A Firm-By-Firm Sampling of Billing Rates Nationwide

The National Law Journal asked the respondents to its 2001 survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms to provide hourly billing rate information for partners and associates firmwide. The firms that supplied this information-including some firms that are not in the NLJ 250-are listed below in alphabetical order. The number after a firm's name indicates the total number of attorneys at that firm. If a city is listed below the name of a firm, the firm's principal office is in that city.

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A B C D
Alston & Bird (599) (Atlanta)
Partners $320-$500
Associates $150-$350
Altheimer & Gray (347) (Chicago)
Partners $220-$525
Associates $115-$360
Andrews & Kurth (357) (Houston)
Partners $300-$500
Associates $160-$325
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn (315) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $300-$485
Associates $160-$300
Armstrong Teasdale (219) (St. Louis)
Partners $200-$295
Associates $105-$220
Arter & Hadden (325)
Partners $200-$475
Associates $135-$290
Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell (233)
Partners $175-$480
Associates $110-$275
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (390) (Philadelphia)
Partners $225-$550
Associates $135-$285
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd (206) (Chicago)
Partners $250-$490
Associates $175-$230
Bond, Schoeneck & King (148)
Partners $170-$300
Associates $120-$205
Bracewell & Patterson (377) (Houston)
Partners $200-$600
Associates $125-$325
Bradley, Arant, Rose & White (179) (Birmingham, Ala.)
Partners $175-$345
Associates $125-$245
Bricker & Eckler (111) (Columbus, Ohio)
Partners $175-$300
Associates $120-$210
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione (131) (Chicago)
Partners $255-$450
Associates $135-$265
Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer (187) (Boston)
Partners $335-$600
Associates $135-$425
Bryan Cave (647)
Partners $210-$435
Associates $110-$340
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger (127) (Los Angeles)
Partners $285-$495
Associates $155-$325
Buchanan Ingersoll (412) (Pittsburgh)
Partners $220-$565
Associates $125-$350
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs (121) (Akron, Ohio)
Partners $190-$350
Associates $150-$260
Burr & Forman (157) (Birmingham, Ala.)
Partners $210-$345
Associates $125-$220
Butzel Long (194) (Detroit)
Partners $200-$360
Associates $135-$210
Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright (56) (Honolulu)
Partners $180-$325
Associates $135-$205
Carlton Fields (197)
Partners $220-$370
Associates $120-$245
Choate, Hall & Stewart (190) (Boston)
Partners $335-$550
Associates $195-$340
Cooley Godward (655) (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Partners $350-$600
Associates $180-$365
Covington & Burling (466) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $325-$575
Associates $160-$375
Cozen O'Connor (433) (Philadelphia)
Partners $185-$450
Associates $130-$315
Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (258) (Oakland, Calif.)
Partners $280-$475
Associates $200-$300
Cummings & Lockwood (193) (Stamford, Conn.)
Partners $200-$435
Associates $145-$265
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle (159) (New York)
Partners $360-$575
Associates $165-$375
Davis Graham & Stubbs (97) (Denver)
Partners $215-$310
Associates $125-$215
Davis Wright Tremaine (365) (Seattle)
Partners $220-$500
Associates $80-$285
Dickinson Wright (185) (Detroit)
Partners $200-$375
Associates $120-$190
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky (319) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $315-$500
Associates $165-$335
Dinsmore & Shohl (234) (Cincinnati)
Partners $200-$335
Associates $120-$210
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson (163) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $320-$600
Associates $160-$335
Drinker Biddle & Reath (405) (Philadelphia)
Partners $280-$450
Associates $145-$305
Duane, Morris & Heckscher (469) (Philadelphia)
Partners $240-$500
Associates $150-$280
Dykema Gossett (246) (Detroit)
Partners $190-$375
Associates $130-$225
E F G
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott (202) (Pittsburgh)
Partners $200-$390
Associates $125-$220
Edwards & Angell (275)
Partners $280-$525
Associates $150-$400
Epstein Becker & Green (326) (New York)
Partners $200-$525
Associates $135-$350
Foster Pepper & Shefelman (127) (Seattle)
Partners $215-$350
Associates $135-$240
Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel (220) (Philadelphia)
Partners $265-$425
Associates $170-$260
Fredrikson & Byron (161) (Minneapolis)
Partners $230-$425
Associates $135-$230
Frost Brown Todd (381)
Partners $150-$340
Associates $115-$225
Gardere Wynne Sewell (291) (Dallas)
Partners $250-$525
Associates $140-$300
Gardner, Carton & Douglas (226) (Chicago)
Partners $250-$525
Associates $150-$320
Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione (172) (Newark, N.J.)
