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    The American Lawyer Student Edition/November 2005


    Reprints & Permissions

    Tales of the City Most firms have summer associates in multiple offices, and it's not just the humidity that distinguishes a summer program in New York from one in Los Angeles. This chart breaks out firms' results by office. Only offices with at least five respondents are included. Some firms listed here are not on the national charts, which required ten responses from each firm. The scores, rankings, and number of respondents on this chart pertain only to the firm's office in the indicated city. All responses were scored an a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest score. For more complete details, see the methodology.

    Rank in This Locale

    Score for This Office

    Number of Respondents

    Response Rate

    Arizona

    Phoenix

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.503

    Snell & Wilmer

    1

    4.749

    15

    63%

    Lewis and Roca

    2

    4.636

    7

    100%

    Quarles & Brady

    3

    4.518

    8

    80%

    Perkins Coie

    4

    4.458

    9

    82%

    Bryan Cave

    5

    4.156

    5

    83%

    California

    Los Angeles

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.494

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    1

    4.907

    8

    100%

    Paul, Hastings

    2

    4.851

    20

    100%

    Milbank, Tweed

    3

    4.789

    10

    77%

    Morgan, Lewis

    4

    4.778

    5

    71%

    Gibson, Dunn

    5

    4.726

    33

    79%

    Manatt, Phelps

    6

    4.722

    6

    86%

    O'Melveny & Myers

    7

    4.634

    15

    50%

    Munger, Tolles

    8

    4.633

    16

    70%

    Jones Day

    9

    4.626

    11

    52%

    Thelen Reid

    10

    4.622

    5

    100%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    11

    4.618

    9

    56%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    12

    4.593

    6

    75%

    Morrison & Foerster

    13

    4.592

    9

    69%

    Winston & Strawn

    14

    4.574

    6

    86%

    Sidley Austin

    15

    4.569

    19

    86%

    Hogan & Hartson

    16

    4.556

    5

    100%

    Orrick

    16

    4.556

    5

    71%

    O'Melveny & Myers (Century City)

    18

    4.541

    9

    47%

    McDermott Will

    19

    4.507

    7

    100%

    Latham & Watkins

    20

    4.492

    26

    76%

    Sheppard, Mullin

    21

    4.484

    18

    69%

    Skadden

    22

    4.448

    16

    73%

    Akin Gump

    23

    4.407

    6

    86%

    Foley & Lardner

    23

    4.407

    8

    73%

    Irell & Manella

    25

    4.252

    15

    54%

    White & Case

    26

    4.238

    7

    58%

    Heller Ehrman

    27

    4.150

    10

    77%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    28

    4.048

    7

    100%

    Allen Matkins

    29

    3.933

    5

    100%

    Proskauer Rose

    30

    3.556

    5

    83%

    Orange County

    AVERAGE

    4.666

    Gibson, Dunn (Irvine)

    1

    4.844

    5

    42%

    Sheppard, Mullin (Costa Mesa)

    2

    4.711

    5

    83%

    Latham & Watkins (Costa Mesa)

    3

    4.586

    8

    80%

    O'Melveny & Myers (Newport Beach)

    4

    4.522

    10

    100%

    San Diego

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.514

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    1

    5.000

    5

    100%

    Cooley Godward

    2

    4.920

    7

    88%

    Paul, Hastings

    3

    4.543

    8

    100%

    Fish & Richardson

    4

    4.538

    7

    88%

    Latham & Watkins

    5

    4.406

    5

    33%

    Heller Ehrman

    6

    4.318

    7

    100%

    Morrison & Foerster

    7

    4.207

    7

    78%

    DLA Piper

    8

    4.178

    5

    63%

    San Francisco Bay Area

    AVERAGE

    4.494

    Gibson, Dunn (Palo Alto)

    1

    4.889

    5

    83%

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    2

    4.803

    12

    100%

    Ropes & Gray (Palo Alto/San Francisco)

    3

    4.776

    7

    100%

    Gibson, Dunn

    4

    4.743

    13

    76%

    Pillsbury Winthrop (Palo Alto)

    5

    4.733

    5

    83%

    Latham & Watkins

    6

    4.719

    11

    85%

    Howard, Rice

    7

    4.686

    10

    100%

    Gunderson Dettmer (Menlo Park)

    8

    4.678

    10

    100%

    Heller Ehrman (Menlo Park)

    9

    4.668

    11

    100%

    Orrick

    10

    4.630

    15

    100%

    Bingham McCutchen

    11

    4.620

    12

    46%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    12

    4.587

    10

    45%

    Thelen Reid

    13

    4.570

    7

    88%

    Cooley Godward (Palo Alto)

    14

    4.568

    18

    78%

    Fenwick & West

    16

    4.556

    5

    63%

    Latham & Watkins (Menlo Park)

    17

    4.553

    11

    92%

    Morrison & Foerster

    18

    4.517

    15

    52%

    Fenwick & West (Mountain View)

    19

    4.436

    9

    75%

    Weil, Gotshal (Redwood Shores)

    20

    4.428

    11

    58%

    Skadden

    21

    4.400

    5

    100%

    Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto)

