| Firm |
Number of lateral partner hires |
Laterals arriving in groups of 4
or less came from: |
Laterals arriving in groups of 5
or more came from: |
| Greenberg
Traurig |
107 |
Firms, corporations, city and
state government,nonprofits, private practice (59) |
Graham & James (20); Camhy
Karlinsky & Stein (13); Minkin & Snyder (9); Steel Hector & Davis
(6). |
| Squire,
Sanders & Dempsey |
68 |
Firms, corporations (5) |
Graham & James (54); Berick,
Pearlman & Mills (9) |
| White
& Case |
68 |
Firms (16) |
The
majority (52) were part of a “merger” with Germany’s Feddersen Laule
Ewerwahn, although the White & Case name remains unchanged in the U.S. |
| Schnader
Harrison Segal & Lewis |
66 |
Firms, a corporation (9) |
Goldstein & Manello (30);
Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson (27) |
| Buchanan
Ingersoll |
44 |
Firms, corporations, academia
(17) |
Silverstein and Mullens (14);
Harris Beach (7); Beachcroft Wansbroughs (6) |
| Duane,
Morris & Heckscher |
40 |
Firms, corporations (40) |
None |
| Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld |
36 |
Firms (17) |
Green, Stewart, Farber &
Anderson (11); Cutler & Stanfield (8) |
| Morrison
& Foerster |
30 |
Firms, corporations, an
investment firm, the White House (25) |
Graham & James (5) |
| Paul,
Hastings, Janofsky & Walker |
30 |
Firms (8) |
Battle Fowler (22) |
| Perkins
Coie |
29 |
Firms, investment firms, a
dot-com (29) |
None |
| Kirkpatrick
& Lockhart |
28 |
Firms, corporations (16) |
Freshman, Marantz, Orlanski,
Cooper & Klein (7); McKenna & Cuneo (5) |
| Cozen and O’Connor |
27 |
Firms, corporations (16) |
Lane Powell Spears Lubersky (6);
Davis, Reberkenny & Abramowitz (5) |
| Seyfarth
Shaw |
27 |
Firms (10) |
McCullough Sherill (17) |
| Shaw
Pittman |
27 |
Firms, FCC, nonprofits (15) |
Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader
& Zaragoza (12) |
| Covington
& Burling |
26 |
Firms (2) |
Howard, Smith & Levin (24) |
| McDermott,
Will & Emery |
24 |
Firms, corporations, foreign and
U.S. government (19) |
Carr Goodson (5) |
| Howrey
Simon Arnold & White |
23 |
Firms, corporations, government
(10) |
Collier Shannon Scott (13) |
| Akerman,
Senterfitt & Eidson |
21 |
Firms, corporations, government
(13) |
Milam, Otero, Larsen, Dawson
& Traylor (8) |
| Shearman
& Sterling |
21 |
Firms, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
(14) |
Schilling, Zutt & Anschutz
(7) |
| Cooley
Godward |
20 |
Firms, corporations (20) |
None |
| Mintz,
Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo |
19 |
Firms, corporations, FCC, state
government (19) |
None |
| Nixon
Peabody |
18 |
Firms, accounting, insurance,
SEC, federal government (6) |
Sixbey Friedman Leedom &
Ferguson (12) |
| Piper
Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe |
18 |
Firms, corporations, U.S.
Department of Labor (11) |
Gordon, Altman, Butowsky,
Weitzen, Shalov, and Wein (7) |
| Vinson
& Elkins |
18 |
Firms, SEC (6) |
Andrews & Kurth (12) |
| Arnold
& Porter |
17 |
Firms, corporations, federal
government (17) |
None |
| Heller
Ehrman White & McAuliffe |
17 |
Firms, U.S. Department of
Justice (17) |
None |
| Jones,
Day, Reavis & Pogue |
17 |
Firms (17) |
None |
| Patton
Boggs |
17 |
Firms, federal departments and
agencies, including the Office of Presidential Personnel (17) |
None |
| Weil,
Gotshal & Manges |
17 |
Firms, corporations, stock
exchanges (17) |
None |
| Baker
& McKenzie |
16 |
Firms, corporations (16) |
None |
| Mayer,
Brown & Platt |
16 |
Firms, corporations, a
nonprofit, banking, U.S. Attorney's Office, federal government (16) |
None |
| Pepper
Hamilton |
16 |
Firms, U.S. Attorney's Office,
Department of Justice U.S. Customs Service (16) |
None |
| Arent
Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn |
15 |
Firms, corporations, U.S.
Department of Justice (10) |
Nikaido, Marmelstein, Murray
& Oram (5) |
| King
& Spalding |
15 |
Firms, corporations, U.S.
Department of Justice, U.S. District Court (10) |
Baker & McKenzie (5) |
| Shook,
Hardy & Bacon |
15 |
Firms, U.S. District Court (9) |
Coll Davidson Carter Smith
Salter and Barkett (6) |
| Sonnenschein
Nath & Rosenthal |
15 |
Firms, corporations (9) |
Cooperman Levitt Winikoff Lester
& Newman (6) |
| Blank
Rome Comisky & McCauley |
14 |
Firms (14) |
None |
| Katten
Muchin Zavis |
13 |
Firms, U.S. Attorney's Office,
U.S. Customs Service (13) |
None |
| Powell,
Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy |
13 |
Firms, corporations, FTC, WTO,
nonprofits, private practice, academia (13) |
None |
| Bracewell
& Patterson |
12 |
Firms, corporations (12) |
None |
| Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius |
12 |
Firms, corporations, SEC, FTC,
NASD (12) |
None |
| Proskauer
Rose |
12 |
Firms, private practice (6) |
McCambridge, Deixler &
Marmaro (6) |
| Gibson,
Dunn & Crutcher |
11 |
Firms, corporations, SEC, U.S.
