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The D.C. 20: Revenues and Profits of Washington's Top Law Firms
(Ranked by Gross Revenue)
| Rank '00 |
Firm |
Gross Revenue 2000 |
Gross Revenue 1999 |
Revenue Per Lawyer |
Net Operating Income |
Profits Per Partner |
Total Lawyers/Partners |
| 1 |
Arnold & Porter |
$206,000,000 |
$185,000,000 |
$640,000 |
$84,000,000 |
$670,000 |
322/129 |
| 2 |
Hogan & Hartson |
$203,000,000 |
$194,000,000 |
$410,000 |
$69,000,000 |
$555,000 |
494/149 |
| 3 |
Covington & Burling |
$177,000,000 |
$144,000,000 |
$594,000 |
$67,000,000 |
$653,000 |
298/103 |
| 4 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
$169,000,000 |
$150,000,000 |
$800,000 |
$71,000,000 |
$1,600,000 |
211/47 |
| 5 |
Shaw Pittman |
$153,000,000 |
$117,000,000 |
$446,000 |
$54,000,000 |
$555,000 |
342/98 |
| 6 |
Howrey Simon Arnold & White |
$151,000,000 |
$139,000,000 |
$554,000 |
$51,000,000 |
$769,000 |
273/66 |
| 7 |
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering |
$150,000,000 |
$132,000,000 |
$576,000 |
$46,000,000 |
$573,000 |
261/73 |
| 8 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
$147,000,000 |
$120,000,000 |
$502,000 |
$52,000,000 |
$711,000 |
293/73 |
| 9 |
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld |
$140,000,000 |
$140,000,000 |
$510,000 |
$53,000,000 |
$665,000 |
275/80 |
| 10 |
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky |
$134,000,000 |
$101,000,000 |
$561,000 |
$64,000,000 |
$698,000 |
238/91 |
| 11 |
Williams & Connolly |
$126,000,000 |
$117,000,000 |
$700,000 |
$53,000,000 |
$646,000 |
180/82 |
| 12 |
McDermott, Will & Emery |
$109,000,000 |
$113,000,000 |
$595,000 |
$49,000,000 |
$848,000 |
184/64 |
| 13 |
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn |
$107,000,000 |
$93,000,000 |
$444,000 |
$41,000,000 |
$430,000 |
241/96 |
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Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman |
$107,000,000 |
$88,000,000 |
$488,000 |
$40,000,000 |
$848,000 |
220/42 |
| 15 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
$106,000,000 |
$98,000,000 |
$500,000 |
$43,000,000 |
$460,000 |
203/93 |
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Wiley, Rein & Fielding |
$106,000,000 |
$92,000,000 |
$530,000 |
$40,000,000 |
$615,000 |
200/65 |
| 17 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,Garrett & Dunner |
$102,000,000 |
$95,000,000 |
$562,000 |
$37,000,000 |
$588,000 |
181/64 |
| 18 |
Patton Boggs |
$100,000,000 |
$92,000,000 |
$392,000 |
$33,000,000 |
$445,000 |
256/83 |
| 19 |
Latham & Watkins |
$97,000,000 |
Unavailable |
$675,000 |
$43,000,000 |
$990,000 |
144/45 |
| 20 |
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue |
$93,000,000 |
$89,000,000 |
$520,000 |
$31,000,000 |
$775,000 |
179/65 |
| 21 |
Venable |
$90,000,000 |
N/A |
$411,000 |
$31,000,000 |
$422,000 |
219/73 |
| Total number of lawyers and partners are stated as of Aug. 31, 2000. The dollar figures represent the gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, and profits per partner generated by a firm within the D.C. metropolitan region, which includes the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and Prince George's and Montgomery counties in Maryland. Gross revenue figures are rounded to the nearest $1,000,000; revenue per lawyer and profits per partner are rounded to the nearest $1,000. |
| (Legal Times, June 2001) |
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