Annual Survey
Of the Nation’s
Largest Law Firms

NEW! 2004 Survey:




The NLJ 250

Rankings: 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250
Rank Firm Principal city Lawyers
51 Debevoise & Plimpton New York 624
52 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae New York 623
53 Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman Chicago 601
54 Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Mo. 601
55 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto, Calif. 600
56 Perkins Coie Seattle 595
* 57 Dewey Ballantine New York 522
58 Baker & Hostetler Cleveland 580
59 Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Washington 576
60 Ropes & Gray Boston 573
61 Howrey Simon Arnold & White Washington 553
62 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York 552
63 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York 551
64 Seyfarth Shaw Chicago 550
65 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York 549
66 Troutman Sanders Atlanta 527
67 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York 523
68 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York 522
69 Duane Morris Philadelphia 518
70 Covington & Burling Washington 514
71 Hale and Dorr Boston 509
72 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York 507
73 Goodwin Procter Boston 502
74 Kaye Scholer New York 494
75 Jenkens & Gilchrist Dallas 480
76 Faegre & Benson Minneapolis 479
77 Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta 469
78 Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll Philadelphia 464
79 Haynes and Boone Dallas 460
80 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Winston-Salem, N.C. 459
81 Cozen O’Connor Philadelphia 458
82 Cooley Godward Palo Alto, Calif. 455
83 Blank Rome Philadelphia 450
84 Drinker Biddle & Reath Philadelphia 449
85 Thelen Reid & Priest San Francisco 447
86 Venable Washington 442
87 Quarles & Brady Milwaukee 422
88 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo Boston 422
89 Jenner & Block Chicago 421
90 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles 409
91 Preston Gates & Ellis Seattle 404
92 Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia 402
93 Littler Mendelson San Francisco 398
94 Locke Liddell & Sapp Dallas 397
95 Patton Boggs Washington 396
96 Andrews & Kurth Houston 394
97 Chadbourne & Parke New York 393
98 Hinshaw & Culbertson Chicago 387
99 Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich Palo Alto, Calif. 387
100 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Los Angeles 386
 
(The National Law Journal, November 2003)