Law Firm Rankings 2013: The Best Law Firms in Each Practice Area: Intellectual Property

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1 1 Fish & Richardson P.C. 52.01 Boston, MA
2 2 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP 37.16 Washington, DC
3 3 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 28.02 Chicago, IL
4 4 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 21.31 Los Angeles, CA
5 5 Morrison & Foerster LLP 14.68 San Francisco, CA
6 7 Irell & Manella LLP 13.59 Los Angeles, CA
7 10 WilmerHale 11.83 Washington, DC
8 8 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 10.15 Palo Alto, CA
9 9 Ropes & Gray LLP 8.31 Boston, MA
10 6 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 7.72 New York, NY
11 11 Jones Day 7.63 Washington, DC
12 15 Fenwick & West LLP 6.21 Mountain View, CA
13 14 Cooley LLP 5.79 Palo Alto, CA
14 17 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 5.54 Atlanta, GA
15 16 Sidley Austin LLP 4.53 Chicago, IL
16 12 Foley & Lardner LLP 4.03 Milwaukee, WI
17 17 McDermott Will & Emery LLP 3.78 Chicago, IL
18 19 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 3.52 New York, NY
19 19 Latham & Watkins LLP 3.44 New York, NY
20 21 Perkins Coie LLP 3.36 Seattle, WA
21 18 Baker Botts LLP 3.27 Houston, TX
22 23 Alston & Bird LLP 3.19 Atlanta, GA
23 20 Covington & Burling LLP 2.77 Washington, DC
23 18 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2.77 Miami, FL
24 23 Goodwin Procter LLP 2.27 Boston, MA
24 24 DLA Piper 2.27 New York, NY
25 NR Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 2.01 Philadelphia, PA

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