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-size firm with a national practice. Its
300+ lawyers practice in the firm's headquarters in Chicago and in
seven other offices...
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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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Editor's note: In February 2016 Dickstein Shapiro announced
that it would not longer be engaged in the practice of law. At that
time, almost all of the...
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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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Kansas City-based Shook, Hardy & Bacon is a top litigation
practice where big names turn for representation in bet-the-company
cases. The firm is...
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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
Washington, DC and London, Baker Donelson is a full-service law
firm that also boasts a...
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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 & Friedman LLP
has grown significantly since its founding in 1993, when it opened
shop with only 18 attorneys. The firm is now...
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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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Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP started as an Atlanta tax firm
and has grown to include offices in London, Geneva, Washington, DC,
New York, Houston,...
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TRENDING
2013 Rank
12
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17
SCORE
8.139
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
maintains Capitol Hill connections that pay dividends. Long a force
in national politics (and even longer a...
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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,project finance and litigation, and...
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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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