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Vault #1

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Cravath's departments include corporate, litigation, tax, executive compensation and benefits, and trusts and estates. The firm describes a rotation system for associates in corporate, litigation, and tax: associates…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$7.20M

3 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #50
Vault #2

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz advises clients on corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions. The firm operates from New York.

First-year comp

$480,000+

Profits per partner

$12.15M

1 officeHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #46
Vault #3

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden advises on transactions, litigation, and regulatory matters. Its practices include mergers and acquisitions, finance, tax, antitrust, restructuring, real estate, and securities litigation. The firm operates…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$7.01M

21 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #5
Vault #4

Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins advises businesses and institutions on transactions and disputes. Its international practice brings together lawyers across multiple legal disciplines and jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$8.65M

29 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CAAmLaw #2
Vault #5

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell advises clients on corporate transactions, investigations, restructuring, regulatory matters, tax, and estate planning. Its practice serves clients internationally.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$7.57M

11 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #25
Vault #6

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis advises on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, restructuring, commercial and intellectual property litigation, and white collar matters. The firm describes an open assignment…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$11.12M

24 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #1
Vault #7

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Davis Polk advises businesses on legal matters. Its published work includes public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and investment-fund transactions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$9.80M

7 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #14
Vault #8

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gibson Dunn handles litigation, corporate transactions, and real estate matters. Its U.S. summer-program materials describe work involving trial and appellate litigation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and real…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$8.89M

16 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CAAmLaw #4
Vault #9

Milbank LLP

Milbank is an international law firm handling business transactions and disputes. Its practice serves clients through offices in multiple countries.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$7.62M

7 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #28
Vault #10

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher advises on corporate and litigation matters. Its practices include banking and credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and private funds.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$8.57M

15 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #10
Vault #11

Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin advises on transactions, regulatory matters, and litigation. Its services include capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, finance, life sciences, and appellate litigation, among…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$5.97M

17 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #6
Vault #12

Covington & Burling LLP

Covington & Burling advises clients on legal and public-policy matters. The firm's international practice addresses business issues involving law and government policy.

First-year comp

$225,000

Profits per partner

$3.25M

14 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #30
Vault #13
Under Review by Firm

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

This firm has asked BigLaw Bear to temporarily pause publication of its profile data while we review the information together. The firm remains listed in the directory, but profile details are unavailable for now.

Under Review by Firm
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Vault #14

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Quinn Emanuel focuses on business litigation and arbitration. The firm represents clients in disputes through an international network of offices.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$9.54M

15 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CAAmLaw #20
Vault #15

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Weil advises clients on corporate transactions, litigation, and restructuring. Its services also include finance, tax, and executive compensation matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$5.59M

13 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #29
Vault #16

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb advises on corporate transactions, antitrust, capital markets, finance, restructuring, litigation, and arbitration. Its practice includes work for businesses, financial institutions, and sovereign…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$6.05M

14 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #32
Vault #17

Williams & Connolly LLP

Williams & Connolly represents clients in civil, criminal, and administrative litigation in the United States and internationally. Its practice focuses on resolving disputes.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.82M

1 officeHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #87
Vault #18

White & Case LLP

White & Case is an international law firm serving companies, governments, and financial institutions. Its work includes legal matters spanning multiple jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.41M

43 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #9
Vault #19

Susman Godfrey LLP

Susman Godfrey focuses on litigation. Its published matters include business disputes, privacy litigation, defamation, and intellectual property cases.

First-year comp

$345,000+

Profits per partner

$5.23M

4 officesHQ: Houston, TXAmLaw #92
Vault #20

Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray is an international law firm advising clients on business legal matters. The firm operates through a network of offices in multiple countries.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$7.05M

10 officesHQ: Boston, MAAmLaw #7
Vault #21

Paul Hastings LLP

Paul Hastings is an international law firm advising investment banks, asset managers, and corporations. Its practice addresses business legal matters across jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$8.33M

19 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #22
Vault #22

Cooley LLP

Cooley works with technology, life sciences, and other growth companies. Its services cover transactions, intellectual property, litigation, and regulatory matters, including legal needs associated with building and…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.58M

