National Jurist -September 2008 - (Page 32) Guide to the Top 100 Legal Employers The National Jurist compiled data from various sources, giving you a bird’s eye view of the law firms that are hiring, the most prestigious and the highest rated. The Top 100 law firms were ultimately ranked on the total number of attorneys hired firm-wide in 2007, according to data compiled by the National Association for Law Placement. NALP # of attorneys hired* 263 237 227 218 214 189 158 146 145 126 100 100 98 95 94 86 86 84 83 82 81 77 74 69 67 67 66 65 64 60 59 59 58 58 57 57 55 53 52 51 48 46 44 44 44 44 Vault’s NALP total # Most of attorneys* Prestigious** 701+ 6 701+ 5 701+ 30 701+ 8 701+ 19 701+ 31 701+ 18 701+ 3 701+ 17 701+ 22 701+ 64 701+ 14 701+ 76 701+ 9 701+ 82 701+ 42 500-700 26 701+ 20 701+ 59 251-500 2 701+ 54 701+ 74 501-700 29 701+ 23 501-700 24 701+ 38 701+ 15 701+ 61 251-500 73 701+ 34 701+ 48 701+ 13 251-500 77 701+ 70 701+ 84 701+ 40 701+ 58 251-500 55 501-700 12 501-700 36 501-700 21 501-700 62 251-500 75 501-700 32 501-700 60 251-500 51 Vault’s Best firms to work for** NR 14 20 NR NR 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 6 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 The American Lawyer Summer Associates 4.309 4.399 4.571 4.473 4.538 4.541 4.698 4.49 4.647 4.506 4.68 4.419 4.563 4.57 4.48 4.879 4.216 4.216 4.736 4.404 4.691 4.411 4.487 4.536 4.83 4.597 4.51 4.676 4.6 4.301 4.697 4.41 4.734 4.293 NR 4.527 4.787 4.48 4.272 4.308 NR 4.411 NR 4.831 4.541 4.396 The American Lawyer Associates 3.734 3.795 3.797 4.044 3.912 3.888 3.988 3.933 3.738 3.722 3.721 3.6 3.802 3.965 NR 3.834 3.484 3.586 3.826 3.293 3.855 3.649 3.628 3.767 3.514 4.015 3.656 3.89 3.824 3.565 3.6 3.685 3.525 3.666 NR 3.361 3.764 3.665 3.724 3.475 NR 3.795 NR 3.727 4.102 3.865 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 13 14 15 16 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 27 28 29 30 31 31 33 33 35 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 43 43 43 Law Firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell Ropes & Gray LLP Latham & Watkins LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Sidley Austin LLP Jones Day Bingham McCutchen LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Bryan Cave LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Reed Smith Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP White & Case LLP Goodwin Procter LLP Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP DLA Piper Nixon Peabody LLP Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Alston & Bird LLP Hunton & Williams LLP Winston & Strawn LLP Dechert LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Foley & Lardner LLP McGuireWoods LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Arnold & Porter LLP Heller Ehrman LLP Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Jenner & Block LLP Continued on page 34 32 THE NATIONAL JURIST September 2008
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