Order The 2006 Pro Bono Spreadsheet

This chart lists the nation’s 200 highest-grossing firms, ranked by their pro bono score on the most recent Am Law 200 survey. Half of the score comes from the average number of pro bono hours per lawyer, while the remaining half is the percentage of lawyers who perform more than 20 hours of pro bono work. Calculations are based on U.S. offices only. We define pro bono work as legal services provided to those who could not otherwise afford them. We do not include work done by paralegals or summer associates, nor time spent on bar association work, on boards of nonprofits or nonlegal work for charities. A score of zero indicates that pro bono numbers were not submitted; it does not necessarily mean that a firm did no pro bono work.

Pro Bono Rank Firm Am Law 200 Rank Am Law Pro Bono Score Average Pro Bono Hours Per Lawyer % of Lawyers With More Than 20 Hours 1 Covington & Burling 63 102.3 137.5 67.0 2 Debevoise & Plimpton 37 97.7 131.6 63.9 3 Wilmer Cutler 14 91.1 119.6 62.7 4 Hogan & Hartson 21 89.2 89.7 88.7 5 Arnold & Porter 46 88.8 111.2 66.5 6 Holland & Hart 149 84.2 88.2 80.2 7 Jenner & Block 72 81.7 95.0 68.4 8 Patterson Belknap 149 81.1 89.4 72.7 9 Heller Ehrman 43 80.9 97.1 64.7 10 Shearman & Sterling 13 77.6 73.0 82.1 11 Robins, Kaplan 120 76.3 92.5 60.1 12 Lindquist & Vennum 191 74.1 53.7 94.5 13 Crowell & Moring 112 71.3 80.4 62.2 14 Steptoe & Johnson 78 70.8 76.4 65.1 15 Hughes Hubbard 100 70.6 73.1 68.0 16 Foley Hoag 159 68.1 75.3 60.9 17 Kilpatrick Stockton 82 67.8 54.1 81.5 18 Bingham McCutchen 27 67.1 84.3 49.9 19 Cleary Gottlieb 18 66.6 78.8 54.5 20 Morrison & Foerster 22 66.1 81.1 51.1 21 Fried, Frank 59 66.0 77.0 54.9 22 Howrey 61 65.7 82.5 48.8 23 DLA Piper1 10 65.6 66.2 65.0 24 Latham & Watkins 2 64.2 78.3 50.0 24 Nelson Mullins 124 64.2 64.9 63.5 26 Patton Boggs 97 63.6 69.0 58.1 27 Weil, Gotshal 7 63.3 73.3 53.3 28 Goodwin Procter 53 62.4 76.0 48.7 29 Alston & Bird 57 60.3 62.9 57.6 29 Paul, Weiss 32 60.3 75.7 44.9 31 Hunton & Williams 43 59.6 59.1 60.2 32 Sonnenschein 48 58.5 61.1 55.9 33 Milbank, Tweed 41 57.9 62.4 53.4 34 Fulbright & Jaworski 36 56.8 62.5 51.1 35 Davis Polk 26 55.5 69.3 41.6 36 Sutherland Asbill 97 55.2 59.5 50.8 37 Mintz Levin 91 54.9 59.5 50.3 38 Arent Fox 137 53.7 56.9 50.4 39 Michael Best 178 53.3 69.9 36.6 39 Pepper Hamilton 90 53.3 62.1 44.4 41 Lowenstein Sandler 153 52.9 67.1 38.7 42 Dickstein Shapiro 80 52.5 54.6 50.5 43 Cooley Godward 70 52.4 61.0 43.8 44 Skadden 1 51.9 61.5 42.3 45 Irell & Manella 111 51.3 65.0 37.5 46 Holland & Knight 28 51.2 51.5 51.0 47 Carlton Fields 182 51.1 46.4 55.8 48 Chadbourne & Parke 92 50.6 55.6 45.6 49 Preston Gates 106 50.3 51.5 49.1 50 Akin Gump 24 50.2 56.3 44.1 51 Ballard Spahr 102 49.6 52.5 46.6 51 Schiff Hardin 118 49.6 53.3 45.9 53 Dorsey & Whitney 68 49.3 50.0 48.6 54 Simpson Thacher 20 49.2 57.3 41.1 55 Gibson, Dunn 19 49.1 53.1 45.0 56 Munger, Tolles 129 48.8 57.6 40.0 57 Cravath 40 48.2 59.9 36.5 58 Proskauer Rose 47 47.9 58.5 37.3 59 Kirkland & Ellis 9 47.7 62.6 32.8 60 