National Jurist -September 2008 - (Page 34) Guide to the Top 100 Legal Employers (Continued) Rank 47 48 49 50 50 52 52 54 54 56 57 57 57 60 60 62 63 64 65 66 66 66 69 69 71 71 73 74 74 76 76 78 78 80 81 81 83 84 85 85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Law Firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Covington & Burling LLP Holland & Knight LLP Dorsey & Whitney LLP Venable LLP Perkins Coie LLP Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Faegre & Benson LLP Quarles & Brady LLP Kaye Scholer LLP Baker & McKenzie Irell & Manella LLP Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Linklaters Baker & Hostetler LLP Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP McKee Nelson LLP Chadbourne & Parke LLP Fenwick & West LLP Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Baker & Daniels LLP Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Arent Fox LLP Carlton Fields Crowell & Moring LLP Patton Boggs LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Dickstein Shapiro LLP Hogan & Hartson LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Williams & Connolly LLP Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP McDermott, Will & Emery King & Spalding LLP Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Clifford Chance LLP Fish & Richardson PC Greenberg Traurig LLP Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 97 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP NA NA 7 98 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP NA NA 57 99 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP NA NA 52 100 Dewey Ballantine LLP NA NA 35 SOURCES *NALP’s Directory of Legal Employers. This information show the total number of attorneys hired firm wide (beginning in 2007) and total number of attorneys. **Vault’s Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms 2008 Edition The American Lawyer’s 2007 Summer Associate Survey and 2007 Midlevel Associates Survey. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. NALP # of attorneys hired* 42 41 40 38 38 37 37 35 35 34 33 33 33 32 32 30 28 27 26 25 25 25 23 23 22 22 19 18 18 16 16 15 15 14 12 12 11 7 3 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Vault’s NALP total # Most of attorneys* Prestigious** 251-500 43 701+ 11 501-700 87 701+ 10 701+ 68 501-700 89 501-700 93 501-700 78 701+ 33 501-700 NR 251-500 NR 501-700 67 701+ 44 101-250 49 251-500 98 251-500 79 251-500 NR 701+ 37 501-700 91 501-700 90 251-500 85 101-250 NR 251-500 72 501-700 97 251-500 95 251-500 92 251-500 NR 101-250 46 251-500 86 251-500 NR 251-500 83 501-700 80 251-500 69 101-250 1 251-500 96 701+ 27 701+ 39 101-250 16 701+ 94 101-250 47 NA 63 NA 50 NA 41 NA NR NA 25 NA 56 NA 66 NA 28 NA 71 NA 4 Vault’s Best firms to work for** NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 11 5 NR NR NR NR NR 12 NR NR NR 3 1 NR NR NR NR 7 NR NR 18 NR 8 NR NR 10 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 2 13 4 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR The American Lawyer Summer Associates NR 4.479 4.348 4.623 4.539 4.653 4.128 4.513 4.397 4.603 4.593 4.467 4.209 4.447 4.401 NR 4.476 4.33 4.261 4.552 4.419 4.333 4.589 4.392 4.703 4.549 4.344 NR 4.691 4.667 4.553 4.636 4.408 4.307 4.774 4.507 NR NR NR 4.317 NR 4.657 4.574 4.556 4.513 4.526 4.509 4.544 4.498 4.418 4.392 4.352 4.317 4.293 The American Lawyer Associates NR 3.812 3.792 3.769 3.682 3.675 3.687 3.608 3.776 4.235 4.109 3.342 3.852 3.74 3.804 3.643 3.918 3.923 3.714 NR 3.977 4.137 3.716 3.998 3.504 3.727 NR 3.065 3.725 4.102 3.881 3.811 3.594 3.643 4.585 3.739 NR NR NR 4.147 3.825 3.735 NR 4.059 4.049 4.089 3.755 3.564 3.611 3.624 3.805 3.673 3.463 3.681 34 THE NATIONAL JURIST September 2008
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