Order the 2004 A-List electronic spreadsheet
Rank |
Firm |
City |
Am Law 2003 Rank |
Total Score* |
RPL Score |
Pro Bono Score |
Associates Score |
Diversity Score |
51 |
Kilpatrick Stockton |
Atlanta |
84 |
780 |
79 |
173 |
166 |
110 |
52 |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
New York |
110 |
776 |
151 |
157 |
112 |
48 |
53 |
Crowell & Moring |
Washington, D.C. |
134 |
771 |
89 |
175 |
141 |
102 |
54 |
Proskauer Rose |
New York |
49 |
766 |
151 |
146 |
58 |
114 |
54 |
Vinson & Elkins |
Houston |
34 |
766 |
126 |
133 |
158 |
90 |
56 |
Kaye Scholer |
New York |
56 |
748 |
176 |
88 |
50 |
170 |
57 |
Fulbright & Jaworski |
Houston |
30 |
743 |
106 |
151 |
123 |
106 |
58 |
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw |
National |
6 |
740 |
151 |
101 |
106 |
130 |
59 |
Palmer & Dodge |
Boston |
199 |
739 |
89 |
177 |
156 |
51 |
60 |
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker |
National |
23 |
736 |
162 |
104 |
69 |
135 |
61 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
Washington, D.C. |
86 |
734 |
173 |
50 |
149 |
139 |
61 |
Piper Rudnick |
National |
27 |
734 |
111 |
147 |
137 |
81 |
63 |
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae |
National |
54 |
732 |
111 |
107 |
121 |
175 |
64 |
Carlton Fields |
Tampa |
195 |
714 |
42 |
141 |
195 |
153 |
64 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
National |
15 |
714 |
126 |
122 |
101 |
117 |
66 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
National |
17 |
713 |
167 |
101 |
42 |
135 |
67 |
Fish & Neave |
New York |
147 |
707 |
171 |
63 |
65 |
174 |
68 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
Washington, D.C. |
93 |
702 |
131 |
179 |
0 |
82 |
69 |
Thelen Reid & Priest |
San Francisco |
78 |
699 |
113 |
80 |
151 |
162 |
70 |
King & Spalding |
Atlanta |
37 |
692 |
136 |
93 |
124 |
110 |
71 |
McDermott, Will & Emery |
National |
12 |
689 |
176 |
84 |
76 |
93 |
72 |
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal |
Chicago |
53 |
685 |
107 |
82 |
175 |
132 |
73 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan |
Atlanta |
118 |
682 |
69 |
185 |
131 |
43 |
74 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
New York |
51 |
681 |
177 |
78 |
59 |
112 |
74 |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon |
Kansas City, Missouri |
74 |
681 |
76 |
138 |
147 |
106 |
76 |
White & Case |
International |
7 |
671 |
92 |
134 |
70 |
149 |
77 |
Choate, Hall & Stewart |
Boston |
173 |
664 |
142 |
143 |
86 |
8 |
78 |
Schiff Hardin & Waite |
Chicago |
122 |
660 |
96 |
119 |
187 |
43 |
79 |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel |
New York |
82 |
653 |
192 |
112 |
45 |
0 |
79 |
Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman |
Chicago |
57 |
653 |
121 |
125 |
108 |
53 |
81 |
Lowenstein Sandler |
Roseland, New Jersey |
172 |
639 |
63 |
155 |
138 |
65 |
82 |
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich |
Palo Alto |
85 |
636 |
106 |
73 |
133 |
145 |
83 |
Dechert |
National |
41 |
633 |
116 |
144 |
76 |
37 |
84 |
Buchanan Ingersoll |
Pittsburgh |
120 |
631 |
48 |
145 |
182 |
63 |
85 |
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels |
Boston |
170 |
630 |
121 |
109 |
165 |
5 |
86 |
Fish & Richardson |
National |
95 |
629 |
159 |
40 |
115 |
116 |
87 |
Venable |
Washington, D.C. |
86 |
627 |
93 |
139 |
88 |
75 |