    22

    4.346

    31

    58%

    Morrison & Foerster (Palo Alto)

    23

    4.324

    14

    82%

    Shearman & Sterling (Menlo Park)

    24

    4.317

    6

    100%

    Orrick (Menlo Park)

    25

    4.296

    12

    100%

    Nixon Peabody

    26

    4.267

    5

    100%

    Davis Polk (Menlo Park)

    27

    4.221

    6

    67%

    Skadden (Palo Alto)

    28

    4.181

    9

    69%

    Heller Ehrman

    29

    4.180

    27

    93%

    Morgan, Lewis

    30

    3.620

    7

    70%

    Colorado

    Denver

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.554

    Holland & Hart

    1

    4.733

    5

    56%

    Snell & Wilmer

    2

    4.689

    5

    100%

    Faegre & Benson

    3

    4.554

    11

    85%

    Holme Roberts

    4

    4.240

    6

    75%

    Connecticut

    Hartford

    Day, Berry

    4.222

    10

    100%

    Stamford

    Paul, Hastings

    4.533

    5

    100%

    Delaware

    Wilmington

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.733

    Skadden

    1

    4.878

    10

    100%

    Young Conaway

    2

    4.588

    7

    78%

    District of Columbia

    Washington

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.511

    Morgan, Lewis

    1

    4.910

    16

    89%

    McKenna Long

    2

    4.889

    11

    100%

    Ropes & Gray

    3

    4.876

    9

    56%

    Sidley Austin

    4

    4.858

    20

    91%

    Powell Goldstein

    5

    4.822

    5

    100%

    Orrick

    6

    4.800

    5

    71%

    Gibson, Dunn

    7

    4.778

    30

    81%

    O'Melveny & Myers

    7

    4.778

    21

    84%

    Willkie Farr

    9

    4.756

    5

    45%

    Blank Rome

    10

    4.754

    6

    86%

    McDermott Will

    11

    4.730

    9

    69%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    12

    4.724

    9

    64%

    Venable

    13

    4.704

    6

    50%

    Howrey

    14

    4.694

    16

    76%

    King & Spalding

    15

    4.688

    13

    76%

    Dow, Lohnes

    16

    4.683

    8

    50%

    Latham & Watkins

    17

    4.656

    24

    80%

    Skadden

    18

    4.650

    7

    58%

    Patton Boggs

    19

    4.633

    10

    77%

    Winston & Strawn

    20

    4.611

    6

    55%

    Reed Smith

    21

    4.600

    7

    100%

    Finnegan, Henderson

    22

    4.590

    12

    67%

    Baker Botts

    23

    4.554

    14

    64%

    McKee Nelson

    24

    4.539

    7

    88%

    Covington & Burling

    25

    4.524

    28

    49%

    Crowell & Moring

    26

    4.514

    22

    79%

    White & Case

    27

    4.500

    10

    53%

    Swidler Berlin

    28

    4.499

    6

    60%

    Wiley Rein

    29

    4.491

    15

    63%

    Hogan & Hartson

    30

    4.479

    18

    36%

    Arnold & Porter

    31

    4.477

    8

    27%

    Arent Fox

    32

    4.428

    6

    60%

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    33

    4.424

    17

    68%

    Holland & Knight

    34

    4.422

    5

    100%

    Thelen Reid

    34

    4.422

    5

    100%

    Paul, Hastings

    36

    4.419

    8

    100%

    Steptoe & Johnson

    37

    4.418

    26

    84%

    Wilmer Cutler

    38

    4.417

    49

    63%

    Cadwalader

    39

    4.396

    8

    80%

    DLA Piper

    39

    4.396

    9

    60%

    Dewey Ballantine

    41

    4.391

    8

    80%

    Akin Gump

    42

    4.389

    22

    92%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    43

    4.374

    27

    93%

    Dickstein Shapiro

    44

    4.350

    13

    72%

    Fried, Frank

    44

    4.350

    17

    81%

    Jones Day

    46

    4.334

    9

    41%

    Foley & Lardner

    47

    4.310

    11

    69%

    Clifford Chance

    48

    4.286

    5

    100%

    Morrison & Foerster

    49

    4.203

    6

    75%

    Cleary Gottlieb

    50

    4.196

    8

    50%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    51

    4.156

    5

    42%

    Sutherland Asbill

    52

    4.096

    11

    65%

    Dechert

    53

    4.086

    8

    67%

    Weil, Gotshal

    54

    4.067

    5

    50%

    Mayer, Brown

    55

    4.029

    10

    77%

    Florida

    Miami

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.620

    Greenberg Traurig

    1

    4.808

    8

    100%

    White & Case

    2

    4.553

    8

    80%

    Holland & Knight

    3

    4.498

    6

    86%

    Tampa

    Carlton Fields

    4.693

    7

    100%

    Georgia

    Atlanta

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.534

    Jones Day

    1

    4.776

    6

    60%

    Arnall Golden

    2

    4.717

    12

    100%

    McKenna Long

    3

    4.703

    18

    95%

    King & Spalding

    4

    4.688

    34

    59%

    Paul, Hastings

    5

    4.663