Law Firm Rankings 2013: Vault Law 100

The 2013 Vault Law 100 is here! This year, nearly 17,000 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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1 1 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 9.022 New York, NY
2 2 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 8.786 New York, NY
3 4 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 8.422 New York, NY
4 3 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 8.420 New York, NY
5 5 Davis Polk & Wardwell 8.095 New York, NY
6 7 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 7.832 New York, NY
7 6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 7.804 New York, NY
8 8 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 7.691 New York, NY
9 9 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 7.509 Chicago, IL
10 11 Latham & Watkins LLP 7.402 New York, NY
11 10 Covington & Burling LLP 7.374 Washington, DC
12 14 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 7.281 Los Angeles, CA
13 12 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 7.199 New York, NY
14 13 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 7.134 New York, NY
15 15 Sidley Austin LLP 7.034 Chicago, IL
16 13 Williams & Connolly LLP 6.997 Washington, DC
17 18 White & Case LLP 6.881 New York, NY
18 16 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 6.869 Los Angeles, CA
19 19 Jones Day 6.837 Washington, DC
20 17 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 6.818 New York, NY
21 21 WilmerHale 6.627 Washington, DC
22 20 Arnold & Porter LLP 6.495 Washington, DC
23 24 Shearman & Sterling LLP 6.467 New York, NY
24 23 Morrison & Foerster LLP 6.464 San Francisco, CA
24 22 O'Melveny & Myers LLP 6.464 Los Angeles, CA
25 25 Ropes & Gray LLP 6.428 Boston, MA

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



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