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    The American Lawyer Student Edition/November 2006


    Reprints & Permissions

    Naked Cities Maybe you can't imagine living more than an hour away from the beach, or in a place where you can't get a decent bagel. Perhaps your significant other already has a job in Dallas, or Pittsburgh, or Seattle. Or you're sure that you could only live in a blue state, or a red one. Whatever the reason, most law school students take geography into account when weighing job offers. 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 methodology.

    Rank in This Locale

    Score for This Office

    Number of Respondents

    Response Rate

    Arizona

    Phoenix

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.436

    Quarles & Brady

    1

    4.797

    11

    92%

    Snell & Wilmer

    2

    4.563

    15

    71%

    Lewis and Roca

    3

    4.324

    11

    92%

    Bryan Cave

    4

    4.286

    7

    88%

    Greenberg Traurig

    5

    4.211

    5

    100%

    California

    Los Angeles

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.577

    Heller Ehrman

    1

    4.981

    6

    100%

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    2

    4.922

    10

    100%

    McDermott Will

    3

    4.890

    11

    92%

    Morgan, Lewis

    4

    4.870

    6

    100%

    Gibson, Dunn

    5

    4.854

    33

    80%

    Sidley Austin

    6

    4.819

    11

    42%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    7

    4.746

    17

    89%

    Skadden

    8

    4.738

    16

    80%

    Sullivan & Cromwell

    9

    4.720

    6

    67%

    O’Melveny & Myers (Century City)

    10

    4.662

    16

    89%

    Jones Day

    11

    4.658

    16

    94%

    Winston & Strawn

    12

    4.630

    6

    75%

    Proskauer Rose

    13

    4.622

    5

    83%

    Paul, Hastings

    14

    4.618

    27

    79%

    Foley & Lardner

    15

    4.571

    7

    64%

    Munger, Tolles

    16

    4.564

    21

    68%

    Orrick

    17

    4.540

    7

    88%

    Loeb & Loeb

    18

    4.539

    5

    71%

    Best Best (Riverside)

    19

    4.536

    6

    86%

    Morrison & Foerster

    20

    4.531

    8

    67%

    Latham & Watkins

    21

    4.469

    30

    60%

    Milbank, Tweed

    22

    4.463

    6

    75%

    O’Melveny & Myers

    23

    4.427

    30

    71%

    Irell & Manella

    24

    4.423

    23

    88%

    Sheppard, Mullin

    25

    4.393

    17

    71%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    26

    4.333

    5

    100%

    Liner Yankelevitz

    27

    4.187

    6

    100%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    28

    4.179

    7

    88%

    Squire, Sanders

    29

    3.844

    5

    83%

    Orange County

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.620

    Gibson, Dunn (Irvine)

    1

    4.926

    6

    67%

    Snell & Wilmer (Costa Mesa)

    2

    4.778

    6

    75%

    O’Melveny & Myers (Newport Beach)

    3

    4.553

    10

    77%

    Paul, Hastings (Costa Mesa)

    4

    4.539

    5

    71%

    Latham & Watkins (Costa Mesa)

    5

    4.523

    7

    78%

    Morrison & Foerster (Irvine)

    6

    4.400

    5

    100%

    San Diego

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.411

    Paul, Hastings

    1

    4.794

    6

    100%

    Wilson Sonsini

    2

    4.659

    6

    86%

    Fish & Richardson

    3

    4.558

    8

    73%

    Luce, Forward

    4

    4.500

    6

    55%

    Morrison & Foerster

    5

    4.452

    7

    100%

    Latham & Watkins

    6

    4.333

    11

    69%

    DLA Piper

    7

    4.320

    9

    90%

    Heller Ehrman

    8

    4.250

    7

    100%

    Cooley Godward

    9

    4.136

    13

    100%

    Sheppard, Mullin

    10

    4.111

    6

    67%

    San Francisco Bay Area

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.514

    Pillsbury Winthrop (Palo Alto)