88 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
New York |
64 |
623 |
200 |
0 |
155 |
68 |
89 |
Davis Wright Tremaine |
Seattle |
117 |
615 |
35 |
126 |
183 |
110 |
90 |
Patton Boggs |
Washington, D.C. |
96 |
612 |
85 |
176 |
0 |
90 |
91 |
Kelley Drye & Warren |
New York |
115 |
611 |
108 |
93 |
52 |
157 |
91 |
McKenna Long & Aldridge |
National |
113 |
611 |
76 |
120 |
117 |
102 |
93 |
Faegre & Benson |
Minneapolis |
105 |
609 |
28 |
160 |
196 |
37 |
94 |
Foley Hoag |
Boston |
153 |
605 |
52 |
180 |
104 |
37 |
95 |
Foley & Lardner |
Milwaukee |
25 |
602 |
121 |
109 |
79 |
63 |
96 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton |
Los Angeles |
92 |
597 |
121 |
41 |
154 |
119 |
97 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo |
Boston |
89 |
596 |
104 |
174 |
0 |
40 |
98 |
Perkins Coie |
Seattle |
72 |
594 |
73 |
137 |
48 |
126 |
99 |
Locke Liddell & Sapp |
Dallas |
103 |
592 |
103 |
57 |
130 |
142 |
100 |
Haynes and Boone |
Dallas |
98 |
591 |
64 |
62 |
190 |
149 |
101 |
Jones Day |
National |
3 |
590 |
92 |
115 |
103 |
73 |
101 |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
Los Angeles |
115 |
590 |
126 |
74 |
53 |
137 |
103 |
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll |
Philadelphia |
102 |
589 |
49 |
159 |
168 |
5 |
104 |
Fenwick & West |
Palo Alto |
137 |
581 |
126 |
68 |
0 |
193 |
105 |
Bryan Cave |
National |
45 |
580 |
73 |
99 |
139 |
97 |
105 |
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman |
Washington, D.C. |
118 |
580 |
136 |
132 |
0 |
44 |
107 |
Thacher Proffitt & Wood |
New York |
171 |
579 |
113 |
60 |
55 |
178 |
108 |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
Armonk, New York |
125 |
574 |
189 |
98 |
0 |
0 |
109 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
Philadelphia |
194 |
571 |
83 |
166 |
0 |
73 |
110 |
Holland & Knight |
National |
24 |
559 |
57 |
150 |
0 |
145 |
111 |
Baker & Hostetler |
Cleveland |
70 |
557 |
63 |
75 |
153 |
128 |
112 |
Gardner, Carton & Douglas |
Chicago |
157 |
556 |
76 |
82 |
95 |
145 |
112 |
Quarles & Brady |
Milwaukee |
114 |
556 |
23 |
158 |
97 |
97 |
114 |
Pennie & Edmonds |
New York |
173 |
553 |
126 |
21 |
77 |
182 |
115 |
Shaw Pittman |
Washington, D.C. |
99 |
533 |
99 |
124 |
0 |
87 |
116 |
Loeb & Loeb |
Los Angeles |
168 |
531 |
116 |
56 |
134 |
53 |
117 |
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy |
Atlanta |
149 |
529 |
52 |
77 |
132 |
139 |
118 |
Baker Botts |
Houston |
43 |
526 |
141 |
69 |
0 |
106 |
119 |
Wiley Rein & Fielding |
Washington, D.C. |
140 |
524 |
96 |
72 |
118 |
70 |
120 |
Coudert Brothers |
International |
75 |
514 |
31 |
153 |
146 |
0 |
121 |
Day, Berry & Howard |
Hartford |
167 |
511 |
69 |
119 |
67 |
68 |
122 |
Lord, Bissell & Brook |
Chicago |
123 |
507 |
69 |
83 |
72 |
131 |
123 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath |
Philadelphia |
88 |
505 |
63 |
128 |
100 |
23 |
124 |
Cozen O’Connor |
Philadelphia |
101 |
503 |
35 |
136 |
160 |
1 |
124 |
Michael Best & Friedrich |
Milwaukee |
148 |
503 |
23 |
140 |
161 |
16 |
126 |
Blank Rome |
Philadelphia |
81 |
500 |
89 |
65 |
181 |
11 |
127 |
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin |
San Francisco |
188 |
496 |
159 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
128 |
Williams & Connolly |
Washington, D.C. |
111 |
494 |
184 |
0 |
0 |
126 |
129 |
