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)