    1

    4.987

    8

    100%

    Morgan, Lewis

    2

    4.957

    13

    100%

    Gunderson Dettmer (Menlo Park)

    3

    4.904

    8

    89%

    Gibson, Dunn (Palo Alto)

    4

    4.889

    5

    100%

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    5

    4.861

    18

    69%

    Gibson, Dunn

    6

    4.850

    8

    73%

    Morgan, Lewis (Palo Alto)

    7

    4.796

    6

    100%

    Winston & Strawn

    8

    4.723

    6

    75%

    O’Melveny & Myers

    9

    4.681

    15

    100%

    Jones Day

    10

    4.678

    11

    100%

    Heller Ehrman

    11

    4.638

    25

    100%

    Skadden (Palo Alto)

    12

    4.623

    13

    81%

    McDermott Will (Palo Alto)

    13

    4.557

    6

    86%

    Fenwick & West (Mountain View)

    14

    4.556

    20

    95%

    Morrison & Foerster (Palo Alto)

    15

    4.541

    11

    73%

    Jones Day (Menlo Park)

    16

    4.533

    5

    100%

    Fish & Richardson (Redwood City)

    17

    4.532

    6

    60%

    Orrick (Menlo Park)

    18

    4.522

    17

    100%

    DLA Piper (Palo Alto)

    19

    4.493

    7

    70%

    Cooley Godward

    20

    4.478

    10

    91%

    Bingham McCutchen (Palo Alto)

    21

    4.459

    7

    78%

    Latham & Watkins

    22

    4.457

    22

    85%

    Fenwick & West

    23

    4.456

    10

    100%

    Paul, Hastings

    24

    4.453

    12

    80%

    Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto)

    25

    4.452

    31

    72%

    Howrey (East Palo Alto)

    26

    4.444

    5

    100%

    Latham & Watkins (Menlo Park)

    27

    4.441

    13

    81%

    Thelen Reid

    28

    4.426

    9

    75%

    Orrick

    29

    4.417

    19

    70%

    Weil, Gotshal (Redwood Shores)

    30

    4.413

    7

    50%

    DLA Piper

    31

    4.381

    7

    100%

    Howard, Rice

    32

    4.351

    10

    91%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    33

    4.310

    19

    90%

    Heller Ehrman (Menlo Park)

    34

    4.300

    11

    100%

    Cooley Godward (Palo Alto)

    35

    4.294

    14

    88%

    O’Melveny & Myers (Menlo Park)