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman |
New York |
108 |
486 |
199 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
130 |
Bracewell & Patterson |
Houston |
121 |
484 |
48 |
51 |
200 |
86 |
131 |
Andrews & Kurth |
Houston |
93 |
481 |
89 |
29 |
177 |
68 |
132 |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges |
Los Angeles |
145 |
480 |
145 |
0 |
0 |
190 |
133 |
Dykema Gossett |
Detroit |
179 |
473 |
18 |
123 |
136 |
55 |
134 |
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease |
Columbus, Ohio |
140 |
471 |
25 |
127 |
146 |
21 |
134 |
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon |
Chicago |
185 |
471 |
83 |
54 |
174 |
23 |
136 |
Reed Smith |
Pittsburgh |
33 |
462 |
79 |
72 |
44 |
116 |
137 |
Preston Gates & Ellis |
Seattle |
100 |
458 |
83 |
103 |
0 |
86 |
138 |
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough |
Columbia, South Carolina |
137 |
453 |
31 |
189 |
0 |
13 |
139 |
Winstead Sechrest & Minick |
Dallas |
136 |
452 |
42 |
35 |
188 |
110 |
140 |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
National |
62 |
448 |
73 |
61 |
82 |
98 |
141 |
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz |
Chicago |
151 |
438 |
128 |
38 |
105 |
1 |
142 |
Troutman Sanders |
Atlanta |
97 |
436 |
23 |
80 |
167 |
63 |
143 |
Holland & Hart |
Denver |
173 |
432 |
14 |
193 |
0 |
18 |
144 |
Jenkens & Gilchrist |
Dallas |
71 |
430 |
121 |
40 |
60 |
48 |
145 |
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd |
Chicago |
183 |
423 |
48 |
48 |
153 |
78 |
146 |
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear |
Irvine |
198 |
422 |
99 |
18 |
0 |
188 |
147 |
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur |
Columbus, Ohio |
154 |
415 |
18 |
90 |
185 |
14 |
148 |
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen |
Philadelphia |
163 |
402 |
58 |
94 |
97 |
1 |
149 |
Littler Mendelson |
San Francisco |
109 |
400 |
57 |
23 |
80 |
160 |
150 |
Kenyon & Kenyon |
New York |
160 |
398 |
136 |
0 |
0 |
126 |
151 |
Nixon Peabody |
National |
67 |
388 |
69 |
86 |
0 |
78 |
152 |
Pepper Hamilton |
Philadelphia |
107 |
387 |
52 |
107 |
61 |
8 |
153 |
McKee Nelson |
Washington, D.C. |
189 |
386 |
193 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold |
San Francisco |
133 |
373 |
35 |
0 |
148 |
155 |
155 |
Duane Morris |
Philadelphia |
80 |
369 |
69 |
26 |
116 |
63 |
156 |
Seyfarth Shaw |
National |
73 |
362 |
79 |
49 |
0 |
106 |
157 |
Saul Ewing |
Philadelphia |
176 |
357 |
42 |
58 |
127 |
30 |
158 |
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey |
National |
47 |
354 |
96 |
0 |
0 |
162 |
159 |
Baker & Daniels |
Indianapolis |
176 |
353 |
28 |
46 |
165 |
40 |
160 |
Edwards & Angell |
Providence |
128 |
348 |
73 |
52 |
98 |
0 |
161 |
Baker & McKenzie |
International |
2 |
347 |
14 |
76 |
0 |
167 |
162 |
Snell & Wilmer |
Phoenix |
129 |
345 |
37 |
64 |
143 |
0 |
163 |
Townsend and Townsend and Crew |
San Francisco |
184 |
344 |
152 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
164 |
Barnes & Thornburg |
Indianapolis |
143 |
337 |
18 |
85 |
130 |
1 |
165 |
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps |
San Diego |
186 |
328 |
99 |
30 |
0 |
70 |
166 |
Robinson & Cole |
Hartford |
187 |
327 |
57 |
93 |
0 |
27 |
167 |
Thompson Hine |
Cleveland |
142 |
308 |
19 |
60 |
113 |
37 |
168 |
Epstein Becker & Green |
National |
127 |
304 |
48 |
