Law Firm Rankings 2012: Vault Law 100

The 2012 Vault Law 100 is here! This year, nearly 16,000 law associates rated law firms on a scale of 1 to 10 based on prestige. (Associates were not allowed to rate their own firms, and were asked only to rate firms with which they were familiar.) See methodology

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26 29 Clifford Chance US LLP 6.367 New York, NY
27 33 Paul Hastings LLP 6.250 New York, NY
28 34 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 6.225 Washington, DC
29 30 Linklaters LLP (US) 6.205 New York, NY
30 31 Mayer Brown LLP 6.166 Chicago, IL
31 36 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 6.098 New York, NY
32 32 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 6.049 New York, NY
33 44 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 6.031 New York, NY
34 27 Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 5.964 Los Angeles, CA
35 35 Allen & Overy LLP (US) 5.950 New York, NY
36 39 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 5.939 New York, NY
37 47 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 5.870 New York, NY
38 42 Baker Botts LLP 5.799 Houston, TX
39 46 Proskauer Rose LLP 5.792 New York, NY
40 49 Baker & McKenzie 5.777 Chicago, IL
41 48 Goodwin Procter LLP 5.766 Boston, MA
42 38 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (US) 5.754 New York, NY
43 37 Irell & Manella LLP 5.746 Los Angeles, CA
44 41 Winston & Strawn LLP 5.730 Chicago, IL
45 53 DLA Piper 5.726 New York, NY
46 40 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 5.715 New York, NY
47 47 King & Spalding 5.636 Atlanta, GA
47 43 Jenner & Block LLP 5.636 Chicago, IL
48 65 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 5.606 New York, NY
49 56 Bingham McCutchen LLP 5.567 Boston, MA
50 45 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 5.547 Palo Alto, CA

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NR=Not rated (insufficient sample size or score below published rankings)



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