4.1	74.3
26	Sullivan & Cromwell	New York	Frankfurt; Hong Kong; London; Los Angeles; Melbourne; New York; Palo Alto; Paris; Sydney	161	71	44%	4.5	3.6	74.2
26	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	New York	Moscow; New York; Paris; Rome; Washington, DC	188	47	25%	4.1	3.7	74.1
26	Sidley Austin Brown & Wood	National	Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC	255	97	38%	3.8	3.8	74.1
26	Baker Botts	Houston	Austin, TX; Dallas; Houston; London; New York; Washington, DC	130	39	30%	3.3	4.0	74.0
26	McDermott, Will & Emery	National	Boston; Chicago; Irvine, CA; Los Angeles; Miami; New York; Palo Alto; Washington, DC	149	91	61%	3.2	4.0	73.9
26	Sutherland Asbill & Brennan	Washington, DC	Atlanta; New York; Washington, DC	58	32	55%	2.4	4.3	73.9
26	Nixon Peabody	National	Boston; Garden City, NY; Manchester, NH; New York; Rochester, NY; San Francisco; Washington, DC	77	20	26%	2.6	4.2	73.5
34	Baker & Hostetler	Cleveland	Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus; Denver; Houston; New York; Orlando; Washington, DC	104	52	50%	2.5	4.2	73.3
34	Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe	San Francisco	Los Angeles; Madison, WI; Menlo Park, CA; New York; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; Washington, DC	122	62	51%	3.0	4.0	73.3
34	Clifford Chance	International	New York; Washington, DC	61	37	61%	3.5	3.8	73.2
34	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	New York	London; Los Angeles; New York; Palo Alto	225	54	24%	4.2	3.6	72.9
34	Perkins Coie	Seattle	Chicago; Los Angeles; Menlo Park, CA; Phoenix; Portland, OR; San Francisco; Seattle	100	18	18%	2.8	4.0	72.6
34	Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman	Chicago	Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC	105	69	66%	2.6	4.1	72.5
40	Dewey Ballantine	New York	East Palo Alto; Houston; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC	89	34	38%	3.4	3.8	72.4
40	Greenberg Traurig	National	Albany; Atlanta; Chicago; Denver; Florham Park, NJ; Fort Lauderdale; Los Angeles; McLean, VA; Miami; New York; Orlando; Philadelphia; Phoenix; West Palm Beach, FL; Wilmington	154	37	24%	2.9	4.0	72.4
40	Bryan Cave	National	Chicago; Kansas City, MO; Phoenix; Santa Monica; St. Louis; Washington, DC	119	38	32%	2.7	4.1	72.3
40	Hunton & Williams	Richmond	Atlanta; Charlotte, NC; Dallas; Knoxville; McLean, VA; Miami; New York; Norfolk, VA; Raleigh; Richmond; Washington, DC	135	50	37%	2.9	4.0	72.3
40	Kaye Scholer	New York	Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC	79	31	39%	3.0	4.0	72.2
40	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	New York	New York; Washington, DC	94	31	33%	3.3	3.8	72.2
40	Dorsey & Whitney	Minneapolis	Anchorage; Denver; Minneapolis; New York; Salt Lake City; San Francisco; Seattle; Washington, DC	120	18	15%	2.6	4.1	72.0
40	Vinson & Elkins	Houston	Austin, TX; Dallas; Houston; New York; Washington, DC	133	65	49%	3.1	3.9	71.9
40	LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae	National	Boston; Chicago; Hartford; Houston; Jacksonville; Los Angeles; New York; Pittsburgh; San Francisco; Washington, DC	83	39	47%	3.1	3.9	71.8
40	Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker	National	Atlanta; Costa Mesa, CA; Los Angeles; New York; San Diego; San Francisco; Stamford, CT; Washington, DC	154	139	90%	3.4	3.8	71.8