Law Firm Rankings 2012: The Best Law Firms to Work For: Compensation

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1 2 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 9.474 New York, NY
2 4 Williams & Connolly LLP 9.000 Washington, DC
3 1 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 8.951 New York, NY
4 3 Ropes & Gray LLP 8.817 Boston, MA
5 NR Fish & Richardson P.C. 8.805 Boston, MA
6 14 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 8.786 New York, NY
7 5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 8.591 New York, NY
8 9 Latham & Watkins LLP 8.550 New York, NY
9 NR Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (US) 8.535 New York, NY
10 12 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 8.442 New York, NY
11 NR Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 8.430 New York, NY
12 NR Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 8.429 New York, NY
13 NR Paul Hastings LLP 8.348 New York, NY
14 NR Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 8.256 New York, NY
15 7 Irell & Manella LLP 8.245 Los Angeles, CA
16 NR Vinson & Elkins LLP 8.230 Houston, TX
17 19 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 8.208 New York, NY
18 6 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 8.205 Los Angeles, CA
19 NR Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 8.194 New York, NY
20 8 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 8.191 New York, NY
21 13 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 8.133 New York, NY
22 11 O'Melveny & Myers LLP 8.129 Los Angeles, CA
23 NR Patton Boggs LLP 8.116 Washington, DC
24 20 Davis Polk & Wardwell 8.080 New York, NY
25 NR Haynes and Boone, LLP 8.031 Dallas, TX

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