Partners $210-$500
Associates $145-$210
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (482) (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Partners $300-$600
Associates $195-$385
Greenberg Traurig (812)
Partners $250-$625
Associates $170-$375
H-K
Harris Beach (212) (Rochester, N.Y.)
Partners $220-$350
Associates $125-$225
Hodgson Russ (193) (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Partners $190-$450
Associates $110-$310
Hogan & Hartson (824) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $250-$550
Associates $90-$350
Holland & Hart (256) (Denver)
Partners $185-$385
Associates $110-$260
Holland & Knight (1329)
Partners $195-$550
Associates $90-$375
Hughes Hubbard & Reed (279) (New York)
Partners $350-$600
Associates $180-$400
Husch & Eppenberger (225) (St. Louis)
Partners $160-$310
Associates $95-$190
Kelley Drye & Warren (356) (New York)
Partners $275-$580
Associates $155-$365
Kilpatrick Stockton (520) (Atlanta)
Partners $240-$500
Associates $145-$255
L M N
Lane Powell Spears Lubersky (165) (Seattle)
Partners $215-$360
Associates $175-$225
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh (180) (St. Louis)
Partners $150-$340
Associates $105-$240
Littler Mendelson (378) (San Francisco)
Partners $220-$440
Associates $135-$350
Locke Liddell & Sapp (376) (Texas)
Partners $235-$575
Associates $135-$330
Loeb & Loeb (185)
Partners $335-$500
Associates $180-$325
Long Aldridge & Norman (164) (Atlanta)
Partners $265-$440
Associates $155-$295
Lord, Bissell & Brook (336) (Chicago)
Partners $179-$475
Associates $125-$275
Lowenstein Sandler (197) (Roseland, N.J.)
Partners $275-$475
Associates $135-$275
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps (212) (San Diego)
Partners $275-$475
Associates $125-$325
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (244) (Los Angeles)
Partners $350-$600
Associates $200-$325
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin (272) (Philadelphia)
Partners $125-$250
Associates $110-$175
Matthews and Branscomb (58) (San Antonio)
Partners $165-$300
Associates $125-$185
McCarter & English (260) (Newark, N.J.)
Partners $235-$425
Associates $140-$250
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (340) (San Francisco)
Partners $315-$550
Associates $150-$325
Merchant & Gould (129) (Minneapolis)
Partners $265-$430
Associates $170-$290
Michael Best & Friedrich (339) (Milwaukee)
Partners $180-$400
Associates $125-$230
Miles & Stockbridge (161) (Baltimore)
Partners $235-$390
Associates $155-$230
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone (271) (Detroit)
Partners $185-$440
Associates $100-$240
Miller Nash (152) (Portland, Ore.)
Partners $195-$350
Associates $130-$210
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (270) (Columbia, S.C.)
Partners $120-$750
Associates $135-$275
Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott (119) (Los Angeles)
Partners $245-$425
Associates $165-$225
Nutter, McClennen & Fish (161) (Boston)
Partners $325-$460
Associates $160-$225
O P R
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly (276)
Partners $220-$500
Associates $100-$350
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (599)
Partners $375-$600
Associates $190-$375
Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein (156) (Charlotte, N.C.)
