2006 Rank

2005 Rank

Firm, Location

Overall Score

Respondents and Response Rate

1

15

Arnall Golden Atlanta

4.978

10 (100%)

2

41

Nutter McClennen Boston

4.947

15 (94%)

3

37

Gunderson Dettmer Menlo Park, Califronia

4.898

13 (87%)

4

6

Chapman and Cutler Chicago

4.880

11 (92%)

5

11

Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia

4.866

10 (100%)

6

119

Dickstein Shapiro Washington, D.C.

4.849

21 (84%)

7

122

Morgan, Lewis National

4.847

89 (89%)

8

1

Miles & Stockbridge Baltimore

4.832

10 (100%)

9

3

Gibson, Dunn Los Angeles

4.818

105 (76%)

10

26

Pillsbury Winthrop National

4.813

79 (81%)

11

2

Buchanan Ingersoll Pittsburgh

4.798

31 (100%)

12

32

Kelley Drye New York

4.797

28 (100%)

13

4

Schulte Roth New York

4.782

37 (70%)

14

-

Goulston & Storrs Boston

4.778

10 (100%)

15

4

Bell, Boyd Chicago

4.766

16 (89%)

16

14

Milbank, Tweed New York

4.762

57 (74%)

17

130

Ballard Spahr Philadelphia

4.756

11 (79%)

18

-

Stradley Ronon Philadelphia

4.754

10 (100%)

19

-

Sullivan & Worcester Boston

4.742

14 (100%)

20

8

McKenna Long National

4.734

37 (86%)

21

16

McDermott Will National

4.730

91 (89%)

22

30

Patton Boggs Washington, D.C.

4.722

12 (46%)

23

-

Duane Morris Philadelphia

4.720

13 (100%)

24

-

Lord, Bissell Chicago

4.711

10 (71%)

25

21

Winstead Sechrest Dallas

4.706

14 (41%)

26

137

Vorys, Sater Columbus

4.697

17 (65%)

27

17

King & Spalding Atlanta

4.686

67 (70%)

28

71

Faegre & Benson Minneapolis

4.674

28 (70%)

29

8

Drinker Biddle Philadelphia

4.669

29 (97%)

30

36

Quarles & Brady Milwaukee

4.663

35 (90%)

31

23

Snell & Wilmer Phoenix

4.646

32 (76%)

32

-

Choate, Hall Boston

4.633

26 (93%)

33

27

Bryan Cave National

4.631

55 (86%)

34

19

Ropes & Gray Boston

4.630

91 (69%)

35

135

Jenner & Block Chicago

4.627

20 (30%)

36

56

Bracewell & Giuliani Houston

4.609

13 (20%)

37

48

Edwards Angell Providence

4.608

13 (59%)

37

105

Paul, Hastings National

4.608

116 (83%)

39

94

Dechert National

4.602

56 (69%)

40

-

Young Conaway Wilmington

4.600

10 (100%)

41

10

Blank Rome Philadelphia

4.598

33 (89%)

42

6

Wachtell New York

4.589

15 (58%)

43

19

Saul Ewing Philadelphia

4.584

15 (94%)

44

151

Thompson & Knight Dallas

4.580

23 (72%)

45

139

Baker & McKenzie International

4.574

21 (35%)

46

52

Covington & Burling Washington, D.C.

4.572

51 (58%)

46

47

Morris, Manning Atlanta

4.572

13 (87%)

48

-

Gardere Wynne Dallas

4.568

18 (69%)

49

143

Brown Raysman New York

4.567

10 (100%)

50

43

Bingham McCutchen National

4.566

43 (68%)

50

102

Cravath New York

4.566

49 (47%)

52

34

Munger, Tolles Los Angeles

4.564

21 (68%)

53

114

Nixon Peabody National

4.563

42 (86%)

54

35

Goodwin Procter Boston

4.561

62 (87%)

54

-

Sedgwick, Detert San Francisco

4.561

11 (61%)

56

149

Stoel Rives Portland, Oregon

4.548

13 (48%)

57

-

Hughes & Luce Dallas

4.542

16 (53%)

58

91

Clifford Chance International

4.541

37 (88%)

59

131

Heller Ehrman San Francisco

4.540

83 (99%)

60

61

Winston & Strawn Chicago

4.537

54 (67%)

61

55

Kirkland & Ellis Chicago

4.536

137 (71%)

61

71

Morgan & Finnegan New York

4.536

12 (100%)

61

112

Sonnenschein Chicago

4.536

18 (60%)

64

60

Perkins Coie Seattle

4.529

38 (54%)

65

67

McKee Nelson Washington, D.C.

4.528

23 (85%)

66

-

Best Best Riverside, California

4.526

11 (85%)

67

85

Fenwick & West Mountain View, California

4.521

30 (97%)

68

28

O'Melveny & Myers Los Angeles

4.520

113 (75%)

69

138

DLA Piper National

4.518

103 (87%)

70

62

Mintz, Levin Boston

4.511

23 (88%)

71

80

Wiley Rein Washington, D.C.

4.510

18 (86%)

72

70

Wolf, Block Philadelphia

4.508

15 (100%)

73

59

Hogan & Hartson National

4.507

51 (50%)

74

-

Dow, Lohnes Washington, D.C.

