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

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1 1 Ropes & Gray LLP 7.963 Boston, MA
2 NR Foley Hoag LLP 7.718 Boston, MA
3 NR Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 7.714 Minneapolis, MN
4 NR Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. 7.538 Boston, MA
5 13 Williams & Connolly LLP 7.519 Washington, DC
6 12 Haynes and Boone, LLP 7.489 Dallas, TX
7 7 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 7.455 Memphis, TN
8 NR Nixon Peabody LLP 7.441 Boston, MA
9 5 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 7.420 New York, NY
10 NR Steptoe & Johnson LLP 7.406 Washington, DC
11 NR Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 7.359 New York, NY
12 14 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 7.303 Los Angeles, CA
13 8 Baker & Hostetler LLP 7.229 Cleveland, OH
14 2 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 7.222 Kansas City, MO
15 NR Bryan Cave LLP 7.211 Saint Louis, MO
16 5 Venable LLP 7.198 Washington, DC
17 NR Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 7.181 New York, NY
18 NR Arent Fox LLP 7.159 Washington, DC
19 2 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto 7.157 New York, NY
20 NR Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 7.115 New York, NY
21 NR Holland & Hart LLP 7.063 Denver, CO
22 15 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 7.050 Los Angeles, CA
23 NR Linklaters LLP (US) 7.043 New York, NY
24 NR Jones Day 7.040 Washington, DC
25 NR Covington & Burling LLP 7.022 Washington, DC

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