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Welcome to Law Salary Central, salary information available exclusively for Vault Gold Members.

The chart below summarizes salary information gathered by Vault's law editors in the while compiling law firm guides, including the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, and Vault?s regional law firm guides (Vault Guide to the Top Southeastern Law Firms, Vault Guide to the Top Mid-Atlantic Law Firms, etc.). If you have salary information to report, contact us at editors@staff.vault.com
EXPLANATION OF PREVIEW CHART: The $$$ symbols on the chart below indicate salary or bonus information actually available to Gold Members. "N/A" or "No info given" indicates information not available.

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Amounts above do not reflect tenure awards of up to total of $$$ or work effort bonuses.
Firm/Location
 1st Year
 2nd Year
 3rd Year
 4th Year
 5th Year
 6th Year
 7th Year
 8th Year
 Summer Associates
Palmer & Dodge LLP
Boston, MA (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
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 N/A
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Patton Boggs LLP
Washington, DC (January 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$*
 $$$
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 $$$
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*Two-tier system: $$$ billable track / $$$ billable track (not available to first- and second-year associates).
All Southeastern offices (May 2006)
 $$$
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 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 N/A
 $$$
All other California Offices (August 2005);
New York, NY (August 2005);
Stamford, CT (August 2005)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 $$$
Atlanta, GA (August 2005)
 $$$
 $$$
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 N/A
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 $$$
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP
New York, NY (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 $$$
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; California offices (February 2007)
 $$$
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New York, NY; Stamford, CT (January 2007)
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Atlanta, GA (February 2007)
 $$$
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 N/A
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 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
All other offices (May 2006)
 $$$
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 N/A
 $$$
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
All offices (January 2007)
 $$$
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 $$$
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Pepper Hamilton LLP
Berwyn, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, PA; Princeton, NJ; Wilmington, DE (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Detroit, MI (August 2006)
 $$$
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Harrisburg, PA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Perkins Coie LLP
Menlo Park, CA(August 2006)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC (February 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
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 N/A
Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Phoenix, AZ (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Portland, OR (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Phelps Dunbar LLP
All offices (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Northern & Southern California offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Houston, TX (August 2005)
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New York, NY (March 2007)
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 $$$
Washington, DC (March 2007)
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Various offices (August 2005)
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Porter & Hedges LLP
Houston, TX (December 2006)
 $$$
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Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Columbus, Cincinnati & Cleveland, OH (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
CDayton, OH (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Powell Goldstein LLP
Atlanta, GA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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All other offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
Seattle, WA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Proskauer Rose LLP
New York, NY (January 2007)
 $$$
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Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP
New York, NY (March 2007)
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Quarles & Brady LLP
Madison, Milwaukee, WI; Phoenix, Tucson, AZ (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Chicago, IL (August 2006)
 $$$
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Naples, FL (August 2006)
 $$$
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP
All offices (January 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
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Reed Smith
Century City, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
Falls Church, VA; Philadelphia, PA; Wilmington, DE (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Pittsburgh, PA; Newark, Princeton, NJ (August 2006)
 $$$
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Richmond, VA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.
Milwaukee, WI (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Atlanta, GA (August 2006)
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Minneapolis, MN (August 2006)
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
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Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A.
Albuquerque, NM (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Roetzel & Andress, L.P.C.
All Ohio offices (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Ropes & Gray LLP
New York, NY (March 2007)
 $$$
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All other offices (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Ruden McCloskey Smith Schuster Russell, PA
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Rutan & Tucker LLP
Costa Mesa, CA (May 2006)
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 N/A
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Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
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 N/A
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Salans
New York, NY (March 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Saul Ewing LLP
All offices except Harrisburg (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Harrisburg, PA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Schiff Hardin LLP
All offices (August 2006)
 $$$
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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA
Columbus, OH (December 2006)
 $$$
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Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA
Columbus, OH (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
New York, NY (March 2007)
 $$$
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Various offices (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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Schwartz Cooper Chartered
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
All U.S. offices (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Los Angeles, CA (May 2006)
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Atlanta, GA (August 2005)
 $$$
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Seward & Kissel LLP
New York, NY (August 2006)
 $$$*
 N/A
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 $$$, *Includes a discretionary bonus at the end of the first full year
Shartsis Friese LLP
San Francisco, CA (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Shearman & Sterling LLP
All offices (January 2007)
 $$$
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Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd.
Chicago, IL (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
All offices except New York (February 2007)
 $$$
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New York, NY (February 2007)
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Kansas City, MO; Tampa, FL (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Houston, TX (August 2006)
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Miami, FL (August 2006)
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San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
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Irvine, CA (August 2006)
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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Toledo, OH (December 2006)
 $$$
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Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
All U.S. offices except New York, NY and Washington, DC (February 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
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 $$$
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 N/A
 $$$
New York, NY (January 2007)
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Washington, DC (January 2007)
 $$$
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 N/A
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
All offices (January 2007)
 $$$
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
New York, NY (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Bay Area & Los Angeles, CA (March 2007)
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Washington, DC (March 2007)
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Chicago, IL (December 2006)
 $$$
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Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell Jernigan
Raleigh, NC (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP
All offices (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Smith Moore LLP
All offices (May 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Phoenix, AZ (December 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Las Vegas, NV; Tucson, AZ (December 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Washignton, DC (March 2007)
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Chicago, IL (February 2007)
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New York, NY (February 2007)
 $$$
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Kansas City, MO (August 2006)
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St. Louis, MO (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Arizona offices (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Ohio offices (March 2007)
 $$$
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California offices (August 2006)
 $$$
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Florida offices (August 2006)
 $$$
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Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, DC (January 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
All offices (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Frankfort, Lexington, Louisville, KY; Jeffersonville, IN (May 2006)
 $$$
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Nashville, TN (May 2006)
 $$$
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Atlanta, GA (May 2006)
 $$$
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Stoel Rives LLP
Portland, OR; Salt Lake City, UT (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Boise, ID (August 2006)
 $$$
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San Francisco, CA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Seattle, WA (August 2006)
 $$$
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Strasburger & Price LLP
All Texas offices (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
New York, NY (March 2007)
 $$$
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Los Angeles, CA (May 2006)
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Sughrue Mion PLLC
Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
All offices (January 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
 $$$*
* Paid at the annual rate of $$$ prorated according to the time spent at the firm and the days worked during the month, on a semi-monthly basis.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Boston, MA (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
Texas offices (December 2006)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 N/A
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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Atlanta, GA (August 2006)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Washington, DC (August 2006)
 $$$
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 N/A
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 $$$
Swidler Berlin LLP
Washington, DC (September 2005)
 $$$
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 $$$
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 $$$
New York, NY (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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 $$$
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Cincinnati, OH (March 2007)
 $$$
 N/A
 N/A
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 $$$
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
All other U.S. offices (January 2007)
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
 $$$
Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, TX (August 2005)
 $$$
 N/A
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