2005 Rank

2004 Rank

Firm, Location

Overall Score

Respondents and Response Rate

1

5

Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore

4.890

10 (100%)

2

6

Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh

4.862

18 (100%)

3

7

Gibson, Dunn, Los Angeles

4.809

120 (76%)

4

3

Bell, Boyd, Chicago

4.806

15 (94%)

4

11

Schulte Roth, New York

4.806

56 (93%)

6

68

Chapman and Cutler, Chicago

4.769

11 (100%)

6

67

Wachtell, New York

4.769

13 (48%)

8

131

Drinker Biddle, Philadelphia

4.760

25 (89%)

8

32

McKenna Long, National

4.760

31 (97%)

10

12

Blank Rome, Philadelphia

4.744

25 (93%)

11

2

Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia

4.738

15 (100%)

12

18

Strasburger & Price, Dallas

4.734

17 (74%)

13

89

Linklaters, International

4.723

17 (74%)

14

23

Milbank, Tweed, New York

4.722

57 (76%)

15

16

Arnall Golden, Atlanta

4.717

12 (100%)

16

9

McDermott Will, National

4.700

56 (80%)

17

29

King & Spalding, Atlanta

4.688

78 (64%)

18

-

Howard, Rice, San Francisco

4.686

10 (100%)

19

108

Ropes & Gray, Boston

4.684

66 (60%)

19

27

Saul Ewing, Philadelphia

4.684

16 (89%)

21

24

Winstead Sechrest, Dallas

4.678

16 (57%)

22

-

Palmer & Dodge, Boston

4.677

11 (85%)

23

79

Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix

4.676

30 (73%)

24

15

Thacher Proffitt, New York

4.669

23 (74%)

25

51

Howrey, Washington, D.C.

4.662

23 (61%)

26

13

Pillsbury Winthrop, San Francisco

4.661

67 (86%)

27

71

Bryan Cave, National

4.651

43 (83%)

28

140

O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles

4.650

90 (68%)

29

26

Cooley Godward, Palo Alto

4.648

40 (82%)

30

112

Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C.

4.644

14 (56%)

30

-

Venable, Washington, D.C.

4.644

10 (63%)

32

1

Kelley Drye, New York

4.641

22 (100%)

33

36

Greenberg Traurig, National

4.637

60 (90%)

34

119

Munger, Tolles, Los Angeles

4.633

16 (70%)

35

14

Goodwin Procter, Boston

4.629

37 (63%)

36

46

Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee

4.626

25 (86%)

37

8

Gunderson Dettmer, Menlo Park, California

4.623

13 (100%)

38

42

Orrick, San Francisco

4.613

55 (87%)

39

88

Robins, Kaplan, Minneapolis

4.611

22 (76%)

40

101

Montgomery, McCracken, Philadelphia

4.608

11 (100%)

41

77

Nutter McClennen, Boston

4.607

10 (100%)

42

107

Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta

4.606

36 (95%)

43

20

Bingham McCutchen, National

4.604

46 (57%)

44

22

Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia

4.600

13 (87%)

45

65

Holland & Hart, Denver

4.598

10 (67%)

46

100

Blackwell Sanders, Kansas City, Missouri

4.596

14 (67%)

47

-

Morris, Manning, Atlanta

4.594

10 (50%)

48

41

Edwards & Angell, Providence

4.592

17 (74%)

48

16

Katten Muchin, Chicago

4.592

44 (88%)

50

96

Thelen Reid, San Francisco

4.587

29 (94%)

51

110

Willkie Farr, New York

4.579

44 (69%)

52

65

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

4.567

42 (55%)

53

32

Finnegan, Henderson, Washington, D.C.

4.561

18 (49%)

53

52

Sidley Austin, National

4.561

140 (78%)

55

71

Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago

4.552

133 (70%)

56

74

Bracewell & Giuliani, Houston

4.551

16 (64%)

57

21

Shook, Hardy, Kansas City, Missouri

4.550

20 (71%)

58

76

Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, New Jersey

4.549

11 (100%)

59

63

Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C.

4.548

50 (57%)

60

132

Perkins Coie, Seattle

4.543

31 (67%)

61

32

Winston & Strawn, Chicago

4.541

51 (68%)

62

-

Mintz Levin, Boston

4.537

10 (45%)

63

37

Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia

4.529

24 (83%)

64

73

Porter Wright, Columbus

4.527

13 (59%)

65

43

Wilmer Cutler, Washington, D.C.

4.523

85 (67%)

66

136

Fish & Richardson, National

4.522

36 (73%)

67

-

Jones Day, National

4.521

87 (52%)

67

-

McKee Nelson, Washington, D.C.

4.521

13 (81%)

69

59

Fried, Frank, New York

4.518

61 (81%)

70

-

Wolf, Block, Philadelphia

4.514

14 (100%)

71

10

Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis

4.513

39 (93%)

71

44

Morgan & Finnegan, New York

4.513

13 (87%)

73

-

Carlton Fields, Tampa

4.507

11 (92%)

74

141

Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland

4.504

31 (45%)

75

82

Alston & Bird, Atlanta

4.502

43 (65%)

76

128

Foley Hoag, Boston

4.499

24 (92%)

77

78

Latham & Watkins, National

4.498

151 (71%)

77

84

Reed Smith, Pittsburgh

4.498

36 (54%)

79

68

Wildman, Harrold, Chicago

4.496

10 (91%)

80

102

Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C.

