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Extra-Large Firms
| Rank |
Firm |
Location |
2003 Overall Score |
| 1 |
Alston & Bird |
Atlanta |
4.334 |
| 2 |
Winston & Strawn |
Chicago |
4.182 |
| 3 |
Haynes and Boone |
Dallas |
4.158 |
| 4 |
Allen & Overy |
International |
4.060 |
| 5 |
Blank Rome |
Philadelphia |
3.986 |
| 6 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
New York |
3.984 |
| 7 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
Minneapolis |
3.981 |
| 8 |
Orrick |
San Francisco |
3.955 |
| 9 |
Andrews & Kurth |
Houston |
3.935 |
| 10 |
Sonnenschein |
Chicago |
3.903 |
| 11 |
Greenberg Traurig |
National |
3.886 |
| 12 |
Ropes & Gray |
Boston |
3.882 |
| 13 |
Latham & Watkins |
National |
3.874 |
| 14 |
Heller Ehrman |
San Francisco |
3.870 |
| 15 |
Troutman Sanders |
Atlanta |
3.846 |
| 16 |
Kilpatrick Stockton |
Atlanta |
3.840 |
| 17 |
Gibson Dunn |
Los Angeles |
3.817 |
| 18 |
Jenner & Block |
Chicago |
3.812 |
| 19 |
Cozen O’Connor |
Philadelphia |
3.804 |
| 20 |
Goodwin Procter |
Boston |
3.803 |
| 21 |
Vinson & Elkins |
Houston |
3.800 |
| 21 |
Wilmer Cutler |
Washington, D.C. |
3.800 |
| 23 |
Wachtell Lipton |
New York |
3.792 |
| 24 |
Baker & Hostetler |
Cleveland |
3.770 |
| 25 |
Covington & Burling |
Washington, D.C. |
3.769 |
| 25 |
Thelen Reid |
San Francisco |
3.769 |
| 27 |
Finnegan Henderson |
Washington, D.C. |
3.767 |
| 28 |
Shook Hardy |
Kansas City, MO |
3.761 |
| 29 |
Coudert Brothers |
International |
3.760 |
| 30 |
Howrey |
Washington, D.C. |
3.756 |
| 31 |
Morrison & Foerster |
San Francisco |
3.745 |
| 32 |
Bingham McCutchen |
National |
3.735 |
| 33 |
Bryan Cave |
National |
3.733 |
| 34 |
Piper Rudnick |
National |
3.728 |
| 35 |
Hale and Dorr |
Boston |
3.710 |
| 36 |
Gray Cary |
Palo Alto |
3.704 |
| 37 |
Locke Liddell |
Dallas |
3.688 |
| 38 |
Chadbourne & Parke |
New York |
3.667 |
| 39 |
King & Spalding |
Atlanta |
3.641 |
| 40 |
Fulbright & Jaworski |
Houston |
3.639 |
| 41 |
Hogan & Hartson |
Washington, D.C. |
3.633 |
| 42 |
LeBoeuf Lamb |
National |
3.631 |
| 43 |
Arnold & Porter |
Washington, D.C. |
3.625 |
| 44 |
Sidley Austin |
National |
3.624 |
| 45 |
Duane Morris |
National |
3.606 |
| 46 |
Willkie Farr |
New York |
3.572 |
| 47 |
Cleary Gottlieb |
New York |
3.563 |
| 48 |
Katten Muchin |
National |
3.558 |
| 49 |
Mayer Brown |
National |
3.553 |
| 50 |
Jones Day |
National |
3.536 |
| 51 |
Morgan Lewis |
National |
3.521 |
| 52 |
Drinker Biddle |
Philadelphia |
3.519 |
| 53 |
Simpson Thacher |
New York |
3.502 |
| 54 |
Hunton & Williams |
Richmond |
3.500 |
| 55 |
Milbank Tweed |
New York |
3.488 |
| 56 |
Weil Gotshal |
New York |
3.478 |
| 57 |
Pillsbury Winthrop |
San Francisco |
3.463 |
| 58 |
Venable |
Baltimore |
3.462 |
| 59 |
Skadden |
New York |
3.453 |
| 60 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Chicago |
3.445 |
| 61 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
New York |
3.443 |
| 62 |
Stroock & Stroock |
New York |
3.433 |
| 63 |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
National |
3.426 |
| 64 |
Foley & Lardner |
Milwaukee |
3.416 |
| 65 |
Davis Polk |
New York |
3.414 |
| 66 |
Cooley Godward |
Palo Alto |
3.402 |
| 66 |
Dechert |
National |
3.402 |
| 66 |
McDermott, Will |
National |
3.402 |
| 69 |
Clifford Chance |
International |
3.398 |
| 70 |
Shearman & Sterling |
New York |
3.383 |
| 71 |
White & Case |
International |
3.372 |
| 72 |
Paul Hastings |
National |
3.369 |
| 73 |
Cravath |
New York |
3.367 |
| 74 |
McGuireWoods |
Richmond |
3.337 |
| 75 |
Paul Weiss |
New York |
3.328 |
| 76 |
Fried, Frank |
New York |
3.315 |
| 76 |
O’Melveny & Myers |
Los Angeles |
3.315 |
| 78 |
Jenkens & Gilchrist |
Dallas |
3.302 |
| 79 |
Cadwalader |
New York |
3.299 |
| 80 |
Proskauer Rose |
New York |
3.288 |
| 81 |
Schulte Roth |
New York |
3.201 |
| 82 |
Kelley Drye |
New York |
3.162 |
| 83 |
Kaye Scholer |
New York |
3.157 |
| 84 |
Perkins Coie |
Seattle |
3.147 |
| 85 |
Wilson Sonsini |
Palo Alto |
3.133 |
| 86 |
Dickstein Shapiro |
Washington, D.C. |
3.098 |
| 87 |
Cahill Gordon |
New York |
3.094 |
| 88 |
Reed Smith |
National |
3.001 |
| 89 |
Dewey Ballantine |
New York |
2.959 |
| 90 |
Akin Gump |
National |
2.808 |
| |
Extra-Large Firms Average |
|
3.584 |
| (The American Lawyer, October 2003) |
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