2007 RANK LAW FIRM PRESTIGE SCORE LARGEST OFFICE/ HEADQUARTERS 1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 8.850 New York, NY 2 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 8.792 New York, NY 3 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 8.429 New York, NY 4 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 8.235 New York, NY 5 Davis Polk & Wardwell 8.141 New York, NY 6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 7.914 New York, NY 7 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP 7.662 New York, NY 8 Latham & Watkins LLP 7.656 Los Angeles, CA 9 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 7.584 New York, NY 10 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 7.490 Chicago, IL 11 Covington & Burling 7.428 Washington, DC 12 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 7.353 New York, NY 13 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 7.316 New York, NY 14 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 7.227 Washington, DC 15 Shearman & Sterling LLP 7.222 New York, NY 16 Sidley Austin LLP 7.213 Chicago, IL 17 Williams & Connolly LLP 7.170 Washington, DC 18 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 7.121 Los Angeles, CA 19 Arnold & Porter LLP 7.074 Washington, DC 20 O'Melveny & Myers LLP 7.057 Los Angeles, CA 21 White & Case LLP 6.999 New York, NY 22 Jones Day 6.990 Washington, DC 23 Morrison & Foerster LLP 6.823 San Francisco, CA 24 Hogan & Hartson LLP 6.657 Washington, DC 25 Ropes & Gray LLP 6.650 Boston, MA 26 Clifford Chance LLP 6.645 New York, NY 27 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP 6.636 Chicago, IL 28 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 6.547 New York, NY 29 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 6.541 New York, NY 30 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 6.441 Los Angeles, CA 31 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 6.400 New York, NY 32 Dewey Ballantine LLP 6.380 New York, NY 33 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 6.373 Washington, DC 34 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 6.305 Palo Alto, CA 35 Winston & Strawn LLP 6.304 Chicago, IL 36 King & Spalding LLP 6.273 Atlanta, GA 37 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 6.214 New York, NY 38 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 6.183 San Francisco, CA 39 Proskauer Rose LLP 6.165 New York, NY 40 Baker Botts L.L.P. 6.157 Houston, TX 41 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6.156 Philadelphia, PA 42 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 6.132 London, UK 43 Baker & McKenzie 6.103 Chicago, IL 44 Linklaters 6.082 London, UK 45 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 5.999 Armonk, NY 46 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 5.984 San Francisco, CA 47 McDermott, Will & Emery 5.983 Chicago, IL 48 Jenner & Block LLP 5.947 Chicago, IL 49 DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP 5.940 Chicago/DC 50 Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 5.888 Houston, TX 51 Dechert LLP 5.861 Philadelphia, PA 52 Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 5.833 Los Angeles, CA 53 Goodwin Procter LLP 5.792 Boston, MA 54 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. 5.766 New York, NY 55 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 5.737 New York, NY 56 Irell & Manella LLP 5.734 Los Angeles, CA 57 Cooley Godward LLP 5.729 Palo Alto, CA 58 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 5.684 Houston, TX 59 Alston & Bird LLP 5.666 Atlanta, GA 60 Allen & Overy LLP 5.656 London, UK 61 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP 5.642 Chicago, IL 62 Heller Ehrman LLP 5.629 San Francisco, CA 63 Fish & Richardson P.C. 5.593 Boston, MA 64 Holland & Knight LLP 5.583 Tampa, FL 65 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5.539 Miami, FL 66 Bingham McCutchen LLP 5.501 Boston, MA 67 Kaye Scholer LLP 5.499 New York, NY 68 Foley & Lardner LLP 5.420 Milwaukee, WI 69 Steptoe & Johnson LLP 5.368 Washington, DC 70 Hunton & Williams LLP 5.295 Richmond, VA 71 Patton Boggs LLP 5.209 Washington, DC 72 Perkins Coie LLP 5.167 Seattle, WA 73 Chadbourne & Parke LLP 5.130 New York, NY 74 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham 5.078 Pittsburgh, PA 75 Nixon Peabody LLP 5.015 Boston, MA 76 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 5.010 New York, NY 77 Bryan Cave LLP 4.990 St. Louis, MO 78 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan 4.977 New York, NY 79 Crowell & Moring LLP 4.959 Washington, DC 80 Howrey LLP 4.956 Washington, DC 81 Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP 4.938 82 Reed Smith 4.910 Pittsburgh, PA 83 Dorsey & Whitney LLP 4.870 Minneapolis, MN 84 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 4.810 Chicago, IL 85 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 4.808 New York, NY 86 McGuireWoods LLP 4.736 Richmond, VA 87 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 4.733 Cleveland, OH 88 Arent Fox PLLC 4.727 Washington, DC 89 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett 4.702 Washington, DC 90 Baker & Hostetler LLP 4.699 Cleveland, OH 91 Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 4.652 New York, NY 92 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky 4.633 Boston, MA 93 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 4.608 Atlanta, GA 94 Fenwick & West LLP 4.567 Mountain View, CA 95 Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP 4.538 Washington, DC 96 Venable LLP   4.537 Washington, DC 97 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 4.536 New York, NY 98 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 4.535 New York, NY 99 Preston Gates & Ellis LLP 4.495 Seattle, WA 100 Seyfarth Shaw LLP 4.488 Chicago, IL