Winston & Strawn 31 47.5 50.0 45.1 61 Venable 86 47.2 50.7 43.8 62 O’Melveny & Myers 15 47.1 56.0 38.2 63 Faegre & Benson 92 47.0 46.2 47.9 64 Quarles & Brady 116 46.5 42.3 50.6 65 Saul Ewing 179 46.2 29.4 63.1 66 Kaye Scholer 62 45.0 52.2 37.9 67 Willkie Farr 49 44.9 50.3 39.4 68 Stroock & Stroock 79 43.7 46.3 41.2 68 Swidler Berlin2 189 43.7 44.1 43.2 70 Pillsbury Winthrop 30 43.5 50.8 36.1 71 Cozen O’Connor 99 42.6 32.9 52.3 72 McCarter & English 126 42.4 46.7 38.1 73 Dewey Ballantine 58 42.3 43.9 40.7 73 King & Spalding 38 42.3 39.3 45.4 75 Robinson & Cole 196 42.1 43.7 40.6 75 White & Case 6 42.1 47.1 37.2 77 Choate, Hall 166 41.9 50.6 33.1 78 Kramer Levin 89 41.8 49.9 33.7 79 McDermott Will 17 41.1 40.6 41.5 80 Orrick 35 40.8 49.5 32.1 80 Sullivan & Cromwell 11 40.8 51.5 30.0 82 Davis Wright 115 40.7 46.0 35.3 83 Vinson & Elkins 39 40.6 45.1 36.1 84 Perkins Coie 69 40.1 42.3 38.0 85 LeBoeuf, Lamb 51 39.7 41.2 38.2 86 Dechert 29 38.3 39.0 37.6 87 Powell Goldstein 171 37.9 38.5 37.3 88 Sidley Austin 5 37.7 40.1 35.2 89 Dykema Gossett 143 37.4 31.1 43.7 90 Paul, Hastings 23 36.4 40.1 32.7 91 Squire, Sanders 55 36.0 52.2 19.8 92 Buchanan Ingersoll 109 35.9 39.1 32.7 92 Katten Muchin 60 35.9 38.0 33.8 94 Fenwick & West 132 35.8 37.6 34.1 95 Foley & Lardner 25 35.6 43.4 27.8 95 Ropes & Gray 34 35.6 41.9 29.4 97 Baker & McKenzie 3 35.1 40.0 30.1 97 Frost Brown 165 35.1 31.6 38.7 99 Manatt, Phelps 106 35.0 31.5 38.4 99 Shook, Hardy 85 35.0 39.2 30.7 101 Day, Berry 170 34.7 33.6 35.8 102 Baker Botts 52 34.6 36.1 33.2 102 Drinker Biddle 96 34.6 35.8 33.4 104 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart 45 34.5 30.5 38.5 105 Jones Day 4 34.2 35.6 32.7 105 Schulte Roth 67 34.2 36.1 32.3 107 Cahill Gordon 94 34.0 35.3 32.8 108 Wilson Sonsini 54 33.9 40.8 27.0 109 McKenna Long 108 33.4 32.0 34.8 110 Bell, Boyd 180 32.9 26.5 39.2 111 Kelley Drye 121 32.4 39.1 25.7 112 Brown Rudnick 163 32.3 26.4 38.1 113 Gardner Carton 163 31.5 25.8 37.2 113 Mayer, Brown 8 31.5 36.4 26.6 115 Troutman Sanders 83 31.2 26.5 36.0 116 Morgan, Lewis 16 31.1 31.7 30.6 117 Reed Smith 33 31.0 28.3 33.6 118 Blank Rome 76 29.8 29.6 29.9 119 Edwards Angell3 74 29.5 35.8 23.3 120 Barnes & Thornburg 129 28.8 26.9 30.7 121 Bryan Cave 56 28.6 26.8 30.3 122 Wiley Rein 140 27.7 24.6 30.8 123 Snell & Wilmer 113 27.4 24.5 30.3 124 Thompson Coburn 172 27.1 31.8 22.4 125 Haynes and Boone 101 26.5 27.6 25.5 126 Thacher Proffitt 133 25.9 29.4 22.4 127 Lord, Bissell 136 25.8 28.1 23.5 128 Thelen Reid 75 25.7 30.1 21.3 129 Wildman, Harrold 193 25.4 22.8 28.1 130 Cadwalader 42 25.0 25.4 24.6 131 Baker & Hostetler 73 24.1 25.8 22.3 132 Jenkens & Gilchrist 118 24.0 21.3 26.7 132 Stoel Rives 127 24.0 21.5 26.6 134 Gardere Wynne 137 23.8 10.8 36.8 135 Greenberg Traurig 12 23.2 27.8 18.5 136 Wolf, Block 147 22.6 22.5 22.7 137 Boies, Schiller 104 22.1 29.5 14.8 137 Womble Carlyle 87 22.1 23.0 21.2 139 Quinn Emanuel 109 21.9 24.2 19.7 140 Ice Miller 187 21.2 8.1 34.3 141 Nixon Peabody 64 21.1 21.9 20.3 141 Thompson Hine 131 21.1 21.5 20.7 143 