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'00	'99	'98	Firm	Gross Revenue	Lawyers	Revenue Per Lawyer
1	1	1	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York	$1,025,000,000	1,467	$775,340
2	3	3	Clifford Chance¹ International, U.K.	$939,200,000	2,029	$462,400
3	2	2	Baker & McKenzie International, U.S.	$818,000,000	2,732	$330,238
4	6	5	Linklaters² International, U.K.	$632,000,000	1,360	$464,000
5	7	9	Freshfields³ London	$608,000,000	1,397	$435,200
6	4	4	Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue National, U.S.	$595,000,000	1,411	$490,519
7	5	6	Latham & Watkins Los Angeles	$581,500,000	1,007	$645,889
8	12	10	Allen & Overy International, U.K.	$531,200,000	1,460	$363,200
9	10	13	Shearman & Sterling New York	$490,500,000	865	$652,261
10	9	7	Sullivan & Cromwell New York	$474,000,000	556	$995,798
11	12	16	Mayer, Brown & Platt Chicago	$464,000,000	950	$568,976
12	8	8	Davis Polk & Wardwell New York	$460,000,000	549	$893,204
13	11	11	Sidley & Austin Chicago	$446,000,000	890	$539,299
14	16	18	McDermott, Will & Emery National, U.S.	$444,500,000	776	$566,709
15	14	14	Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York	$439,500,000	660	$665,833
16	17	20	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York	$434,000,000	534	$862,425
17	15	12	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National, U.S.	$429,500,000	1,116	$452,954
18	18	17	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Los Angeles	$418,000,000	710	$653,125
19	19	15	Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York	$412,000,000	604	$784,762
20	23	24	Kirkland & Ellis Chicago	$410,000,000	745	$684,474
21	20	19	White & Case International, U.S.	$405,000,000	1,030	$478,158
22	22	21	O’Melveny & Myers Los Angeles	$372,500,000	747	$538,295
23	24	27	Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld National, U.S.	$360,000,000	854	$431,655
24	21	22	Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York	$350,000,000	363	$964,187
25	25	28	Eversheds National, U.K.	$339,840,000	1,652	$206,400
26	27	24	Vinson & Elkins Houston	$327,500,000	730	$532,574
27	30	29	Morrison & Foerster San Francisco	$321,500,000	761	$471,408
28	26	23	Fulbright & Jaworski Houston	$318,500,000	728	$431,572
29	28	33	LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae National, U.S.	$315,000,000	766	$431,507
30	36	40	Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison San Francisco	$314,000,000	540	$581,481
31	29	30	Foley & Lardner Milwaukee	$312,500,000	755	$433,426
32	38	31	Lovells International, U.K.	$312,000,000	897	$347,200
33	34	26	Slaughter and May London	$304,000,000	606	$502,400
34	32	48	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York	$298,000,000	147	$2,027,211
35	49	-	Holland & Knight Tampa	$297,500,000	900	$362,536
36	-	-	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto	$296,000,000	700	$538,182
37	41	41	Winston & Strawn Chicago	$288,000,000	663	$474,582
38	33	36	Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Los Angeles	$286,000,000	559	$511,628
39	31	-	Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Minneapolis	$285,000,000	211	$1,363,636
40	-	-	Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe National, U.S.	$283,500,000	753	$421,501
41	39	35	Hunton & Williams Richmond	$278,000,000	627	$443,630
41	46	36	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York	$278,000,000	395	$703,797
43	37	32	Dewey Ballantine New York	$277,000,000	475	$606,127
44	35	33	Debevoise & Plimpton New York	$269,000,000	441	$669,520
45	40	45	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York	$267,500,000	435	$702,100
46	48	43	Herbert Smith London	$267,200,000	803	$332,800
47	45	-	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe San Francisco	$264,000,000	524	$503,817
48	43	46	Hogan & Hartson Washington, D.C.	$262,000,000	615	$426,016
49	-	-	Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C.	$260,000,000	505	$589,569
49	46	44	Baker Botts Houston	$260,000,000	569	$483,271

Revenue figures for American firms are from The Am Law 100, in the July issue of The American Lawyer. Figures for British firms are from The Legal Business 100, in the September issue of Legal Business. Revenue for U.K. firms was converted using 1.6 as the exchange rate. Head counts were obtained from firms; lawyer numbers are average full-time equivalent numbers for the firm’s most recent fiscal year, or as near that date as could be obtained.

1 Figures for Clifford Chance consist of eight months of Clifford Chance and four months of the new firm following the mergers with Rogers & Wells and Punder, Volhard, Weber & Axter on January 1, 2000.

2 Figures are for Linklaters only. Does not include revenue in other firms within the Alliance of European Lawyers.

3 Freshfields merged with Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Lober and Derringer Tessin Herrmann & Wedeund on August 1, 2000, after the fiscal year end covered in this survey.

Compiled in cooperation with Legal Business (London).

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