1
SCORE
8.556
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Call it a victory for career services:
Venable, Baetjer & Howard was formed in 1900 when Richard
Venable, a law professor in Baltimore, partnered...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
4
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2
SCORE
8.503
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Troutman Sanders was founded at the tail end of the 1800s in
Atlanta. But the firm has grown beyond its Georgia peach roots-over
600 Troutman attorneys...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
16
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3
SCORE
8.448
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Schiff Hardin is a mid-sized firm with a national practice. Its
300 lawyers practice in the firm's headquarters in Chicago and in
five other offices in...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
NR
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4
SCORE
8.441
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Over the last few decades, Paul Hastings has grown from a
mid-market U.S. firm to an international outfit with strengths in
employment, tax, and business...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
NR
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5
SCORE
8.407
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Bingham McCutchen LLP
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
23
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6
SCORE
8.401
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Dickstein Shapiro LLP
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
5
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7
SCORE
8.375
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For over 250 years, Freshfields has remained a
constant at the top of the U.K. legal market. Known as one of the
Magic Circle firms, Freshfields has...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
NR
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8
SCORE
8.326
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With powerhouse practices ranging from M&A to appellate law,
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher does its share of high-stakes work.
Founded in Los Angeles in...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
14
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8
SCORE
8.326
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon is a top litigation practice where big
names turn for representation in bet-the-company cases.
Founded in 1889 by attorney...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
7
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9
SCORE
8.276
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A firm with offices across the Southeast as well as locations in
Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, Baker Donelson is a
full-service law firm that...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
11
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10
SCORE
8.268
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A Southern California power for the past 75
years, Irell & Manella matches or exceeds its multinational
peers in salary, prestige and high-stakes...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
NR
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11
SCORE
8.267
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Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, has grown significantly since its
founding in 1993, when it opened shop with just 18 attorneys. The
firm is now the 137th...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
6
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12
SCORE
8.224
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From its roots in Dallas-area corporate
securities law, Haynes and Boone has expanded to a dozen offices
across the U.S. and abroad. Although much of its...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
24
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13
SCORE
8.212
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With expertise in a variety of
practices, including corporate, litigation, employment, IP,
antitrust and finance, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
15
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14
SCORE
8.194
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A Cleveland native with a largely domestic
focus, BakerHostetler has involved itself in a number of cases that
shaped America over the past century. The...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
9
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15
SCORE
8.156
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With an extensive history of working
big-time cases spread across a diverse array of fields, O'Melveny
& Myers boasts expertise in a little bit of...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
18
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16
SCORE
8.140
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Eversheds Sutherland is a global top 40 legal practice, with
more than 2,400 attorneys practicing in offices in Africa, Asia,
Europe, the Middle East and...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
12
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17
SCORE
8.139
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Founded in Texas in 1945, Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has grown to become one of the world's
largest law firms, with over 900 lawyers...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
3
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18
SCORE
8.107
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is one
of the nation's leading firms for corporate finance and
restructuring, litigation, and project finance,...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
NR
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19
SCORE
8.106
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Windy City Roots
The firm now known as Jenner & Block was
founded in 1914 as Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern by a trio of
lawyers with big-name...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
44
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