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)
67	O'Melveny & Myers	Los Angeles	Beijing; Century City, CA; Los Angeles; Menlo Park, CA; New York; Newport Beach, CA; San Francisco; Shanghai; Washington, DC	206	109	53%	3.8	3.5	69.3
67	Dechert	National	Boston; Hartford; New York; Newport Beach, CA; Palo Alto; Philadelphia; Princeton; San Francisco; Washington, DC	144	85	59%	3.1	3.7	69.2
67	Arnold & Porter	Washington, DC	Los Angeles; McLean, VA; New York; Washington, DC	126	29	23%	3.8	3.5	69.1
67	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Palo Alto	Austin, TX; Palo Alto; Reston, VA; Salt Lake City; San Francisco; Seattle	138	29	21%	3.4	3.6	69.1
67	Steptoe & Johnson	Washington, DC	Phoenix; Washington, DC	56	30	54%	2.9	3.8	69.0
67	Bingham McCutchen	National	Boston; Costa Mesa, CA; Hartford; Los Angeles; New York; Palo Alto; San Francisco; Walnut Creek, CA; Washington, DC	167	72	43%	2.9	3.7	68.8
67	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy	New York	Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC	91	32	35%	3.5	3.5	68.7
67	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	National	Chicago; Dallas; Los Angeles; Miami; New York; Palo Alto; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Princeton; San Francisco; Washington, DC	235	122	52%	3.3	3.6	68.7
76	Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham	National	Boston; Dallas; Harrisburg, PA; London; Los Angeles; Miami; New York; Newark; Pittsburgh; San Francisco; Washington, DC	151	104	69%	2.7	3.8	68.4
76	Foley & Lardner	Milwaukee	Boston; Chicago; Detroit; Jacksonville; Los Angeles; Madison, WI; Milwaukee; Orlando; Palo Alto; San Diego; San Francisco; Tallahassee; Tampa; Washington, DC	125	65	52%	2.9	3.7	68.3
76	Alston & Bird	Atlanta	Atlanta; Charlotte, NC; New York; Raleigh; Washington, DC	122	66	54%	3.0	3.6	68.0
76	Kelley Drye & Warren	New York	New York; Parsippany, NJ; Stamford, CT; Washington, DC	46	22	48%	2.5	3.9	68.0
80	Arent Fox	Washington, DC	New York; Washington, DC	30	14	47%	2.5	3.8	67.3
81	Preston Gates & Ellis	Seattle	Irvine, CA; Portland, OR; San Francisco; Seattle; Taipei; Washington, DC	47	19	40%	2.4	3.6	65.1
81	Chadbourne & Parke	New York	New York; Washington, DC	48	14	29%	2.8	3.5	65.0
81	Cahill Gordon & Reindel	New York	New York	53	17	32%	3.1	3.4	64.9
84	Fenwick & West	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View, CA; San Francisco	50	12	24%	2.6	3.6	64.2
84	Proskauer Rose	New York	Boston; Los Angeles; New York; Newark	111	42	38%	3.3	3.3	63.8
86	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	New York	Charlotte, NC; London; New York; Washington, DC	89	33	37%	3.4	3.2	63.0