Best Law Firms for Satisfaction

Associates were asked to rate their firm on a 1-to-10 scale for each of several quality of life categories. The firm's score in each quality of life category is simply the average of the scores its associates gave in that area. It is important to note that those firms without a high enough aggregate of associates completing the survey were ineligible to appear in these rankings.

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2014 Rank	2013 Rank	Change	Company	Score	Location
1	1	—	Williams & Connolly LLP	8.585	Washington, DC
2	10	▲	Paul Hastings LLP	8.456	New York, NY
3	5	▲	Ropes & Gray LLP	8.346	Boston, MA
4	12	▲	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	8.296	Los Angeles, CA
5	NR	—	Irell & Manella LLP	8.250	Los Angeles, CA
6	3	▼	Squire Patton Boggs LLP	8.214	Washington, DC
7	9	▲	Thompson & Knight LLP	8.180	Dallas, TX
8	8	—	Fish & Richardson P.C.	8.169	Boston, MA
9	17	▲	Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP	8.152	New York, NY
10	NR	—	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP	8.141	Atlanta, GA
11	NR	—	Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP	8.071	Boston, MA
12	13	▲	Alston & Bird LLP	8.070	Atlanta, GA
13	NR	—	Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP	8.054	Toledo, OH
14	NR	—	DLA Piper	8.048	New York, NY
15	7	▼	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC	8.000	Memphis, TN
15	6	▼	Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP	8.000	Los Angeles, CA
15	NR	—	Schiff Hardin LLP	8.000	Chicago, IL
16	NR	—	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	7.978	New York, NY
17	24	▲	Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP	7.975	New York, NY
18	2	▼	Foley Hoag LLP	7.956	Boston, MA
19	15	▼	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP	7.898	New York, NY
20	19	▼	Latham & Watkins LLP	7.892	New York, NY
21	11	▼	Venable LLP	7.890	Washington, DC
22	NR	—	Akerman LLP	7.887	Miami, FL
23	23	—	Fenwick & West LLP	7.886	Mountain View, CA
24	NR	—	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	7.880	New York, NY
25	NR	—	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	7.878	New York, NY

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