Finnegan, Henderson 88 18.5 20.7 16.2 144 Jackson Walker 153 18.3 17.5 19.2 145 Duane Morris 71 18.0 14.7 21.4 145 Sedgwick, Detert 135 18.0 18.7 17.3 147 Sheppard, Mullin 77 17.8 16.7 18.8 148 McGuireWoods 65 16.6 17.9 15.2 148 Seyfarth Shaw 66 16.6 14.5 18.7 150 Fragomen, Del Rey 158 16.3 6.5 26.1 151 Blackwell Sanders 183 16.1 16.1 16.0 151 Bracewell & Giuliani 121 16.1 14.3 17.8 151 Chapman and Cutler 184 16.1 11.8 20.3 154 Brown Raysman 166 16.0 17.4 14.7 155 Holme Roberts 196 15.8 16.3 15.2 156 Vorys, Sater 145 15.7 11.9 19.4 157 Baker, Donelson 140 15.1 12.5 17.6 158 Husch & Eppenberger 169 14.7 13.7 15.6 159 Thompson & Knight 121 14.4 11.2 17.6 160 Miller, Canfield 151 14.3 13.1 15.6 161 Kasowitz, Benson 175 14.1 14.2 14.0 162 Epstein Becker 127 13.7 10.3 17.1 163 Andrews Kurth 95 13.3 15.6 11.0 163 Locke Liddell 103 13.3 10.9 15.6 165 Vedder, Price 156 13.0 10.0 16.0 166 Loeb & Loeb 143 12.7 13.7 11.8 166 Moore & Van Allen 162 12.7 10.3 15.0 168 Fox Rothschild 160 12.6 9.0 16.2 169 Winstead Sechrest 148 12.3 11.3 13.4 170 Baker & Daniels 176 12.1 10.1 14.1 171 Fitzpatrick, Cella 194 11.4 15.5 7.2 172 Townsend and Townsend 145 9.7 10.3 9.1 173 Akerman Senterfitt 117 9.2 8.2 10.2 173 Williams Mullen 186 9.2 9.6 8.9 175 Littler Mendelson 105 8.7 7.6 9.7 176 Kutak Rock 152 8.5 8.2 8.7 176 Luce, Forward 200 8.5 9.8 7.2 178 Morris, Manning 198 8.0 9.1 6.9 179 Stevens & Lee 187 6.0 5.9 6.0 180 Stinson Morrison4 174 5.8 7.8 3.7 181 Fish & Richardson 84 5.1 4.6 5.6 182 Adams and Reese 194 4.0 3.0 4.9 183 Ogletree, Deakins 173 3.7 3.7 3.7 184 Jeffer, Mangels 181 3.4 3.2 3.6 185 Buchalter Nemer 199 2.8 2.8 2.7 186 Hinshaw & Culbertson 142 2.4 2.2 2.5 187 Knobbe, Martens 191 1.7 1.6 1.7 188 Gordon & Rees 176 1.3 1.0 1.6 189 Jackson Lewis 125 1.2 0.8 1.6 200 Allen Matkins 160 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Dinsmore & Shohl 190 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Dow, Lohnes 184 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Honigman Miller 166 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Kenyon & Kenyon 155 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Lewis, Brisbois 133 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 McKee Nelson 139 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Porter Wright 157 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Wachtell 49 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Williams & Connolly 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 200 Wilson Elser 81 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 DLA merged with Piper Rudnick Gray Cary in January 2005. DLA Piper is structured as a set of alliances, so the results that are presented here are for the U.S. operation only.
2 Swidler Berlin merged into Bingham McCutchen in February.
3 Edwards Angell merged with Palmer & Dodge in November 2005. These figures are for the combined entity.
4 Stinson Morrison’s figures are based on calendar year 2005 because its fiscal year ended after our reporting deadline.
(The American Lawyer, July 2006)