12 officesHQ: Palo Alto, CAAmLaw #24
Vault #23

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton is an international law firm with roots in New York. Its practice serves clients across jurisdictions through integrated legal teams.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$6.00M

7 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #35
Vault #24

Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie has been named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 22 consecutive years -- a streak no other law firm comes close to matching. Headquartered in Seattle and deeply embedded in the Pacific…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.99M

16 officesHQ: Seattle, WAAmLaw #51
Vault #25

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

WilmerHale advises on legal matters involving business and government. Its practice includes work for clients in financial services, life sciences, and technology.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.46M

8 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #38
Vault #26

Jones Day

Jones Day is an international law firm. Its published work includes capital markets, labor and employment, restructuring, securities, and trade-secret matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.73M

40 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #15
Vault #27

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Morrison Foerster is an international law firm with offices in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Its practice serves clients on business legal matters across jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.29M

16 officesHQ: San Francisco, CAAmLaw #42
Vault #28

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

O'Melveny & Myers advises on corporate transactions, litigation and investigations, and regulatory matters. Its services cover both business transactions and disputes.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.46M

9 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CAAmLaw #57
Vault #29

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Munger, Tolles & Olson is a law firm with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Its practice includes litigation and trials. The firm publishes separate information about its summer program,…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

3 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CA200 attorneys
Vault #30

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launched on July 1, 2026 following the merger of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The combined firm has more than 3,200 lawyers across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, bringing…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.52M

38 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #12
Vault #31

Goodwin Procter LLP

Goodwin advises investors and companies in life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology, and financial services. Its work includes transactions, litigation and dispute resolution, and regulatory advice.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.24M

10 officesHQ: Boston, MAAmLaw #21
Vault #32

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Arnold & Porter provides regulatory, litigation, and transactional services. Its practice addresses domestic and cross-border matters involving businesses, government policy, and regulated industries.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.65M

7 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #53
Vault #33

Proskauer Rose LLP

Proskauer advises on corporate transactions, labor and employment, litigation, private-client matters, and tax. Its services include investment management, finance, and disputes for clients across industries.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$5.02M

8 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #41
Vault #34

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

Wilson Sonsini advises emerging and established companies and their investors. Its life sciences practice supports company formation, financing, intellectual property, strategic partnerships, and public offerings.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.74M

11 officesHQ: Palo Alto, CAAmLaw #37
Vault #35

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher advises businesses on legal matters through an international practice. The firm describes its work as addressing complex issues that affect clients' businesses.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.96M

12 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #31
Vault #36

King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding advises on litigation, transactions, and regulatory matters. Its practices include international arbitration, finance, capital markets, healthcare, and life sciences.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$7.26M

17 officesHQ: Atlanta, GAAmLaw #23
Vault #37

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Morgan Lewis advises clients on corporate transactions, litigation, and regulatory matters. Its U.S. practice works with international teams on cross-border business legal needs.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.27M

24 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #11
Vault #38

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin provides legal and business advice to clients including individuals, corporations, and governments. The firm operates across the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with work involving commerce,…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.57M

10 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #36
Vault #39

Winston & Strawn LLP

Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing's U.K.-led business combined as Winston Taylor on June 1, 2026. This directory record originated with Winston & Strawn; historical rankings and other legacy data should be read in…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.05M

13 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #49
Vault #40

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick provides transactional, litigation, and regulatory services. The firm identifies technology and innovation, energy and infrastructure, finance, and life sciences and health technology as its principal industry…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.20M

15 officesHQ: San Francisco, CAAmLaw #34
Vault #41

Clifford Chance US LLP

Clifford Chance is a Magic Circle firm with 3,700 attorneys globally, offering something no American firm can: a truly integrated international platform with the depth and prestige of a century-old London…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

32 officesHQ: New York, NY3,750 attorneys
Vault #42

DLA Piper LLP (US)

DLA Piper is an international law firm providing legal services across the business lifecycle. Its practice combines advice across industries and jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.14M

