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National Rankings
2003 Rank 2002 Rank Firm, Location Overall Score
1 28 Bracewell & Patterson, Houston 4.453
2 – Varnum, Riddering, Grand Rapids 4.356
3 1 Alston & Bird, Atlanta 4.334
4 2 Goulston & Storrs, Boston 4.258
5 6 Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis 4.236
6 5 Carlton Fields, Tampa 4.224
7 13 Robins Kaplan, Minneapolis 4.201
8 62 Winston & Strawn, Chicago 4.182
9 3 Susman Godfrey, Houston 4.175
10 64 Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore 4.167
11 11 Haynes and Boone, Dallas 4.158
12 10 Irell & Manella, Los Angeles 4.125
13 25 Winstead Sechrest, Dallas 4.119
14 59 Schiff Hardin, Chicago 4.101
15 22 Allen & Overy, International 4.060
16 18 Porter Wright, Columbus 4.050
17 – Munger Tolles, Los Angeles 4.010
18 7 Davis Wright, Seattle 4.000
19 119 Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh 3.989
20 43 Blank Rome, Philadelphia 3.986
21 9 Debevoise & Plimpton, New York 3.984
22 59 Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis 3.981
23 64 Orrick, San Francisco 3.955
24 43 Andrews & Kurth, Houston 3.935
25 – Strasburger & Price, Dallas 3.911
26 20 Sonnenschein, Chicago 3.903
27 23 Wildman Harrold, Chicago 3.894
28 – Arent Fox, Washington, D.C. 3.889
29 59 Greenberg Traurig, National 3.886
30 106 Ropes & Gray, Boston 3.882
31 20 Latham & Watkins, National 3.874
32 110 Heller Ehrman, San Francisco 3.870
33 – Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia 3.848
34 3 Troutman Sanders, Atlanta 3.846
35 – Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta 3.840
36 25 Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis 3.833
36 – Brown Rudnick, Boston 3.833
38 71 Gibson Dunn, Los Angeles 3.817
39 55 Jenner & Block, Chicago 3.812
40 33 Michael Best, Milwaukee 3.807
41 78 Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia 3.804
42 – Goodwin Procter, Boston 3.803
43 – Vinson & Elkins, Houston 3.800
43 58 Wilmer Cutler, Washington, D.C. 3.800
45 25 Palmer & Dodge, Boston 3.793
46 82 Wachtell Lipton, New York 3.792
47 69 Sheppard Mullin, Los Angeles 3.788
48 35 Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland 3.770
48 – Bell Boyd, Chicago 3.770
50 52 Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. 3.769
50 – Thelen Reid, San Francisco 3.769
52 47 Finnegan Henderson, Washington, D.C. 3.767
53 – Sedgwick Detert, San Francisco 3.762
54 49 Shook Hardy, Kansas City, MO 3.761
55 – Coudert Brothers, International 3.760
55 41 Vorys Sater, Columbus 3.760
57 85 Howrey, Washington, D.C. 3.756
58 – Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix 3.747
59 – Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco 3.745
60 28 Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C. 3.744
61 46 Bingham McCutchen, National 3.735
62 73 Bryan Cave, National 3.733
63 88 Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, NJ 3.731
64 120 Piper Rudnick, National 3.728
65 41 Dykema Gossett, Detroit 3.717
66 14 Hale and Dorr, Boston 3.710
67 – Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles 3.707
68 15 Gray Cary, Palo Alto 3.704
69 37 Powell Goldstein, Atlanta 3.700
70 15 Sutherland Asbill, Atlanta 3.691
71 – Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis 3.688
71 111 Locke Liddell, Dallas 3.688
73 96 Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia 3.683
74 37 Saul Ewing, Philadelphia 3.681
75 74 Chadbourne & Parke, New York 3.667
76 31 Patterson Belknap, New York 3.645
77 67 King & Spalding, Atlanta 3.641