Partners $160-$450
Associates $100-$250
Patton Boggs (372) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $225-$625
Associates $155-$300
Pepper Hamilton (440) (Philadelphia)
Partners $210-$500
Associates $125-$275
Perkins Coie (577) (Seattle)
Partners $150-$575
Associates $120-$400
Phelps Dunbar (220) (New Orleans)
Partners $140-$295
Associates $110-$165
Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (177) (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Partners $175-$435
Associates $105-$310
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe (816)
Partners $270-$595
Associates $165-$360
Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch (201) (Morristown, N.J.)
Partners $265-$425
Associates $140-$290
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (304) (Atlanta)
Partners $250-$495
Associates $145-$280
Preston Gates & Ellis L.L.P. (375) (Seattle)
Partners $175-$500
Associates $120-$387
Reed Smith (687)
Partners $230-$585
Associates $100-$450
Rivkin Radler (130) (Uniondale, N.Y.)
Partners $185-$350
Associates $120-$180
Robinson & Cole (177) (Hartford, Conn.)
Partners $190-$420
Associates $140-$280
Rosenman & Colin (264) (New York)
Partners $275-$550
Associates $160-$395
Ross & Hardies (177) (Chicago)
Partners $250-$385
Associates $170-$270
S-W
Saul Ewing (204) (Philadelphia)
Partners $225-$475
Associates $135-$245
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis (356) (Philadelphia)
Partners $205-$450
Associates $130-$295
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt (114) (Portland, Ore.)
Partners $175-$305
Associates $160-$190
Seyfarth Shaw (501) (Chicago)
Partners $215-$445
Associates $145-$255
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton (328) (Los Angeles)
Partners $305-$525
Associates $170-$335
Sherman & Howard (127) (Denver)
Partners $215-$390
Associates $150-$250
Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross (153) (Newark, N.J.)
Partners $225-$400
Associates $110-$250
Smith, Gambrell & Russell (182) (Atlanta)
Partners $180-$450
Associates $125-$350
Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore (205)
Partners $190-$525
Associates $120-$275
Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld (110) (New York)
Partners $300-$550
Associates $200-$320
Steel Hector & Davis (191) (Miami)
Partners $200-$600
Associates $90-$280
Stinson, Mag & Fizzell (152) (Kansas City, Mo.)
Partners $180-$335
Associates $110-$195
Stites & Harbison (212) (Louisville, Ky.)
Partners $160-$320
Associates $110-$180
Stoel Rives (345) (Portland, Ore.)
Partners $195-$400
Associates $140-$245
Strasburger & Price (238) (Dallas)
Partners $260-$600
Associates $150-$280
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan (341)
Partners $240-$495
Associates $160-$295
Thacher Proffitt & Wood (191) (New York)
Partners $375-$550
Associates $105-$350
Thompson Coburn (298) (St. Louis)
Partners $185-$375
Associates $95-$205
Thompson & Knight (324) (Dallas)
Partners $245-$425
Associates $165-$230
Townsend and Townsend and Crew (147) (San Francisco)
Partners $330-$515
Associates $200-$375
Troutman Sanders (506) (Atlanta)
Partners $220-$450
Associates $135-$295
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (204) (Chicago)
Partners $240-$475
Associates $165-$300
Venable (427) (Baltimore)
Partners $240-$600
Associates $150-$275
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease (354) (Columbus, Ohio)
Partners $220-$400
Associates $125-$240
Wiley, Rein & Fielding (217) (Washington, D.C.)
Partners $300-$495
Associates $155-$275
Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins (233) (Richmond, Va.)
Partners $175-$350
Associates $115-$215
Winstead Sechrest & Minick (323) (Dallas)
Partners $240-$475
Associates $145-$300
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (446)
Partners $180-$450
Associates $125-$240
(The National Law Journal, December 2001)


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