4.491

15 (63%)

81

40

Kramer Levin, New York

4.490

12 (67%)

82

64

Kronish Lieb, New York

4.489

11 (100%)

83

25

LeBoeuf, Lamb, National

4.482

26 (62%)

84

44

Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.

4.480

25 (81%)

85

120

Fenwick & West, Mountain View, California

4.478

14 (70%)

86

138

Cadwalader, New York

4.471

54 (77%)

87

39

Seyfarth Shaw, National

4.470

15 (79%)

87

81

Sheppard, Mullin, Los Angeles

4.470

29 (69%)

89

139

White & Case, International

4.469

76 (71%)

90

57

Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis

4.468

45 (85%)

91

102

Clifford Chance, International

4.462

33 (89%)

91

98

Dewey Ballantine, New York

4.462

25 (36%)

93

129

Adams and Reese, New Orleans

4.460

16 (55%)

94

152

Dechert, National

4.454

46 (59%)

95

102

Weil, Gotshal, New York

4.449

66 (40%)

96

83

Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.

4.447

11 (30%)

97

-

McAndrews, Held, Chicago

4.446

11 (92%)

98

153

Allen & Overy, International

4.444

14 (78%)

98

93

Hughes Hubbard, New York

4.444

21 (60%)

100

-

Powell Goldstein, Atlanta

4.438

15 (65%)

101

145

Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas

4.437

19 (61%)

102

102

Cravath, New York

4.433

26 (31%)

103

62

Holland & Knight, National

4.431

37 (61%)

104

151

Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C.

4.428

27 (79%)

105

68

Paul, Hastings, National

4.426

81 (85%)

106

-

Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis

4.423

21 (72%)

107

102

Davis Polk, New York

4.421

31 (34%)

108

124

Skadden, New York

4.416

116 (60%)

109

80

Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco

4.407

73 (72%)

110

126

Davis Wright, Seattle

4.402

13 (76%)

111

50

Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee

4.401

69 (62%)

112

52

Sonnenschein, Chicago

4.398

24 (47%)

113

148

Paul, Weiss, New York

4.388

68 (72%)

114

122

Nixon Peabody, National

4.370

31 (76%)

115

159

Baker Botts, Houston

4.369

89 (62%)

115

127

Kaye Scholer, New York

4.369

31 (74%)

117

129

Hunton & Williams, Richmond

4.368

27 (52%)

117

86

Ross, Dixon, Washington, D.C.

4.368

10 (71%)

119

98

Akin Gump, National

4.367

74 (71%)

119

56

Dickstein Shapiro, Washington, D.C.

4.367

17 (71%)

119

-

Kenyon & Kenyon, New York

4.367

14 (61%)

122

115

Morgan, Lewis, National

4.363

64 (80%)

123

144

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

4.362

23 (31%)

124

60

Cahill Gordon, New York

4.361

29 (60%)

125

46

Mayer, Brown, National

4.357

64 (65%)

126

125

Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis

4.356

17 (59%)

127

57

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, National

4.354

79 (86%)

128

108

Day, Berry, Hartford

4.348

16 (100%)

129

114

Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston

4.347

82 (53%)

130

96

Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia

4.344

15 (71%)

131

35

Heller Ehrman, San Francisco

4.337

78 (91%)

132

143

Haynes and Boone, Dallas

4.333

36 (59%)

132

110

Troutman Sanders, Atlanta

4.333

33 (50%)

134

134

Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto

4.324

32 (46%)

135

94

Jenner & Block, Chicago

4.321

41 (67%)

135

85

Smith, Gambrell, Atlanta

4.321

11 (61%)

137

46

Vorys, Sater, Columbus

4.314

23 (61%)

138

-

DLA Piper, National

4.310

57 (61%)

139

87

Baker & McKenzie, International

4.308

26 (57%)

140

147

Chadbourne & Parke, New York

4.297

11 (48%)

141

122

Irell & Manella, Los Angeles

4.252

15 (48%)

142

113

Cleary Gottlieb, New York

4.236

60 (66%)

143

157

Brown Raysman, New York

4.224

12 (100%)

144

134

Locke Liddell, Dallas

4.223

57 (79%)

145

90

Proskauer Rose, New York

4.188

60 (82%)

146

154

Sutherland Asbill, Washington, D.C.

4.171

36 (60%)

147

137

Dykema Gossett, Detroit

4.164

11 (55%)

148

-

Taft, Stettinius, Cincinnati

4.160

11 (52%)

149

60

Stoel Rives, Portland, Oregon

4.152

19 (76%)

150

117

Shearman & Sterling, New York

4.150

44 (47%)

151

90

Thompson & Knight, Dallas

4.139

31 (60%)

152

116

Simpson Thacher, New York

4.136

65 (61%)

153

-

Michael Best, Milwaukee

4.087

14 (56%)

154

74

Curtis, Mallet, New York

4.086

10 (100%)

155

156

Andrews Kurth, Houston

4.068

27 (49%)

156

155

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York

4.032

42 (36%)