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Rank Firm Total Score* How They Can Make the Grade
21 O’Melveny & Myers National 960 Very close. All scores were up except RPL.
22 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom National 958 Close again; increase any one score.
23 Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. 952 Pro bono champ needs to refocus on associate satisfaction.
24 Heller Ehrman San Francisco 944 Slipped off list after associate score sagged.
25 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York 922 Associates feel unloved.
25 Irell & Manella Los Angeles 922 Revenue is stellar. Now bring up pro bono or associates.
27 Jenner & Block Chicago 909 Hurt by drop in associate score.
28 Bingham McCutchen National 900 Scores dipped across the board.
28 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National 900 A big gainer in pro bono, but RPL still lags.
30 Dickstein Shapiro Washington, D.C. 897 Slumping pro bono and RPL scores push firm off The A-List.
31 Cooley Godward Kronish1 Palo Alto 894 Pro bono scores could use a boost.
32 Hogan & Hartson National 886 First-class pro bono diminished by drop in diversity.
33 McDermott Will & Emery National 866 Scores are up all around, but not high enough to make the cut.
34 Goodwin Procter Boston 859 Diversity score has improved, though it’s still not at A-List levels.
35 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae National 853 Pro bono and RPL way up; time to work on diversity.
36 Ropes & Gray Boston 850 Turbo-charge pro bono and associate scores.
37 DLA Piper US National 845 Pro bono now in the top tier. Other scores could use work.
38 Dewey Ballantine New York 834 One word: associates.
39 Kirkland & Ellis National 828 See Dewey, above.
40 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York 818 Pro bono lags at high-earning firm.
41 Sullivan & Cromwell New York 815 Revenues are top-notch; need to focus on associate scores.
42 Sidley Austin National 814 Continue to boost associate satisfaction.
43 Kaye Scholer New York 808 Associate and diversity scores trail top-flight revenues.
44 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker National 804 Pump up pro bono score.
45 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Los Angeles 801 Low associate score cancels out excellent diversity numbers.
46 Steptoe & Johnson Washington, D.C. 800 Associate and diversity scores are below average.
47 Alston & Bird Atlanta 796 For this crowd, RPL is on the low end.
48 Vinson & Elkins Houston 792 Associate score improves, but pro bono needs a pick-me-up.
49 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Chicago 789 See Alston, above.
50 Crowell & Moring Washington, D.C. 788 Raise revenues to match D.C. peers.
* The total score was calculated by doubling the firm’s RPL and pro bono scores and adding those to the firm’s associate satisfaction and diversity scores.
1 Cooley Godward merged with Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in October 2006. Cooley’s results do not include Kronish.