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Pick of the Litter
These are the firms that appeared the most often in the companies’ public filings overall, and in four specific areas of law.
| On Top of Their Game |
| Morgan, Lewis claims the number one spot in overall mentions. |
| Firm |
Number of Mentions |
| Morgan, Lewis |
31 |
| Jones Day |
27 |
| Littler Mendelson |
27 |
| Ogletree Deakins |
22 |
| Seyfarth Shaw |
19 |
| Sidley Austin |
19 |
| Skadden |
19 |
| Baker Botts |
18 |
| Greenberg Traurig |
18 |
| Alston & Bird |
17 |
| Transaction Action |
| Skadden tops our corporate transactions list of firms. |
| Firm |
Number of Mentions |
| Skadden |
14 |
| Davis Polk |
10 |
| Cleary Gottlieb |
9 |
| Sidley Austin |
9 |
| Jones Day |
7 |
| Richards, Layton |
7 |
| Baker & McKenzie |
6 |
| Blake, Cassels |
6 |
| Dewey & LeBoeuf |
6 |
| Sullivan & Cromwell |
6 |
| Wachtell |
6 |
| Business as Usual |
| The competition is fierce in commercial law and contracts litigation. |
| Firm |
Number of Mentions |
| Greenberg Traurig |
6 |
| Day Pitney |
5 |
| Eichenbaum & Stylianou |
5 |
| Goldman & Warshaw |
5 |
| Arthur B. Adler & Associates |
4 |
| Baker & Miller |
4 |
| Lyons, Doughty |
4 |
| Sonnenschein |
4 |
| Bryan Cave |
3 |
| Cullen and Dykman |
3 |
| Davis Wright |
3 |
| Foley & Lardner |
3 |
| GableGotwals |
3 |
| King & Spalding |
3 |
| Kirkland & Ellis |
3 |
| Littler Mendelson |
3 |
| Nudelman, Nudelman |
3 |
| Pressler & Pressler |
3 |
| Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff |
3 |
| Weltman, Weinberg |
3 |
| Labor of Love |
| Littler Mendelson reigns over labor and employment litigation. |
| Firm |
Number of Mentions |
| Littler Mendelson |
24 |
| Ogletree Deakins |
20 |
| Morgan, Lewis |
18 |
| Seyfarth Shaw |
15 |
| Jackson Lewis |
9 |
| Paul, Hastings |
9 |
| Akin Gump |
6 |
| Baker, Donelson |
6 |
| Bryan Cave |
6 |
| Fisher & Phillips |
6 |
| Ford & Harrison |
6 |
| Liable to Win |
| These firms had the most work in torts/negligence litigation. |
| Firm |
Number of Mentions |
| Shook, Hardy |
8 |
| Baker, Donelson |
7 |
| Reed Smith |
7 |
| DLA Piper |
6 |
| Snell & Wilmer |
5 |
| Drinker Biddle |
4 |
| Fulbright & Jaworski |
4 |
| Halloran & Sage |
4 |
| Harris Beach |
4 |
| Kean Miller |
4 |
| Laxalt & Nomura |
4 |
| McGuireWoods |
4 |
| Thompson & Knight |
4 |
| Tucker Ellis |
4 |
| Venable |
4 |
Brains of the Operation
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| Jones Day and Baker Botts tie for the lead in the IP category this year. |
| Firm |
Number of Mentions |
| Baker Botts |
12 |
| Jones Day |
12 |
| Howrey |
11 |
| McDermott Will |
11 |
| Alston & Bird |
10 |
| Fish & Richardson |
9 |
| Greenberg Traurig |
8 |
| Morgan, Lewis |
8 |
| Potter Minton |
8 |
| Foley & Lardner |
7 |
| Fulbright & Jaworski |
7 |
| Sidley Austin |
7 |
| (Corporate Counsel, September 2008) |