89 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #3
Vault #43

Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block represents clients in litigation, investigations, and corporate transactions. Its Chicago practice includes business litigation, patent matters, energy, corporate work, and bankruptcy and restructuring.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.35M

4 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #81
Vault #44

Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer Brown advises corporations, funds, and financial institutions on transactions and disputes. Its global legal-services platform comprises associated practices established in different jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.20M

14 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #27
Vault #45

Baker McKenzie LLP

Baker McKenzie is an international law firm that combines local legal advice with support for clients operating across borders. Its history dates to the partnership of Russell Baker and John McKenzie.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.44M

17 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #8
Vault #46

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

McDermott Will & Schulte advises on corporate transactions, investment management, litigation, tax, and restructuring. Its services also include intellectual property, employment, and regulatory matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$5.17M

25 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #16
Vault #47

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Fried Frank advises corporations, investment funds, and financial institutions. Its firm-provided 2026 Chambers profile describes an international practice serving clients on business legal matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$5.30M

2 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #52
Vault #48

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight provides business legal services through offices in the United States and abroad. Its published work includes corporate transactions, private equity, energy tax, and healthcare regulation.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.51M

25 officesHQ: Tampa, FLAmLaw #26
Vault #49

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates provides legal and policy services through an international network. Its practice brings together lawyers and policy professionals to address clients' business and regulatory needs.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.63M

17 officesHQ: Pittsburgh, PAAmLaw #48
Vault #50

Freshfields US LLP

Freshfields is an international law firm advising organizations on business legal matters. Its teams work across jurisdictions to address clients' legal challenges.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

12 officesHQ: New York, NY2,800 attorneys
Vault #51

Dechert LLP

Dechert advises asset managers, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, life sciences businesses, and multinational companies. Its practice addresses complex business legal matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$6.20M

19 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #39
Vault #52

Linklaters LLP

Linklaters is an international law firm. Its practice supports clients dealing with business legal issues across jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

30 officesHQ: New York, NY3,200 attorneys
Vault #53

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Vinson & Elkins advises on corporate transactions, banking and finance, litigation, and regulatory matters. Its practices include energy-related legal work, intellectual property, and employment.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.51M

11 officesHQ: Houston, TXAmLaw #58
Vault #54

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Baker Botts advises on energy and technology matters. Its practices include litigation, intellectual property, tax, projects, and real estate.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.95M

9 officesHQ: Houston, TXAmLaw #75
Vault #55

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig is one of the largest and most entrepreneurial law firms in the world, and its growth trajectory over the past two decades has been remarkable. With approximately 3,200 attorneys in offices across…

First-year comp

Varies by office

Profits per partner

$2.90M

52 officesHQ: Not reportedAmLaw #17
Vault #56

A&O Shearman LLP

A&O Shearman is an international law firm advising clients on business legal matters. The firm combines the legacy Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling practices.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

48 officesHQ: New York, NY4,000 attorneys
Vault #57

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Norton Rose Fulbright provides business-law services to corporations and financial institutions. Its industry coverage includes financial services, energy and infrastructure, technology, transport, life sciences and…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.06M

48 officesHQ: Houston, TXAmLaw #19
Vault #58

Alston & Bird LLP

Alston & Bird is an international law firm. Its practice provides legal services to clients through teams working across practice areas.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.55M

13 officesHQ: Atlanta, GAAmLaw #44
Vault #59

Reed Smith LLP

Reed Smith is an international law firm providing legal services to businesses. Its practice supports clients operating across industries and jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.02M

19 officesHQ: Pittsburgh, PAAmLaw #40
Vault #60

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pillsbury advises on business, regulatory, and litigation matters. The firm identifies technology and life sciences, energy, financial services, and real estate and construction as principal sectors it serves.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.89M

9 officesHQ: Houston, TXAmLaw #65
Vault #61

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Boies Schiller Flexner focuses on litigation and international arbitration. The firm acts for plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes, including matters involving multiple jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

6 officesHQ: New York, NY300 attorneys
Vault #62

Dentons US LLP

Dentons is an international law firm serving clients across jurisdictions. Its published work includes cross-border transactions and regulatory matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$959K

24 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #18
Vault #63

Baker & Hostetler LLP

BakerHostetler's services are organized into business, digital assets and data management, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, and tax practices.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$2.48M

15 officesHQ: Cleveland, OHAmLaw #59
Vault #64
Legacy profile

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Legacy Profile)

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft combined with Hogan Lovells on July 1, 2026, to form Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. This legacy listing preserves Cadwalader's Vault #64 ranking. Open the profile to view the combined firm.