4.506

14 (67%)

74

13

Linklaters International

4.506

13 (52%)

76

76

Foley Hoag Boston

4.502

15 (63%)

76

42

Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta

4.502

47 (98%)

78

75

Alston & Bird Atlanta

4.499

72 (62%)

79

108

Skadden New York

4.497

172 (72%)

80

77

Latham & Watkins National

4.493

190 (70%)

81

63

Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia

4.492

34 (79%)

82

33

Greenberg Traurig National

4.488

62 (79%)

83

66

Fish & Richardson National

4.487

31 (47%)

84

39

Robins, Kaplan Minneapolis

4.483

23 (77%)

85

106

Baker & Daniels Indianapolis

4.482

28 (78%)

85

100

Powell Goldstein Atlanta

4.482

23 (96%)

87

53

Sidley Austin National

4.480

128 (70%)

87

30

Venable Washington, D.C.

4.480

24 (65%)

89

-

Thompson Hine Cleveland

4.478

36 (82%)

90

46

Blackwell Sanders Kansas City, Missouri

4.474

19 (66%)

91

95

Weil, Gotshal New York

4.467

77 (50%)

92

38

Orrick San Francisco

4.463

70 (86%)

92

134

Wilson Sonsini Palo Alto

4.463

51 (72%)

94

-

Gardner Carton Chicago

4.462

12 (80%)

95

132

Haynes and Boone Dallas

4.460

31 (42%)

96

119

Akin Gump National

4.458

65 (71%)

96

57

Shook, Hardy Kansas City, Missouri

4.458

18 (58%)

98

53

Finnegan, Henderson Washington, D.C.

4.456

32 (78%)

99

146

Sutherland Asbill Washington, D.C.

4.453

35 (76%)

100

103

Holland & Knight National

4.452

34 (54%)

101

125

Mayer, Brown National

4.451

90 (75%)

102

96

Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C.

4.450

38 (56%)

103

58

Lowenstein Sandler Roseland, New Jersey

4.448

14 (100%)

104

73

Carlton Fields Tampa

4.444

10 (83%)

104

128

Day, Berry Hartford

4.444

10 (83%)

104

153

Michael Best Milwaukee

4.444

14 (64%)

104

87

Seyfarth Shaw National

4.444

25 (69%)

108

50

Thelen Reid San Francisco

4.442

25 (86%)

109

145

Proskauer Rose New York

4.441

56 (68%)

110

44

Fox Rothschild Philadelphia

4.433

13 (87%)

111

90

Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis

4.431

64 (93%)

112

12

Strasburger & Price Dallas

4.430

15 (83%)

113

141

Irell & Manella Los Angeles

4.423

23 (88%)

113

51

Willkie Farr New York

4.423

43 (74%)

115

69

Fried, Frank New York

4.420

69 (73%)

116

140

Chadbourne & Parke New York

4.418

18 (82%)

117

81

Kramer Levin New York

4.416

15 (63%)

118

115

Kaye Scholer New York

4.414

28 (61%)

118

127

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart National

4.414

57 (93%)

120

74

Baker & Hostetler Cleveland

4.413

33 (44%)

121

48

Katten Muchin Chicago

4.412

54 (89%)

121

113

Paul, Weiss New York

4.412

56 (66%)

121

24

Thacher Proffitt New York

4.412

26 (70%)

124

67

Jones Day National

4.411

151 (67%)

124

-

Stroock & Stroock New York

4.411

20 (67%)

126

124

Cahill Gordon New York

4.410

37 (77%)

127

25

Howrey Washington, D.C.

4.408

36 (84%)

127

-

Squire, Sanders National

4.408

29 (60%)

129

-

Schiff Hardin Chicago

4.404

14 (70%)

130

132

Troutman Sanders Atlanta

4.403

47 (64%)

131

150

Shearman & Sterling New York

4.399

53 (54%)

132

83

LeBoeuf, Lamb National

4.393

37 (49%)

133

84

Crowell & Moring Washington, D.C.

4.391

21 (95%)

133

107

Davis Polk New York

4.391

58 (43%)

135

144

Locke Liddell Dallas

4.386

39 (53%)

135

-

Thompson Coburn St. Louis

4.386

23 (85%)

137

29

Cooley Godward Palo Alto

4.382

48 (92%)

138

-

Fitzpatrick, Cella New York

4.371

18 (53%)

138

-

Morris, Nichols Wilmington

4.371

15 (94%)

140

154

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost New York

4.370

12 (92%)

141

142

Cleary Gottlieb New York

4.369

75 (66%)

142

65

Wilmer Cutler Washington, D.C.

4.357

92 (66%)

143

98

Allen & Overy International

4.356

20 (80%)

144

-

Preston Gates Seattle

4.354

17 (59%)

145

152

Simpson Thacher New York

4.353

93 (63%)

146

156

Sullivan & Cromwell New York

4.352

66 (55%)

147

-

Briggs and Morgan St. Paul

4.351

12 (92%)

147

18

Howard, Rice San Francisco

4.351

10 (91%)

149

123

Debevoise & Plimpton New York

4.349

44 (52%)

150

126

Barnes & Thornburg Indianapolis

4.338

15 (43%)

151

64

Porter Wright Columbus

4.327

11 (69%)

152

147

Dykema Gossett Detroit

4.326

27 (90%)

153

-

Lewis and Roca Phoenix

4.324

11 (92%)

154

115

Baker Botts Houston

4.319

81 (58%)

154

98

Hughes Hubbard New York

4.319

17 (49%)

156

86

Cadwalader New York

4.302

60 (70%)

156

110

Davis Wright Seattle

4.302

11 (61%)

158