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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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