    36

    4.202

    6

    86%

    Sheppard, Mullin

    37

    4.000

    6

    67%

    Morrison & Foerster

    38

    3.996

    32

    71%

    Bingham McCutchen

    39

    3.978

    10

    63%

    Colorado

    Denver

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.406

    Holland & Hart

    1

    4.578

    5

    63%

    Faegre & Benson

    2

    4.234

    7

    64%

    Connecticut

    Hartford

    Day, Berry

    4.501

    6

    86%

    Stamford

    Paul, Hastings

    4.687

    6

    100%

    Delaware

    Wilmington

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.496

    Young Conaway

    1

    4.600

    10

    100%

    Skadden

    2

    4.517

    14

    93%

    Morris, Nichols

    3

    4.371

    15

    94%

    District of Columbia

    Washington

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.495

    McKenna Long

    1

    4.966

    13

    93%

    Dickstein Shapiro

    2

    4.922

    13

    76%

    O’Melveny & Myers

    3

    4.851

    18

    90%

    Bingham McCutchen

    4

    4.844

    5

    71%

    King & Spalding

    5

    4.837

    17

    77%

    Morgan, Lewis

    6

    4.808

    18

    95%

    Gibson, Dunn

    7

    4.749

    25

    76%

    Heller Ehrman

    8

    4.704

    6

    100%

    Ropes & Gray

    9

    4.702

    12

    75%

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    10

    4.697

    10

    63%

    McDermott Will

    11

    4.686

    21

    88%

    Orrick

    12

    4.683

    7

    88%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    13

    4.673

    27

    90%

    Patton Boggs

    14

    4.662

    6

    60%

    Mintz, Levin

    15

    4.661

    5

    100%

    Skadden

    16

    4.632

    20

    100%

    Baker Botts

    17

    4.604

    11

    69%

    Cleary Gottlieb

    17

    4.604

    10

    50%

    Sidley Austin

    19

    4.603

    20

    83%

    Katten Muchin

    20

    4.600

    5

    83%

    DLA Piper

    21

    4.596

    14

    93%

    Covington & Burling

    22

    4.584

    41

    54%

    Kelley Drye

    23

    4.577

    9

    100%

    Blank Rome

    24

    4.571

    7

    88%

    Akin Gump

    25

    4.568

    27

    96%

    Troutman Sanders

    26

    4.561

    5

    100%

    Crowell & Moring

    27

    4.529

    17

    94%

    Powell Goldstein

    28

    4.522

    5

    100%

    Preston Gates

    29

    4.511

    5

    83%

    Wiley Rein

    30

    4.510

    18

    86%

    Dow, Lohnes

    31

    4.506

    14

    93%

    Latham & Watkins

    32

    4.503

    22

    59%

    Paul, Hastings

    33

    4.496

    17

    94%

    Winston & Strawn

    34

    4.480

    11

    79%

    Cadwalader

    35

    4.474

    8

    100%

    Clifford Chance

    36

    4.452

    6

    100%

    Hogan & Hartson

    37

    4.448

    24

    36%

    Steptoe & Johnson

    37

    4.448

    6

    23%

    Sutherland Asbill

    39

    4.446

    11

    79%

    Nixon Peabody

    40

    4.429

    7

    70%

    Finnegan, Henderson

    41

    4.421

    18

    82%

    Venable

    42

    4.401

    14

    61%

    Arnold & Porter

    43

    4.400

    30

    59%

    Shearman & Sterling

    43

    4.400

    5

    63%

    McKee Nelson

    45

    4.392

    13

    76%

    Alston & Bird

    46

    4.382

    9

    43%

    Dechert

    47

    4.371

    9

    90%

    LeBoeuf, Lamb

    48

    4.369

    7

    54%

    Baker & Hostetler

    49

    4.361

    5

    50%

    Mayer, Brown

    50

    4.350

    10

    67%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    51

    4.349

    14

    93%

    Foley & Lardner

    52

    4.321

    9

    39%

    Howrey

    53

    4.292

    16

    80%

    Jones Day

    54

    4.250

    13

    48%

    Wilmer Cutler

    55

    4.180

    43

    61%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    56

    4.178

    5

    56%

    Arent Fox

    57

    4.167

    10

    77%