Legacy profile
Legacy profile
Vault #65

Crowell & Moring LLP

A Washington, D.C. firm with recognized strength in government contracts, international trade, litigation, and regulatory work. Founded in 1979, Crowell & Moring now has 700+ lawyers across 13 offices in the United…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.68M

13 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #86
Vault #66

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton provides legal services to startups and established businesses across industries and jurisdictions. The firm describes its practice as covering the business lifecycle.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.04M

11 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CAAmLaw #47
Vault #67
Under Review by Firm

Foley & Lardner LLP

This firm has asked BigLaw Bear to temporarily pause publication of its profile data while we review the information together. The firm remains listed in the directory, but profile details are unavailable for now.

Under Review by Firm
Under Review by Firm
Vault #68

McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods provides legal and public-affairs services. Its clients include businesses, individuals, and nonprofit organizations.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$2.68M

18 officesHQ: Richmond, VAAmLaw #54
Vault #69

Venable LLP

Venable advises on regulatory compliance, government affairs, corporate and business transactions, intellectual property, and litigation. Its legal services support clients in domestic and international matters.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$1.40M

7 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #68
Vault #70

Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.

Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick is a Washington, D.C. law firm with over 100 attorneys operating from a single office. Founded in 1993, Kellogg Hansen is one of the most elite appellate and Supreme Court…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

1 officeHQ: Washington, DC100 attorneys
Vault #71

Fenwick & West LLP

Fenwick provides legal services to technology and life sciences companies. Its practice is organized around the legal needs of businesses in those industries.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$4.34M

6 officesHQ: Mountain View, CAAmLaw #69
Vault #72

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Troutman Pepper Locke is a law firm with a national office network. Its business legal practice includes mergers and acquisitions and other services for companies.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.85M

18 officesHQ: Atlanta, GAAmLaw #33
Vault #73

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Cahill Gordon & Reindel handles finance, litigation, investigations, and regulatory matters. Its careers materials describe a free market system in which associates can pursue work that interests them and participate…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

2 officesHQ: New York, NY300 attorneys
Vault #74

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Davis Wright Tremaine provides legal services through a national office network. Its published work includes employment, healthcare, environmental, and nonprofit legal matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.39M

9 officesHQ: Seattle, WAAmLaw #90
Vault #75

Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody provides litigation, real estate, corporate, and finance services. Its practice supports clients across a range of business legal matters.

First-year comp

$210,000

Profits per partner

$1.90M

12 officesHQ: Rochester, NYAmLaw #88
Vault #76

Fox Rothschild LLP

Fox Rothschild is a national law firm with offices across the United States. It advises businesses and other clients through a range of legal practices.

First-year comp

$190,000

Profits per partner

$1.34M

19 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #71
Vault #77

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Mintz advises on corporate, litigation, and intellectual property matters. Its practice serves clients through offices in the United States and Toronto.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.75M

6 officesHQ: Boston, MAAmLaw #83
Vault #78

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Muchin Rosenman provides legal services through offices in the United States, London, and Shanghai. The firm describes its practice as full-service.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$3.32M

7 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #66
Vault #79

Steptoe LLP

Steptoe advises clients on matters involving business, regulation, public policy, and litigation. Its work includes disputes, regulatory defense, and investigations.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.40M

6 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #98
Vault #80

ArentFox Schiff LLP

ArentFox Schiff provides legal advice to businesses. Its practice addresses companies' legal and commercial needs through a range of services.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$1.70M

6 officesHQ: Washington, DCAmLaw #91
Vault #81

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Haynes Boone is a law firm based in the United States with an international office network. Its services cover multiple business legal practices.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$1.68M

20 officesHQ: Dallas, TXAmLaw #85
Vault #82

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Squire Patton Boggs is an international law firm providing legal services and public-policy advice. Its practice addresses business, government, and regulatory issues across jurisdictions.

