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THE AM LAW 100

Rank 2002 Rank 2001 Firm City Gross Number of Lawyers
1 1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York $1,310,000,000 1,632
2 2 Baker & McKenzie International $1,060,000,000 3,156
3 3 Jones Day National $908,000,000 1,698
4 4 Latham & Watkins National $906,000,000 1,393
5 5 Sidley Austin Brown & Wood National $831,000,000 1,377
6 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw † National $705,000,000 1,181
7 6 Shearman & Sterling New York $700,000,000 969
8 8 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York $688,000,000 925
9 7 White & Case International $675,000,000 1,463
10 13 McDermott, Will & Emery National $628,000,000 897
11 12 Sullivan & Cromwell New York $624,000,000 643
12 16 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago $611,000,000 765
13 14 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld National $575,000,000 864
14 11 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York $570,000,000 595
15 15 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Los Angeles $569,000,000 721
16 19 O'Melveny & Myers Los Angeles $565,000,000 792
17 9 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National $557,500,000 1,055
18 17 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York $543,500,000 626
19 18 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York $531,000,000 695
20 21 Holland & Knight National $514,500,000 1,162
21 19 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco $505,000,000 870
22 24 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee $489,500,000 891
23 22 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker National $488,000,000 744
24 31 Hogan & Hartson Washington, D.C. $480,000,000 865
25 28 Greenberg Traurig National $465,000,000 816
26 22 Vinson & Elkins Houston $456,500,000 795
27 34 Piper Rudnick National $455,000,000 839
28 29 Winston & Strawn Chicago $442,000,000 784
29 - Bingham McCutchen † National $433,500,000 720
30 26 Pillsbury Winthrop San Francisco $416,000,000 639
31 35 Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C. $415,000,000 631
32 36 Fulbright & Jaworski Houston $412,500,000 750
33 32 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York $409,500,000 448
34 30 Hunton & Williams Richmond $406,000,000 798
35 37 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe San Francisco $400,000,000 571
36 40 King & Spalding Atlanta $387,000,000 639
36 27 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto $387,000,000 670
38 38 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York $381,000,000 462
39 41 Dechert National $372,500,000 708
40 44 Baker Botts Houston $365,000,000 612
41 43 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey National $364,500,000 745
42 46 Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe San Francisco $354,000,000 535
43 25 Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison 1 San Francisco $352,500,000 493
44 47 Dewey Ballantine New York $350,000,000 524
45 42 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae National $346,000,000 690
46 49 Debevoise & Plimpton New York $344,000,000 484
47 45 Proskauer Rose New York $343,500,000 549
48 64 Bryan Cave National $337,000,000 784
49 33 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York $329,500,000 431
50 51 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York $328,000,000 529
51 47 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York $320,000,000 169
51 53 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York $320,000,000 461
53 56 Alston & Bird Atlanta $314,500,000 615
54 - Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman National $314,000,000 543
54 58 Reed Smith National $314,000,000 692
56 59 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York $313,000,000 454
57 57 Kaye Scholer New York $311,000,000 435
58 54 Howrey Simon Arnold & White Washington, D.C. $310,000,000 540
59 55 Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis $307,000,000 675
60 52 Hale and Dorr Boston $306,500,000 453
61 39 Cooley Godward Palo Alto $301,000,000 548
62 70 Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Washington, D.C. $296,500,000 450
63 50 Jenkens & Gilchrist Dallas $296,000,000 520
64 60 Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. $291,500,000 500
65 68 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Chicago $287,500,000 533
66 62 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart National $282,000,000 611
67 61 Ropes & Gray Boston $278,000,000 423
68 63 Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Missouri $273,500,000 602
69 66 Goodwin Procter Boston $270,000,000 476
70 67 Nixon Peabody National $259,500,000 530
71 75 Coudert Brothers International $251,500,000 586
72 69 Perkins Coie Seattle $244,000,000 527
73 74 McGuireWoods Richmond $241,000,000 565
74 72 Seyfarth Shaw National $238,000,000 492
75 78 Baker & Hostetler Cleveland $229,500,000 540
76 109 Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky Washington, D.C. $223,000,000 298
77 71 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo Boston $220,000,000 408
78 79 Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta $214,000,000 460
79 83 Chadbourne & Parke New York $211,000,000 309
80 80 Jenner & Block Chicago $209,500,000 337
81 77 Thelen Reid & Priest San Francisco $209,000,000 397
82 73 Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich Palo Alto $205,000,000 400
83 86 Duane Morris National $201,000,000 415
84 89 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Washington, D.C. $200,000,000 285
85 113 Drinker Biddle & Reath Philadelphia $199,000,000 425
86 92 Schulte Roth & Zabel New York $194,000,000 303
87 82 Shaw Pittman Washington, D.C. $192,500,000 381
87 88 Troutman Sanders Atlanta $192,500,000 481
89 86 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan New York $191,000,000 300
89 94 Venable Baltimore $191,000,000 379
91 84 Locke Liddell & Sapp Dallas $188,000,000 351
92 85 Blank Rome Philadelphia $187,000,000 379
93 90 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Winston-Salem $183,000,000 438
94 95 Haynes and Boone Dallas $180,000,000 390
95 93 Cahill Gordon & Reindel New York $179,500,000 241
96 99 Steptoe & Johnson Washington, D.C. $177,500,000 326
97 102 Patton Boggs Washington, D.C. $177,000,000 361
98 98 Andrews & Kurth Houston $176,000,000 339
99 101 Kelley Drye & Warren New York $175,000,000 311
100 97 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia $172,000,000 429
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Definitions: Figures for gross revenue and net operating income are rounded to the nearest $500,000. Figures for revenue per lawyer, profits per equity partner, and partner compensation are rounded to the nearest $5,000. Firms that tied in the rankings are listed alphabetically. In most instances, our results are based on the accounting method used by the firm; if a firm offered us both cash- and accrual-method figures, we chose the former. Revenue figures include paralegal billings but not revenue from ancillary businesses, equity investments, or charges for disbursements. Revenue per lawyer is gross revenue divided by the number of lawyers; profits per equity partner is net operating income -- minus aggregate compensation for all nonequity partners, if any -- divided by the number of equity partners.

Average partner compensation is the net operating income plus the aggregate salary of all nonequity partners divided by the number of equity and nonequity partners. Profitability index is the ratio of profits per partner to revenue per lawyer. Firm size: For firms whose fiscal year ended between September 1, 2002, and February 28, 2003, the numbers of lawyers and partners are stated as of August 31, 2002. For firms whose fiscal year ended between March 1 and August 31, 2002, numbers are stated as of the end of the fiscal year. We asked for "full-time equivalent" lawyer numbers, which were rounded to the nearest whole number. Only full equity partners are counted as partners.

* Firms marked with an asterisk have more than one partnership tier.
† Firm merged in 2002, so there is no information for comparison.
1 Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison closed February 2003.
(The American Lawyer, July 2003)


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