| Firm |
Lateral partner hires |
Laterals arriving in groups of five or more came from |
Others came from |
| Reed Smith |
109 |
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (88) |
Firms (18), corporations (3) |
| McGuireWoods |
96 |
Ross & Hardies (82) |
Firms (12), corporations (2) |
| Jones Day |
67 |
Gouldens (38) |
Firms (27), corporations (2) |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
62 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (57) |
Firms (4), corporation (1) |
| Greenberg Traurig |
53 |
Altheimer & Gray (7) |
Firms (37), corporations (3), government (6) |
| Duane Morris |
47 |
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps (7), Pepper Hamilton (5), Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis (5) |
Firms (26), corporations (4) |
| Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe |
45 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (6), Venture Law Group (23) |
Firms (15), other (1) |
| Nixon Peabody |
41 |
Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar (23) |
Firms (17), corporation (1) |
| Piper Rudnick |
41 |
Hill & Barlow (16) |
Firms (20), corporations (3), government (2) |
| Bingham McCutchen |
39 |
Riordan & McKinzie (24) |
Firms (13), corporation (1), government (1) |
| Pillsbury Winthrop |
38 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (6), Skjerven Morrill (8) |
Firms (19), corporations (3), government (2) |
| Blank Rome |
36 |
Dyer Ellis & Joseph (26) |
Firms (4), corporations (2), government (2), judicial (2) |
| Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal |
32 |
Altheimer & Gray (5) |
Firms (23), government (4) |
| Sidley Austin Brown & Wood |
28 |
Skjerven Morrill (8) |
Firms (17), corporations (2), government (1) |
| Baker & McKenzie |
27 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (5) |
Firms (18), corporations (4) |
| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
27 |
Kalkines, Anky, Zal, and Bernstein (20) |
Firms (5), corporation (1), government (1) |
| Ropes & Gray |
27 |
Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt & Maynard (18) |
Firms (7), corporations (2) |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
26 |
Studio Legale Tributario (7) |
Firms (18), corporation (1) |
| Barnes & Thornburg |
24 |
Leagre, Chandler & Millard (7), Lee, Mann, Smith, McWilliams, Sweeney & Ohlson (10) |
Firms (6), government (1) |
| Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
23 |
Hill & Barlow (5) |
Firms (15), corporations (3) |
| Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw |
23 |
N/A |
Firms (14), corporations (3), government (6) |
| Holland & Knight |
22 |
N/A |
Firms (16), corporations (4), government (2) |
| Latham & Watkins |
22 |
N/A |
Firms (19), corporation (1), government (2) |
| Morrison & Foerster |
22 |
N/A |
Firms (19), corporations (3) |
| Perkins Coie |
22 |
Altheimer & Gray (12) |
Firms (8), corporation (1), government (1) |
| Dechert |
20 |
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly (9) |
Firms (8), corporations (3) |
| Husch & Eppenberger |
20 |
Hale, Headrick, Dewey, Wolf, Golwen, Thornton & Chance (12) |
Firms (8) |
| Andrews & Kurth |
19 |
Arter & Hadden (7) |
Firms (12) |
| Howrey Simon Arnold & White |
19 |
N/A |
Firms (16), corporation (1), government (2) |
| Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker |
19 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (10) |
Firms (9) |
| Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton |
19 |
N/A |
Firms (18), government (1) |
| Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough |
18 |
Kilpatrick Stockton (6), Moore & Van Allen (12) |
N/A |
| Schiff Hardin & Waite |
18 |
Altheimer & Gray (7) |
Firms (11) |
| Seyfarth Shaw |
18 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis (10) |
Firms (8) |
| White & Case |
18 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (6) |
Firms (10), corporation (1), government (1) |
| Hinshaw & Culbertson |
17 |
N/A |
Firms (13), corporation (1), government (3) |
| Dorsey & Whitney |
16 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (7) |
Firms (6), corporations (2), government (1) |
| Edwards & Angell |
16 |
Cummings & Lockwood (9) |
Firms (6), judicial (1) |
| Preston Gates & Ellis |
16 |
N/A |
Firms (14), government (2) |
| Jenner & Block |
14 |
Kirkland & Ellis (7) |
Firms (2), corporations (4), government (1) |
| McDermott, Will & Emery |
14 |
N/A |
Firms (12), government (2) |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
14 |
Serra, Leavy & Cazals (9) |
Firms (5) |
| Baker & Hostetler |
13 |
N/A |
Firms (9), corporation (1), government (3) |
| Dykema Gossett |
13 |
Feeney Kellett Wienner & Bush (8) |
Firms (3), corporations (2) |
| Fish & Richardson |
13 |
N/A |
Firms (12), government (1) |
| Foley & Lardner |
13 |
N/A |
Firms (13) |
| Fulbright & Jaworski |
13 |
Owen & Davis (5) |
Firms (7), judicial (1) |
| Proskauer Rose |
13 |
Solomon Zauderer Ellenhorn Frischer & Sharp (7) |
Firms (5), corporation (1) |
| Venable |
13 |
Arter & Hadden (5) |
Firms (5), government (3) |
(The American Lawyer, March 2004) |