    White & Case

    58

    4.124

    23

    72%

    Goodwin Procter

    59

    4.056

    6

    50%

    Morrison & Foerster

    60

    4.022

    5

    83%

    Fried, Frank

    61

    3.729

    9

    56%

    Florida

    Miami

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.438

    Greenberg Traurig

    1

    4.667

    5

    83%

    Holland & Knight

    2

    4.508

    7

    100%

    Hunton & Williams

    3

    4.386

    6

    86%

    White & Case

    4

    4.189

    9

    60%

    Tampa

    Carlton Fields

    4.333

    5

    100%

    Georgia

    Atlanta

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.568

    Arnall Golden

    1

    4.978

    10

    100%

    Holland & Knight

    2

    4.667

    5

    100%

    McKenna Long

    3

    4.664

    19

    86%

    King & Spalding

    4

    4.654

    24

    53%

    Alston & Bird

    5

    4.647

    38

    63%

    Paul, Hastings

    6

    4.588

    17

    89%

    Morris, Manning

    7

    4.572

    13

    87%

    Kilpatrick Stockton

    8

    4.502

    47

    98%

    Jones Day

    9

    4.491

    14

    78%

    Powell Goldstein

    10

    4.470

    18

    95%

    Troutman Sanders

    10

    4.470

    24

    65%

    Sutherland Asbill

    12

    4.460

    24

    75%

    Finnegan, Henderson

    13

    4.444

    5

    71%

    Smith, Gambrell

    14

    4.347

    9

    47%

    Illinois

    Chicago

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.544

    Bryan Cave

    1

    4.933

    5

    100%

    Chapman and Cutler

    2

    4.880

    11

    100%

    Greenberg Traurig

    3

    4.806

    5

    83%

    Bell, Boyd

    4

    4.766

    16

    89%

    Lord, Bissell

    5

    4.711

    10

    71%

    Foley & Lardner

    6

    4.686

    6

    35%

    McDermott Will

    6

    4.686

    26

    96%

    Baker & McKenzie

    8

    4.678

    10

    63%

    Jenner & Block

    9

    4.627

    20

    39%

    Katten Muchin

    10

    4.594

    28

    100%

    Latham & Watkins

    11

    4.589

    30

    75%

    Skadden

    12

    4.563

    22

    73%

    Winston & Strawn

    13

    4.491

    22

    58%

    Sidley Austin

    14

    4.473

    59

    82%

    Gardner Carton

    15

    4.462

    12

    80%

    Jones Day

    16

    4.458

    15

    83%

    DLA Piper

    17

    4.456

    10

    67%

    Dykema Gossett

    18

    4.420

    9

    90%

    Schiff Hardin

    19

    4.404

    14

    70%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    20

    4.386

    48

    69%

    Holland & Knight

    21

    4.378

    5

    63%

    Vedder, Price

    22

    4.370

    6

    46%

    Mayer, Brown

    23

    4.346

    39

    75%

    Seyfarth Shaw

    24

    4.333

    9

    64%

    Wildman, Harrold

    25

    4.100

    11

    73%

    Indiana

    Indianapolis

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.540

    Barnes & Thornburg

    1

    4.554

    7

    33%

    Baker & Daniels

    2

    4.526

    19

    76%

    South Bend

    Baker & Daniels

    4.689

    5

    100%

    Louisiana

    New Orleans

    Adams and Reese

    4.156

    5

    83%

    Maryland

    Baltimore

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.629

    Miles & Stockbridge

    1

    4.891

    8

    100%

    Whiteford, Taylor

    2

    4.573

    6

    86%

    DLA Piper

    3

    4.422

    13

    100%

    Massachusetts

    Boston

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.637

    Nutter McClennen

    1

    4.947

    15

    94%

    McDermott Will

    2

    4.889

    10

    100%

    Nixon Peabody

    3

    4.823

    13

    100%

    Bingham McCutchen

    4

    4.779

    11

    65%

    Goulston & Storrs

    5

    4.778

    10

    100%

    Sullivan & Worcester

    6

    4.742

    14

    100%

    Seyfarth Shaw

    7

    4.711

    5

    100%

    Ropes & Gray

    8

    4.662

    45

    65%

    Dechert

    9

    4.648

    6

    100%