First-year comp

$200,000

Profits per partner

$2.51M

21 officesHQ: Cleveland, OHAmLaw #45
Vault #83

Gunderson Dettmer LLP

Gunderson Dettmer advises emerging companies, venture capital investors, and public companies. Its work includes company formation, financing, growth transactions, and public-company securities and governance matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

9 officesHQ: Redwood City, CA400 attorneys
Vault #84

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Fish & Richardson focuses on intellectual property law. Its practice supports clients seeking to protect and enforce technology and other intellectual property rights.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

11 officesHQ: Boston, MA400 attorneys
Vault #85

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Faegre Drinker provides litigation, regulatory, and transactional services. Its practices include corporate transactions, finance and restructuring, intellectual property, healthcare, employment, product liability,…

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$1.61M

11 officesHQ: Minneapolis, MNAmLaw #56
Vault #86

Irell & Manella LLP

Irell & Manella focuses on business and technology litigation. Its work includes trials and intellectual property disputes.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

2 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CA50 attorneys
Vault #87

Polsinelli PC

Polsinelli serves clients in healthcare, finance, real estate, technology, private equity, and life sciences. Its national practice includes legal work for businesses at different stages of development.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$3.07M

16 officesHQ: Kansas City, MOAmLaw #55
Vault #88

Cozen O'Connor P.C.

Cozen O'Connor provides litigation, business-law, and government-relations services. Its clients include corporations, startups, and individuals.

First-year comp

$200,000

Profits per partner

$1.29M

15 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #80
Vault #89

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services through an international practice. Its work extends beyond employment law to other business legal needs.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$1.90M

9 officesHQ: Chicago, ILAmLaw #63
Vault #90

Foley Hoag LLP

Foley Hoag advises public- and private-sector clients on disputes and transactions. Its practice includes domestic and international matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

Not reported

4 officesHQ: Boston, MA350 attorneys
Vault #91

Blank Rome LLP

Blank Rome is a law firm with offices in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1946, it provides legal services through multiple practice groups.

First-year comp

$210,000

Profits per partner

$2.00M

12 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #73
Vault #92

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr is a national law firm whose practice includes corporate transactions, litigation, and media law. The firm combined with Lane Powell in 2025, adding offices in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

First-year comp

$210,000

Profits per partner

$1.00M

14 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #89
Vault #93

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth serves clients in energy, financial services, real estate, retail and consumer products, and technology. Its practice addresses business legal needs across these sectors.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Profits per partner

$2.63M

12 officesHQ: Richmond, VAAmLaw #64
Vault #94

Duane Morris LLP

Duane Morris is a full-service law firm. Its practice includes corporate transactions, litigation, healthcare, insurance, and employment matters.

First-year comp

$200,000

Profits per partner

$1.68M

14 officesHQ: Philadelphia, PAAmLaw #84
Vault #95

Akerman LLP

Akerman advises on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, disputes, financial services, and real estate. Its services address both transactional and contentious business matters.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$1.50M

21 officesHQ: Miami, FLAmLaw #96
Vault #96

Husch Blackwell LLP

Husch Blackwell provides legal services organized around clients' industries. Its practice includes business disputes and other corporate legal needs.

First-year comp

$200,000

Profits per partner

$1.08M

15 officesHQ: Kansas City, MOAmLaw #82
Vault #97

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kilpatrick advises on intellectual property, litigation, and corporate transactions. Its practice serves clients on domestic and international matters.

First-year comp

$215,000

Profits per partner

$1.88M

11 officesHQ: Atlanta, GAAmLaw #95
Vault #98

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Eversheds Sutherland’s US predecessor dates to its Atlanta opening in 1924. Its federal tax work spans transactions, agency proceedings and litigation. Project and energy finance services cover developers, utilities,…

First-year comp

$225,000

Profits per partner

$1.69M

9 officesHQ: Atlanta, GA3,000 attorneys
Vault #99

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner advises on mergers and acquisitions, real estate, financial services, litigation, and corporate risk. Its practice operates internationally.

