Law Firm Rankings 2013: The Best Law Firms to Work For: Business Outlook

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1 1 Williams & Connolly LLP 9.742 Washington, DC
2 4 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 9.533 Los Angeles, CA
3 2 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 9.468 Los Angeles, CA
4 NR Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 9.463 Los Angeles, CA
5 10 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 9.435 New York, NY
6 8 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 9.329 Chicago, IL
7 7 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 9.287 New York, NY
8 14 Fenwick & West LLP 9.237 Mountain View, CA
9 3 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 9.200 New York, NY
10 22 Fish & Richardson P.C. 9.156 Boston, MA
11 NR Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 9.118 Memphis, TN
12 17 Alston & Bird LLP 9.115 Atlanta, GA
13 13 Jones Day 9.101 Washington, DC
14 23 Littler Mendelson P.C. 9.100 San Francisco, CA
15 5 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 9.087 New York, NY
16 21 Morrison & Foerster LLP 9.049 San Francisco, CA
17 18 Baker & Hostetler LLP 9.040 Cleveland, OH
18 NR WilmerHale 9.018 Washington, DC
19 NR Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 8.986 New York, NY
20 9 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 8.952 New York, NY
21 NR Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP 8.905 Washington, DC
22 NR Sidley Austin LLP 8.886 Chicago, IL
23 NR Cooley LLP 8.883 Palo Alto, CA
24 6 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 8.868 New York, NY
25 20 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (US) 8.860 New York, NY

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