    Edwards Angell

    10

    4.641

    8

    67%

    Choate, Hall

    11

    4.633

    26

    93%

    Goodwin Procter

    12

    4.622

    41

    93%

    Wilmer Cutler

    13

    4.526

    26

    72%

    Skadden

    14

    4.504

    11

    85%

    Foley Hoag

    15

    4.502

    15

    63%

    Mintz, Levin

    16

    4.487

    16

    89%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    17

    4.478

    8

    100%

    Brown Rudnick

    18

    4.100

    16

    80%

    Michigan

    Detroit

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.151

    Honigman Miller

    1

    4.244

    5

    56%

    Dykema Gossett

    2

    4.057

    10

    100%

    Minnesota

    Minneapolis

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.583

    Faegre & Benson

    1

    4.829

    20

    77%

    Lindquist & Vennum

    2

    4.711

    7

    100%

    Robins, Kaplan

    3

    4.674

    15

    88%

    Leonard, Street

    4

    4.662

    8

    67%

    Oppenheimer Wolff

    5

    4.481

    9

    100%

    Dorsey & Whitney

    6

    4.370

    39

    95%

    Briggs and Morgan

    7

    4.351

    12

    92%

    Missouri

    Kansas City

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.339

    Shook, Hardy

    1

    4.572

    7

    44%

    Blackwell Sanders

    2

    4.252

    6

    46%

    Lathrop & Gage

    3

    4.194

    11

    85%

    St. Louis

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.585

    Bryan Cave

    1

    4.724

    17

    89%

    Blackwell Sanders

    2

    4.644

    7

    78%

    Thompson Coburn

    3

    4.386

    23

    88%

    New Jersey

    Newark

    Latham & Watkins

    4.406

    9

    100%

    Roseland

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.435

    Lowenstein Sandler

    1

    4.448

    14

    100%

    Wolf, Block

    2

    4.422

    5

    100%

    Westfield

    Lerner, David

    4.516

    8

    100%

    New York

    New York

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.515

    Hunton & Williams

    1

    5.000

    5

    56%

    Blank Rome

    2

    4.981

    6

    100%

    Morgan, Lewis

    3

    4.908

    17

    85%

    Kelley Drye

    4

    4.900

    19

    100%

    Gibson, Dunn

    5

    4.846

    21

    75%

    Mayer, Brown

    6

    4.803

    21

    95%

    Milbank, Tweed

    7

    4.799

    51

    78%

    Schulte Roth

    8

    4.782

    37

    70%

    Baker Botts

    9

    4.762

    7

    100%

    Kirkland & Ellis

    10

    4.733

    24

    55%

    Dickstein Shapiro

    11

    4.728

    8

    100%

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    12

    4.724

    13

    93%

    Bryan Cave

    13

    4.714

    14

    93%

    Patterson Belknap

    14

    4.711

    5

    63%

    Paul, Hastings

    15

    4.703

    26

    93%

    McKee Nelson

    16

    4.700

    10

    100%

    McDermott Will

    17

    4.683

    14

    88%

    Greenberg Traurig

    18

    4.637

    11

    92%

    Hogan & Hartson

    18

    4.637

    15

    94%

    Arnold & Porter

    20

    4.629

    6

    75%

    Kasowitz, Benson

    21

    4.618

    7

    88%

    Carter Ledyard

    22

    4.610

    6

    86%

    King & Spalding

    23

    4.600

    15

    88%

    Allen & Overy

    24

    4.599

    8

    73%

    Goodwin Procter

    25

    4.592

    15

    100%

    Wachtell

    26

    4.589

    15

    58%

    Weil, Gotshal

    27

    4.587

    53

    57%

    Kaye Scholer

    28

    4.578

    20

    57%

    Brown Raysman

    29

    4.567

    10

    100%

    Cravath

    30

    4.566

    49

    47%

    Clifford Chance

    31

    4.556

    31

    86%

    Heller Ehrman

    32

    4.548

    19

    100%

    Linklaters

    33

    4.547

    9

    69%

    Ropes & Gray

    34

    4.541

    26

    68%

    Morgan & Finnegan

    35

    4.536

    12

    100%

    Winston & Strawn

    36

    4.531

    9

    69%

    Covington & Burling

