Top 25 New York City-Based Firms*

Rank 2001/2000 Firm Name Size Firmwide 2001/2000 Manhattan Size 2001/2000 NYLJ 100 Rank
1/1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1,704/1,567 (+137) 781/741 (+40) 1
2/2 White & Case LLP 1,538/1,264 (+274) 377/354 (+23) 13
3/3 Shearman & Sterling 1,125/940 (+185) 599/551 (+48) 3
4/4 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 920/843 (+77) 493/451 (+42) 4
5/5 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP 720/766 (-46) 247/256 (-9) 26
6/6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 719/646 (+73) 608/570 (+38) 2
7/8 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 695/628 (+67) 360/325 (+35) 17
8/7 Coudert Brothers 690/635 (+55) 141/146 (-5) 46
9/10 Sullivan & Cromwell 666/558 (+108) 467/410 (+57) 6
10/9 Davis Polk & Wardwell 619/590 (+29) 492/492 (0) 5
11/11 Proskauer Rose LLP 592/550 (+42) 434/400 (+34) 11
12/13 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 586/503 (+83) 376/343 (+33) 14
13/12 Dewey Ballantine LLP 543/545 (-2) 364/366 (-2) 16
14/16 Debevoise & Plimpton 541/475 (+66) 435/392 (+43) 10
15/15 Willkie Farr & Gallagher 521/478 (+43) 367/343 (+24) 15
16/14 Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP 506/484 (+22) 254/222 (+32) 24
17/17 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 501/451 (+50) 436/390 (+46) 8
18/18 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 487/444 (+43) 321/296 (+25) 19
19/22 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft 461/362 (+99) 354/289 (+65) 18
20/20 Kaye Scholer LLP 434/402 (+32) 315/301 (+14) 20
21/21 Cravath, Swaine & Moore 426/386 (+40) 401/368 (+33) 12
22/23 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 356/338 (+18) 194/188 (+6) 34
23/Not on list Epstein Becker & Green PC 326/286 (+40) 117/113 (+4) 62
24/24 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 321/328 (-7) 258/254 (+4) 23
25/Not on list Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 301/248 (+53) 301/248 (+53) 21
* Ranking based on firmwide size.
(New York Law Journal, December 2001)


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