Law Firm Rankings 2013: The Best Law Firms in Each Practice Area: Class Actions

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1 1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 24.47 New York, NY
2 2 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 19.03 Los Angeles, CA
3 3 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 14.95 New York, NY
4 6 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 14.65 Los Angeles, CA
5 7 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 13.44 New York, NY
6 11 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 10.88 New York, NY
7 5 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 10.73 Chicago, IL
8 9 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 10.27 New York, NY
9 4 Jones Day 9.37 Washington, DC
10 13 Latham & Watkins LLP 9.06 New York, NY
11 12 Sidley Austin LLP 8.46 Chicago, IL
12 8 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 6.95 New York, NY
13 15 O'Melveny & Myers LLP 6.80 Los Angeles, CA
14 16 DLA Piper 6.65 New York, NY
15 10 Williams & Connolly LLP 6.04 Washington, DC
16 21 Davis Polk & Wardwell 5.89 New York, NY
16 19 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 5.89 New York, NY
17 14 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 5.44 New York, NY
17 NR Milberg LLP 5.44 New York, NY
18 NR WilmerHale 4.98 Washington, DC
19 17 Arnold & Porter LLP 4.83 Washington, DC
20 19 Covington & Burling LLP 4.68 Washington, DC
20 23 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 4.68 Philadelphia, PA
21 22 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 4.53 New York, NY
22 NR Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 4.38 New York, NY
22 21 Morrison & Foerster LLP 4.38 San Francisco, CA
23 17 Dechert LLP 3.47 New York, NY
23 20 Mayer Brown LLP 3.47 Chicago, IL
24 18 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 3.17 Kansas City, MO
25 24 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 3.02 Washington, DC

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