    37

    4.524

    9

    90%

    Fried, Frank

    37

    4.524

    60

    77%

    Latham & Watkins

    37

    4.524

    46

    68%

    Arent Fox

    40

    4.482

    6

    86%

    Dechert

    41

    4.473

    11

    65%

    DLA Piper

    42

    4.457

    19

    86%

    Proskauer Rose

    43

    4.452

    48

    80%

    Nixon Peabody

    44

    4.444

    9

    100%

    Wilmer Cutler

    45

    4.442

    20

    69%

    Willkie Farr

    46

    4.440

    41

    87%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    47

    4.433

    10

    83%

    Kramer Levin

    48

    4.416

    15

    63%

    Paul, Weiss

    49

    4.412

    56

    66%

    Skadden

    50

    4.411

    63

    64%

    Stroock & Stroock

    50

    4.411

    20

    80%

    Cahill Gordon

    52

    4.410

    37

    77%

    Thacher Proffitt

    53

    4.404

    25

    71%

    Cadwalader

    54

    4.402

    39

    62%

    Fitzpatrick, Cella

    55

    4.397

    14

    56%

    Alston & Bird

    56

    4.390

    12

    75%

    Chadbourne & Parke

    56

    4.390

    15

    83%

    Thelen Reid

    58

    4.378

    8

    100%

    Shearman & Sterling

    59

    4.376

    43

    54%

    Akin Gump

    60

    4.371

    6

    55%

    Curtis, Mallet-Prevost

    61

    4.370

    12

    92%

    Jones Day

    62

    4.367

    29

    73%

    LeBoeuf, Lamb

    62

    4.367

    20

    48%

    Davis Polk

    64

    4.359

    55

    43%

    Debevoise & Plimpton

    65

    4.349

    44

    52%

    Simpson Thacher

    65

    4.349

    89

    66%

    Troutman Sanders

    65

    4.349

    8

    80%

    Cleary Gottlieb

    68

    4.334

    65

    70%

    White & Case

    69

    4.333

    31

    41%

    Hughes Hubbard

    70

    4.319

    17

    68%

    Sullivan & Cromwell

    71

    4.313

    55

    59%

    Sidley Austin

    72

    4.311

    29

    57%

    Morrison & Foerster

    73

    4.309

    13

    93%

    Orrick

    74

    4.294

    15

    94%

    Katten Muchin

    75

    4.280

    14

    82%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    76

    4.276

    6

    100%

    O’Melveny & Myers

    77

    4.173

    14

    47%

    Dewey Ballantine

    78

    4.166

    23

    51%

    Kenyon & Kenyon

    79

    4.149

    12

    55%

    Rochester

    Nixon Peabody

    4.491

    7

    78%

    North Carolina

    Charlotte

    CITY AVERAGE

    3.921

    Alston & Bird

    1

    4.248

    13

    76%

    Mayer, Brown

    2

    3.956

    5

    71%

    Cadwalader

    3

    3.907

    13

    87%

    Hunton & Williams

    4

    3.574

    6

    75%

    Ohio

    Cincinnati

    Thompson Hine

    4.780

    8

    100%

    Cleveland

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.464

    Thompson Hine

    1

    4.607

    15

    79%

    Squire, Sanders

    2

    4.567

    10

    43%

    Jones Day

    3

    4.517

    12

    55%

    Benesch, Friedlander

    4

    4.489

    5

    83%

    Baker & Hostetler

    5

    4.142

    8

    44%

    Columbus

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.557

    Vorys, Sater

    1

    4.800

    11

    73%

    Baker & Hostetler

    2

    4.556

    10

    83%

    Porter Wright

    3

    4.316

    8

    100%

    Oregon

    Portland

    Stoel Rives

    4.378

    5

    50%

    Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.624

    Buchanan Ingersoll

    1

    4.947

    8

    100%

    Cozen O’Connor

    2

    4.866

    10

    100%

    Morgan, Lewis

    3

    4.844

    18

    78%

    Dechert

    4

    4.810

    20

    65%

    Ballard Spahr

    5

    4.756

    11

    79%

    Stradley Ronon

    6

    4.754

    10

    100%

    Drinker Biddle

    7

    4.748

    20

    100%

    Duane Morris

    8

    4.720

    13

    100%

    DLA Piper

    9

    4.667

    5

    100%

    Saul Ewing

    10

    4.556

    11

    92%

    Wolf, Block

    11

    4.551