78 128 Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston 3.639
79 12 Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C. 3.633
80 123 LeBoeuf Lamb, National 3.631
81 37 Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. 3.625
82 43 Sidley Austin, National 3.624
83 – Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C. 3.621
84 – McKenna Long, National 3.613
85 78 Duane Morris, National 3.606
86 31 Fish & Richardson, National 3.599
87 – Munsch Hardt, Dallas 3.592
88 – Thompson Hine, Cleveland 3.590
89 74 Kramer Levin, New York 3.584
90 83 Willkie Farr, New York 3.572
91 – Hughes Hubbard, New York 3.568
92 78 Cleary Gottlieb, New York 3.563
93 – Balch & Bingham, Birmingham 3.558
93 52 Katten Muchin, National 3.558
95 105 Mayer Brown, National 3.553
96 – Vedder Price, Chicago 3.545
97 62 Foley Hoag, Boston 3.538
98 88 Jones Day, National 3.536
99 – Holme Roberts, Denver 3.532
100 121 Morgan Lewis, National 3.521
101 55 Drinker Biddle, Philadelphia 3.519
102 37 Lewis and Roca, Phoenix 3.517
103 78 Edwards & Angell, Providence 3.515
104 74 Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee 3.514
104 18 Wolf Block, Philadelphia 3.514
106 – Gardner Carton, Chicago 3.513
107 – Simpson Thacher, New York 3.502
108 93 Hunton & Williams, Richmond 3.500
109 – Milbank Tweed, New York 3.488
110 74 Weil Gotshal, New York 3.478
111 17 Arnall Golden, Atlanta 3.470
112 130 Pillsbury Winthrop, San Francisco 3.463
113 23 Venable, Baltimore 3.462
114 118 Skadden, New York 3.453
115 – Choate Hall, Boston 3.448
116 47 Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago 3.445
117 115 Sullivan & Cromwell, New York 3.443
118 88 Stroock & Stroock, New York 3.433
119 102 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, National 3.426
120 34 Stoel Rives, Portland, OR 3.424
121 – Littler Mendelson, San Francisco 3.421
122 85 Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee 3.416
123 55 Davis Polk, New York 3.414
124 126 Pennie & Edmonds, New York 3.408
125 99 Cooley Godward, Palo Alto 3.402
125 128 Dechert, National 3.402
125 88 McDermott Will, National 3.402
128 132 Clifford Chance, International 3.398
129 – Lord Bissell, Chicago 3.383
129 121 Shearman & Sterling, New York 3.383
131 125 White & Case, International 3.372
132 126 Paul Hastings, National 3.369
133 115 Cravath, New York 3.367
134 108 Day Berry, Hartford 3.354
135 51 McGuireWoods, Richmond 3.337
136 131 Fish & Neave, New York 3.329
137 106 Paul Weiss, New York 3.328
138 101 Fried Frank, New York 3.315
138 115 O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles 3.315
140 108 Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia 3.304
141 – Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas 3.302
142 112 Cadwalader, New York 3.299
143 93 Proskauer Rose, New York 3.288
144 30 Testa Hurwitz, Boston 3.263
145 112 Chapman and Cutler, Chicago 3.261
146 – Thacher Proffitt, New York 3.254
147 93 Schulte Roth, New York 3.201
148 – Manatt Phelps, Los Angeles 3.186
149 96 Kelley Drye, New York 3.162
150 – Fitzpatrick Cella, New York 3.161
151 – Kaye Scholer, New York 3.157
152 124 Brown Raysman, New York 3.149
153 – Perkins Coie, Seattle 3.147
154 112 Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto 3.133
155 68 Dickstein Shapiro, Washington, D.C. 3.098
156 96 Cahill Gordon, New York 3.094
157 102 Reed Smith, National 3.001
158 102 Dewey Ballantine, New York 2.959
159 – Akin Gump, National 2.808
(The American Lawyer, October 2003)
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