| Firm |
Departing partners (% of all partners)* |
Departures to Am Law 200 firms |
Where the rest went |
| Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison** |
158 (83%) |
151 |
Other firms (7) |
| Altheimer & Gray** |
57 (38%) |
52 |
Other firms (4), corporation (1) |
| Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
57 (39%) |
34 |
Other firms (16), corporations (2), government (2), judicial (2), other (1) |
| Jenkens & Gilchrist |
27 (11%) |
14 |
Other firms (9), corporations (4) |
| Reed Smith |
26 (8%) |
9 |
Other firms (14), corporation (1), government (2) |
| Arter & Hadden** |
25 (18%) |
19 |
Other firms (6) |
| Dorsey & Whitney |
20 (7%) |
11 |
Other firms (9) |
| Piper Rudnick |
20 (6%) |
9 |
Other firms (10), other (1) |
| Baker & McKenzie |
19 (2%) |
10 |
Other firms (7), corporation (1), government (1) |
| Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly |
19 (17%) |
17 |
Other firms (2) |
| Sidley Austin Brown & Wood |
19 (4%) |
4 |
Other firms (9), corporations (4), government (1), other (1) |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
17 (5%) |
15 |
Other firms (2) |
| LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae |
17 (8%) |
16 |
Other firm (1) |
| Kelley Drye & Warren |
16 (15%) |
9 |
Other firms (7) |
| Duane Morris |
15 (6%) |
3 |
Other firms (10), corporation (1), government (1) |
| Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman |
15 (6%) |
8 |
Other firm (1), corporations (5), other (1) |
| Kirkland & Ellis |
15 (5%) |
13 |
Corporation (1), government (1) |
| Pepper Hamilton |
15 (9%) |
10 |
Other firms (4), corporation (1) |
| Shaw Pittman |
15 (11%) |
10 |
Other firms (5) |
| Squire, Sanders & Dempsey |
15 (5%) |
6 |
Other firms (6), corporations (2), government (1) |
| Vinson & Elkins |
15 (5%) |
9 |
Other firms (6) |
| Moore & Van Allen |
14 (11%) |
14 |
N/A |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
14 (4%) |
14 |
N/A |
| Morrison & Foerster |
14 (5%) |
14 |
N/A |
| Cooley Godward |
13 (9%) |
13 |
N/A |
| Dechert |
13 (6%) |
2 |
Other firms (8), corporations (2), government (1) |
| Howrey Simon Arnold & White |
13 (6%) |
4 |
Other firms (5), corporations (2), government (2) |
| Kilpatrick Stockton |
13 (6%) |
13 |
N/A |
| McGuireWoods |
13 (5%) |
2 |
Other firms (7), corporations (4) |
| Pillsbury Winthrop |
13 (4%) |
12 |
Other firm (1) |
| Coudert Brothers |
12 (5%) |
11 |
Other firm (1) |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
12 (9%) |
7 |
Other firms (2), corporations (2), government (1) |
| Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich |
12 (8%) |
7 |
Other firms (4), corporation (1) |
| Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps |
12 (12%) |
12 |
N/A |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
12 (5%) |
8 |
Other firm (1), corporations (2), judicial (1) |
| Venable |
12 (5%) |
3 |
Other firms (6), corporations (2), other (1) |
| Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson |
11 (6%) |
5 |
Other firms (5), corporation (1) |
| Buchanan Ingersoll |
11 (7%) |
9 |
Other firm (1), corporation (1) |
| Foley & Lardner |
11 (2%) |
4 |
Other firms (6), corporation (1) |
| Husch & Eppenberger |
11 (8%) |
1 |
Other firms (6), corporations (2), judicial (1), other (1) |
| Jones Day |
11 (2%) |
7 |
Other firms (2), corporation (1), judicial (1) |
| Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw |
11 (2%) |
6 |
Other firm (1), corporation (1), government (3) |
| Preston Gates & Ellis |
11 (6%) |
1 |
Other firms (4), corporations (2), government (4) |
| Shook, Hardy & Bacon |
11 (5%) |
11 |
N/A |
| Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn |
10 (9%) |
7 |
Other firms (2), government (1) |
| Baker Botts |
10 (4%) |
1 |
Other firms (4), corporation (1), government (1), judicial (2), other (1) |
| Thelen Reid & Priest |
10 (5%) |
7 |
Other firms (2), corporation (1) |
| Winstead Sechrest & Minick |
10 (6%) |
1 |
Other firms (7), government (1), other (1) |
| *Percentages are based on the number of partners at the start of the survey (10/01/02). |
| **Firm dissolved. Survey results include only those partners whose new employers are known. |
(The American Lawyer, March 2004) |
Departures: Partners Moving On