    10

    100%

    Blank Rome

    12

    4.489

    20

    87%

    Montgomery, McCracken

    13

    4.463

    6

    100%

    Pepper Hamilton

    14

    4.434

    22

    79%

    White and Williams

    15

    4.372

    6

    100%

    Reed Smith

    16

    4.000

    11

    61%

    Pittsburgh

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.649

    Buchanan Ingersoll

    1

    5.000

    12

    100%

    Jones Day

    2

    4.756

    5

    71%

    Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    3

    4.487

    16

    84%

    Reed Smith

    4

    4.351

    13

    68%

    Texas

    Austin

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.395

    Locke Liddell

    1

    4.611

    6

    86%

    Wilson Sonsini

    2

    4.511

    5

    71%

    Akin Gump

    3

    4.270

    9

    100%

    Baker Botts

    4

    4.187

    9

    60%

    Dallas

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.408

    Strasburger & Price

    1

    4.822

    5

    100%

    Patton Boggs

    2

    4.778

    5

    42%

    Winstead Sechrest

    3

    4.643

    9

    50%

    Gardere Wynne

    4

    4.589

    10

    63%

    Akin Gump

    5

    4.581

    10

    67%

    Thompson & Knight

    6

    4.576

    17

    68%

    Hughes & Luce

    7

    4.557

    14

    50%

    Bracewell & Giuliani

    8

    4.511

    5

    56%

    Locke Liddell

    9

    4.407

    20

    67%

    Haynes and Boone

    10

    4.359

    21

    54%

    Weil, Gotshal

    11

    4.322

    8

    47%

    Sidley Austin

    12

    4.314

    6

    100%

    Jenkens & Gilchrist

    13

    4.223

    15

    83%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    14

    4.208

    14

    41%

    Baker Botts

    15

    4.202

    21

    57%

    Fish & Richardson

    16

    4.111

    5

    42%

    Jones Day

    17

    3.729

    17

    50%

    Houston

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.437

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    1

    4.711

    5

    71%

    Bracewell & Giuliani

    2

    4.677

    8

    17%

    Haynes and Boone

    3

    4.676

    10

    48%

    King & Spalding

    4

    4.649

    11

    92%

    Howrey

    5

    4.600

    5

    83%

    Gardere Wynne

    6

    4.543

    8

    80%

    Thompson & Knight

    7

    4.533

    5

    83%

    Mayer, Brown

    8

    4.471

    11

    85%

    Jones Day

    9

    4.413

    8

    67%

    Fulbright & Jaworski

    10

    4.282

    18

    29%

    Baker Botts

    11

    4.239

    33

    52%

    Locke Liddell

    12

    4.230

    12

    39%

    Akin Gump

    13

    4.113

    8

    73%

    Strasburger & Price

    14

    3.982

    6

    67%

    Virginia

    McLean

    Pillsbury Winthrop

    4.657

    9

    90%

    Reston

    Cooley Godward

    4.730

    9

    90%

    Richmond

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.265

    Troutman Sanders

    1

    4.301

    7

    64%

    Hunton & Williams

    2

    4.229

    24

    69%

    Washington

    Seattle

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.479

    Dorsey & Whitney

    1

    4.810

    8

    89%

    Perkins Coie

    2

    4.659

    17

    63%

    Preston Gates

    3

    4.370

    10

    56%

    Heller Ehrman

    4

    4.302

    8

    100%

    Davis Wright

    5

    4.253

    8

    80%

    Wisconsin

    Madison

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.451

    Quarles & Brady

    1

    4.711

    5

    100%

    Foley & Lardner

    2

    4.190

    11

    79%

    Milwaukee

    CITY AVERAGE

    4.365

    Quarles & Brady

    1

    4.539

    14

    88%

    Foley & Lardner

    2

    4.289

    24

    65%

    Michael Best

    3

    4.267

    10

    67%

    International

    London

    CITY AVERAGE

    3.956

    Allen & Overy

    1

    4.262

    11

    85%

    Skadden

    2

    3.649

    7

    58%

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