The reputation of the once highly regarded US technology specialists is in free fall, according to a survey of the country’s 100 most admired law firms.

The annual survey by American recruitment consultant Vault, which asked 9,500 US lawyers to rank firms from one to 10, shows a number of leading technology firms like Brobeck Phleger & Harrison and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati plummeting down the rankings.