Department of Justice (11) |
None |
| Gray
Cary Ware & Freidenrich |
11 |
Firms, corporations (11) |
None |
| Hunton
& Williams |
11 |
Firms, a corporation, U.S.
Attorney's Office (11) |
None |
| Sidley
& Austin |
11 |
Firms, SEC (6) |
Katten Muchin Zavis (5) |
| Snell
& Wilmer |
11 |
Firms, a corporation (11) |
None |
| Bell,
Boyd & Lloyd |
10 |
Firms, private practice (10) |
None |
| Holland
& Knight |
10 |
Firms, corporations (10) |
None |
| Latham
& Watkins |
10 |
Firms, corporations, the White
House (10) |
None |
| Manatt,
Phelps & Phillips |
10 |
Firms, corporations, federal
government (10) |
None |
| Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe |
10 |
Firms, banking and finance (10) |
None |
| Preston
Gates & Ellis |
10 |
Firms, corporations (4) |
Aggarwal & Associates (6) |
| Steel
Hector & Davis |
10 |
Firms, a corporation, state
government (10) |
None |
| Alston
& Bird |
9 |
Firms, an investment firm (4) |
Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough (5) |
| Baker
Botts |
9 |
Firms, a software company (9) |
None |
| Ballard
Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll |
9 |
Firms, city government (9) |
None |
| Goodwin,
Procter & Hoar |
9 |
Firms (3) |
Friedman Siegelbaum (6) |
| Littler
Mendelson |
9 |
Firms (9) |
None |
| McKenna
& Cuneo |
9 |
Firms, a corporation (4) |
Harrigan Ruff (5) |
| Schiff
Hardin & Waite |
9 |
Firms, a corporation (4) |
Hill & Simpson (5) |
| Steptoe
& Johnson |
9 |
Firms, corporations, commodities
market, U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice, and Treasury (9) |
None |
| Wolf,
Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen |
9 |
Firms (9) |
None |
| Altheimer
& Gray |
8 |
Firms, U.S. Attorney's Office
(8) |
None |
| Brobeck,
Phleger & Harrison |
8 |
Am Law 100 firms (8) |
None |
| Bryan
Cave |
8 |
Firms (8) |
None |
| Coudert
Brothers |
8 |
Firms (3) |
Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft
(5) |
| Jenkens
& Gilchrist |
8 |
Firms (8) |
None |
| Kelley
Drye & Warren |
8 |
Firms, a communications company
(8) |
None |
| Loeb
& Loeb |
8 |
Firms (8) |
None |
| McCutchen,
Doyle, Brown & Enersen |
8 |
Firms, a nonprofit, U.S.
Department of State (8) |
None |
| Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
8 |
Firms, a communications company
(8) |
None |
| Arter
& Hadden |
7 |
Firms, corporations, academia
(7) |
None |
| Baker,
Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell |
7 |
Firms, circuit court, U.S.
Supreme Court, state government (7) |
None |
| Dechert |
7 |
Firms, an investment firm, U.S.
Army (7) |
None |
| Haynes
and Boone |
7 |
Firms, banking (7) |
None |
| Kaye,
Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler |
7 |
Firms, U.S. Department of
Justice (7) |
None |
| LeBoeuf,
Lamb, Greene & MacRae |
7 |
Firms, NAFTA committee (7) |
None |
| Rosenman
& Colin |
7 |
Firms, corporations (7) |
None |
| Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
7 |
Firms, corporations, NBA, the
U.S. Senate (7) |
None |
| Wilmer,
Cutler & Pickering |
7 |
Firms, a nonprofit, U.S.
District Court, mayor of Baltimore (7) |
None |
| Winston
& Strawn |
7 |
Am Law 100 firms (7) |
None |
| Barnes
& Thornburg |
6 |
Firms, a nonprofit, state
government (6) |
None |
| Brown
& Wood |
6 |
Am Law 100 and Legal Business
100, firms, U.S. Postal Service (6) |
None |
| Davis
Wright Tremaine |
6 |
Firms (6) |
None |
| Eckert
Seamans Cherin & Mellott |
6 |
Firms, city and state
government, Office of the Independent Counsel (6) |
None |
| Foley
& Lardner |
6 |
Firms, a corporation, Department
of Justice, publishing (6) |
None |
| Hopkins
& Sutter |
6 |
Firms, a corporation, state and
federal government (6) |
None |
| Irell
& Manella |
6 |
Firms (6) |
None |
| Quarles
& Brady |
6 |
Firms (6) |
None |
| Saul
Ewing |
6 |
Firms, insurance, academia (6) |
None |
| Swidler
Berlin Shereff Friedman |
6 |
Firms (6) |
None |
| Verner, Liipfert,
Bernhard, McPherson and Hand |
6 |
Firms (6) |
None |
| Wiley,
Rein & Fielding |
6 |
Firms, a nonprofit (6) |
None |
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