22 |
0 |
164 |
169 |
McCarter & English |
Newark, New Jersey |
155 |
300 |
31 |
95 |
0 |
48 |
170 |
Gardere Wynne Sewell |
Dallas |
132 |
294 |
84 |
43 |
0 |
40 |
171 |
Fox Rothschild |
Philadelphia |
179 |
275 |
42 |
31 |
128 |
1 |
172 |
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro |
Los Angeles |
181 |
274 |
137 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
173 |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice |
Winston-Salem |
90 |
273 |
42 |
66 |
0 |
57 |
174 |
McGuireWoods |
Richmond |
65 |
270 |
57 |
33 |
66 |
24 |
175 |
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault |
Boston |
162 |
269 |
25 |
67 |
57 |
28 |
176 |
Chapman and Cutler |
Chicago |
189 |
268 |
63 |
27 |
56 |
32 |
177 |
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson |
Washington, D.C. |
196 |
262 |
131 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
178 |
Moore & Van Allen |
Charlotte |
158 |
252 |
63 |
55 |
0 |
16 |
178 |
Thompson & Knight |
Dallas |
131 |
252 |
48 |
46 |
0 |
64 |
180 |
Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner |
New York |
176 |
236 |
57 |
36 |
49 |
1 |
181 |
Thompson Coburn |
St. Louis |
163 |
235 |
20 |
97 |
0 |
1 |
182 |
Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory |
Los Angeles |
161 |
232 |
116 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
183 |
Stoel Rives |
Portland, Oregon |
124 |
226 |
37 |
35 |
81 |
1 |
184 |
Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson |
Miami |
129 |
207 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
185 |
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn |
Detroit |
181 |
185 |
92 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
186 |
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith |
Los Angeles |
200 |
181 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
179 |
187 |
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone |
Detroit |
146 |
179 |
18 |
47 |
0 |
49 |
188 |
Jackson Lewis |
National |
126 |
167 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
97 |
189 |
Frost Brown Todd |
Cincinnati |
158 |
147 |
3 |
70 |
0 |
1 |
190 |
Hinshaw & Culbertson |
Chicago |
150 |
136 |
4 |
19 |
0 |
90 |
191 |
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin |
Kansas City, Missouri |
191 |
123 |
8 |
53 |
0 |
1 |
192 |
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz |
Memphis |
156 |
107 |
14 |
33 |
0 |
13 |
193 |
Adams and Reese |
New Orleans |
196 |
97 |
10 |
25 |
0 |
27 |
193 |
Husch & Eppenberger |
St. Louis |
169 |
97 |
6 |
42 |
0 |
1 |
195 |
Jackson Walker |
Dallas |
143 |
96 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
196 |
Dinsmore & Shohl |
Cincinnati |
193 |
89 |
7 |
37 |
0 |
1 |
197 |
Kutak Rock |
National |
152 |
76 |
14 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
198 |
Stinson Morrison Hecker |
Kansas City, Missouri |
163 |
70 |
6 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
199 |
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker |
New York |
91 |
67 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
63 |
200 |
Ice Miller |
Indianapolis |
191 |
22 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
*The total score was calculated by doubling the RPL and Pro Bono scores and adding those to the Associate Satisfaction and Diversity scores. |
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