First-year comp

$200,000

Profits per partner

Not reported

11 officesHQ: St. Louis, MOAmLaw #67
Vault #100

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Littler traces its history to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1942 and focuses on employers’ labor and employment needs. Its services encompass workplace counseling and disputes, with named offerings such as CaseSmart,…

First-year comp

$225,000

Profits per partner

$1.02M

20 officesHQ: San Francisco, CAAmLaw #62
Unranked

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Barnes & Thornburg grew from the 1982 merger of Indianapolis and South Bend firms, then added labor and intellectual-property boutiques as it expanded nationally. Its practice mix includes business disputes,…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

$1.43M

26 officesHQ: Indianapolis, INAmLaw #78
Unranked

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bradley traces its origins to 1870 in Elyton, Alabama, before moving to Birmingham the following year. Its business practice includes litigation, healthcare, banking and transactions, alongside construction work. The…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

13 officesHQ: Birmingham, ALAmLaw #100
Unranked

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Founded in Minneapolis in 1912, Dorsey has expanded across the United States and into Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its practice mix includes corporate transactions, intellectual property, antitrust and financing.…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

22 officesHQ: Minneapolis, MNAmLaw #99
Unranked

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

Fragomen is an immigration-focused firm with roots dating to 1951. Its services combine workforce mobility and immigration planning with compliance support for employers. The work includes internal immigration…

First-year comp

Up to $166,000

Profits per partner

Not reported

19 officesHQ: New York, NYAmLaw #74
Unranked

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani began in San Francisco in 1974 and established offices in all 50 states in 2019. Its service offerings span insurance, commercial litigation, employment, environmental, banking and…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

87 officesHQ: San Francisco, CAAmLaw #70
Unranked

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Jackson Lewis has focused on labor and employment law since 1958. Its services include workplace litigation, labor relations, wage-and-hour matters and preventive advice, alongside privacy, AI and cybersecurity…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

60 officesHQ: White Plains, NYAmLaw #79
Unranked

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Founded in 1979, Lewis Brisbois describes work spanning liability defense, complex business disputes, trials, transactions and risk management. Insurance coverage and labor and employment are two areas that help…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

$1.23M

60 officesHQ: Los Angeles, CAAmLaw #72
Unranked

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Nelson Mullins traces its history to South Carolina in 1897 and has expanded through new offices and combinations, including Broad and Cassel in 2018. Its business practice encompasses litigation, healthcare, banking…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

$2.51M

37 officesHQ: Columbia, SCAmLaw #60
Unranked

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Ogletree Deakins began practice in Greenville and Atlanta in 1977. Its employer-focused services include labor relations, employment litigation, workplace safety, immigration, benefits and investigations. A 2027…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

$1.20M

60 officesHQ: Greenville, SCAmLaw #77
Unranked

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon traces its history to 1889 and describes a litigation-focused practice with scientific and technical support. Product liability, mass torts and disputes involving health and technology are useful…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

18 officesHQ: Kansas City, MOAmLaw #93
Unranked

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Taft traces its predecessor history to 1885 and has expanded through combinations as well as new offices. Its practice mix includes corporate transactions, energy and infrastructure, banking and environmental…

First-year comp

Up to $215,000

Profits per partner

$1.27M

25 officesHQ: Cincinnati, OHAmLaw #61
Unranked

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Wilson Elser describes a principally litigation-focused practice spanning defense, coverage disputes, trials and risk management. Insurance and reinsurance coverage is a concrete area for students to investigate…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

46 officesHQ: White Plains, NYAmLaw #94
Unranked

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Womble Bond Dickinson’s US practice is connected to a wider US and UK platform that describes coordinated services on both sides of the Atlantic. Its practice mix includes intellectual property, banking, real estate…

First-year comp

Not reported

Profits per partner

Not reported

32 officesHQ: Winston-Salem, NCAmLaw #76