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Top Law Firms: Highest Grossing and Most Prestigious Firms in 2013

5/4/2013

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You’re getting ready for the OCI. Your suit is pressed, your hair is perfect, your resume’ is spectacular, and your transcripts show you for the overachiever that you are. Which of the Big Law gigs are the most desirable? And do you even have a chance?  Of course you don’t, but you can always dream!

It's always good to know who the top performers are in your field of interest. That's why we all love rankings. As you peruse the 15 highest grossing law firms in the country, keep in mind some of these firms hold associations through Swiss vereins; making it difficult to verify the true numbers. Oh, and if you want to see the full list of 100 law firms with highest gross revenue, including the number of attorneys on board, click the link.                            

15 Highest Grossing Law Firms

Firm                                                   # of Equity Partners              Gross Revenue                             Location

1-  DLA Piper (vereins)                                      462                            $2,440,500,000                              New York

2-  Baker & McKenzie                                       725                            $2,313,000,000                             Chicago

3-  Latham & Watkins                                       441                            $2,226,000,000                             New York

4-  Skadden, Arps, et al and Affiliates                 405                            $2,210,000,000                             New York

5-  Kirkland & Ellis                                            325                            $1,937,500,000                             Chicago
  
6-  Jones Day                                                   859                            $1,716,000,000                             Washington D.C.

7-  Hogan Lovells US (vareins)                            513                            $1,633,000,000                             Washington D.C.

8-  Sidley Austin                                               284                            $1,489,500,000                             Chicago

9-  White & Case                                              278                            $1,383,500,000                             New York

10- Gibson Dunn & Crutcher                              281                            $1,290,500,000                             Los Angeles

11- Greenberg Traurig                                       300                             $1,239,000,000                             Miami

12- Morgan Lewis & Bockius                             360                             $1,230,000,000                            Philadelphia

13- Weil, Gotshal & Manges                             195                             $1,228,500,000                             New York

14- Sullivan & Cromwell                                    170                             $1,184,000,000                             New York

15- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett                         193                             $1,131,000,000                             New York

But honestly, is it all about the money with you? What if you're going for prestige, fewer hours, or best working condiditons? Law firms get ranked in several different ways. They're ranked as Best Law Firms to Work For, Best Law Firms for Diversity, and so forth.  Vault can provide you with various lists of top 100 firms but we thought we’d round out the highest grossing firms with the law firms voted most prestigious as per votes by Associates (and, no, they could not vote for their own firms).

The 15 Most Prestigious law Firms

Firm                                                                             Score (out of 10)                               Location

1-  Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz                                         9.022                                         New York

2-  Cravath, Swaine & Moore                                                8.786                                         New York

3-  Skadden, Arps, et al and Affiliates                                   8.422                                         New York

4-  Sullivan & Cromwell                                                        8.420                                         New York

5-  Davis Polk & Wardwell                                                    8.095                                         New York

6-  Weil, Gotshal & Manges                                                 7.823                                         New York

7-  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett                                             7.804                                        New York

8-  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton                                     7.691                                        New York

9-   Kirkland & Ellis                                                              7.509                                        Chicago

10- Latham & Watkins                                                         7.402                                         New York

11- Covington & Burling                                                        7.374                                         Washington D.C.

12- Gibson Dunn & Crutcher                                                 7.281                                        Los Angeles

13- Debevoise & Plimpton                                                     7.199                                        New York

14- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, el al                                               7.134                                        New York

15- Sidley Austin                                                                 7.034                                        Chicago


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