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VAULT RANKINGS

1-25 26-50 51-75 76-100
2010
RANK

FIRM
PRESTIGE
SCORE

LOCATION
1 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 8.679 New York, NY
2 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 8.266 New York, NY
3 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 8.095 New York, NY
4 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 8.090 New York, NY
5 Davis Polk & Wardwell 7.895 New York, NY
6 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 7.743 New York, NY
7 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 7.667 New York, NY
8 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 7.548 New York, NY
9 Covington & Burling LLP 7.385 Washington, DC
10 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 7.329 Chicago, IL
11 Williams & Connolly LLP 7.309 Washington, DC
12 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 7.245 New York, NY
13 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 7.122 New York, NY
14 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 7.021 Los Angeles, CA
15 Sidley Austin LLP 6.920 Chicago, IL
16 WilmerHale 6.829 Washington, DC
17 Latham & Watkins LLP 6.782 Los Angeles, CA
18 Arnold & Porter LLP 6.689 Washington, DC
19 Jones Day 6.630 Washington, DC
20 White & Case LLP 6.583 New York, NY
21 Shearman & Sterling LLP 6.553 New York, NY
22 O'Melveny & Myers LLP 6.544 Los Angeles, CA
23 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP 6.433 Los Angeles, CA
24 Ropes & Gray LLP 6.409 Boston, MA
25 Hogan & Hartson LLP 6.356 Washington, DC

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