2019 Best Law Firms for Pro Bono
Jenner & Block LLP
From its Windy City roots, Jenner & Block has grown to a firm of more than 500 lawyers in offices in Chicago; London; Los Angeles; New York; and Washington, DC. The client roster is a blend of established corporate institutions—including...
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
With around 200 attorneys working out of its single outpost in Manhattan, Patterson Belknap may seem like a modest operation relative to New York’s megafirms, but the firm holds its own with a top-notch litigation department representing an...
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Founded in Texas in 1945, Akin Gump has grown to become one of the world’s largest law firms, with over 900 lawyers working across a vast array of practices in 20 offices around the globe. Long a force in national politics via its lobbying and...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
With an extensive history of working big-time cases spread across a diverse array of fields, O’Melveny & Myers LLP boasts expertise in a little bit of everything, with the firm’s litigation and corporate teams leading the way. Long rooted in...
Crowell & Moring LLP
Crowell & Moring was founded in 1979 by a group of attorneys defecting from Jones Day to create “a different kind of law firm.” When Jones Day tried to oust Eldon “Took” Crowell and his team of government contract lawyers, he left with a...
Ropes & Gray LLP
Ropes & Gray has expanded in every measurable way in the 21st century, acquiring smaller boutique firms in the States while claiming new turf in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Known for its corporate and asset management work, the firm...
Robins Kaplan LLP
Robins Kaplan LLP is a national law firm known for its trial litigation practice, particularly in the intellectual property, complex business litigation, and mass tort arenas. The firm's attorneys are no strangers to high-profile, high-stakes...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Founded more than 150 years ago in San Francisco, Orrick today is a global firm of more than 1,100 attorneys focused on serving three sectors: tech & innovation, energy & infrastructure, and finance. Building out from the Bay ...
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Fourteen New York attorneys—including the late Arthur Kramer, brother of playwright Larry Kramer—teamed up to start Kramer Levin in 1968. The city was already well stocked with law firms, many of them dating back to the 1800s, so Kramer Levin...
Gibbons P.C.
One of New Jersey's largest firms, Gibbons is a standout in mid-Atlantic, middle-market dealings. The firm has handled high-profile corporate transactions in both the public and private sectors as well as major litigations throughout the...