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Results by City
The American Lawyer Student Edition/November 2007
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Urban Planning As in real estate, location, location, location is key for law students weighing job offers. This chart ranks firms by city. 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 on a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest score. For more details, see Methodology.
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Rank in city |
Score for office/city |
Respondents |
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Arizona |
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Phoenix |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.520 |
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Lewis and Roca |
1 |
4.700 |
10 |
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Snell & Wilmer |
2 |
4.658 |
17 |
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Greenberg Traurig |
3 |
4.520 |
6 |
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Quarles & Brady |
4 |
4.437 |
14 |
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Bryan Cave |
5 |
4.283 |
9 |
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California |
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Los Angeles |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.541 |
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Morgan, Lewis |
1 |
5.000 |
9 |
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Winston & Strawn |
2 |
4.969 |
7 |
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Heller Ehrman |
3 |
4.933 |
5 |
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Sidley Austin |
4 |
4.857 |
18 |
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OMelveny & Myers (Century City) |
5 |
4.840 |
16 |
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Pillsbury Winthrop |
6 |
4.833 |
10 |
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DLA Piper |
7 |
4.822 |
5 |
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Bingham McCutchen |
8 |
4.772 |
12 |
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Gibson, Dunn |
9 |
4.766 |
29 |
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Thelen Reid |
10 |
4.756 |
5 |
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Paul, Hastings |
11 |
4.714 |
20 |
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McDermott Will |
12 |
4.703 |
12 |
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Morrison & Foerster |
13 |
4.676 |
12 |
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Akin Gump |
14 |
4.628 |
8 |
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Milbank, Tweed |
15 |
4.556 |
9 |
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Katten Muchin |
16 |
4.537 |
6 |
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Manatt, Phelps |
17 |
4.533 |
10 |
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OMelveny & Myers |
18 |
4.527 |
23 |
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White & Case |
19 |
4.522 |
7 |
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Irell & Manella |
20 |
4.482 |
25 |
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Orrick |
21 |
4.464 |
6 |
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Mayer Brown |
22 |
4.452 |
5 |
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Latham & Watkins |
23 |
4.422 |
20 |
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Bryan Cave |
24 |
4.417 |
5 |
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Skadden |
25 |
4.406 |
21 |
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Best Best (Riverside) |
26 |
4.397 |
8 |
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Munger, Tolles |
27 |
4.371 |
13 |
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Proskauer Rose |
28 |
4.350 |
7 |
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Kirkland & Ellis |
29 |
4.322 |
10 |
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Reed Smith |
30 |
4.301 |
7 |
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Sullivan & Cromwell |
31 |
4.267 |
5 |
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Sheppard, Mullin |
32 |
4.182 |
11 |
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Jones Day |
33 |
4.146 |
13 |
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Nossaman Guthner |
34 |
4.133 |
5 |
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Fulbright & Jaworski |
35 |
3.872 |
7 |
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Orange County |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.539 |
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Morrison & Foerster (Irvine) |
1 |
5.000 |
5 |
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Gibson, Dunn (Irvine) |
2 |
4.943 |
6 |
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Paul, Hastings (Costa Mesa) |
3 |
4.932 |
8 |
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Snell & Wilmer (Costa Mesa) |
4 |
4.530 |
8 |
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Latham & Watkins (Costa Mesa) |
5 |
4.460 |
8 |
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Irell & Manella (Newport Beach) |
6 |
4.289 |
6 |
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OMelveny & Myers (Newport Beach) |
7 |
4.244 |
9 |
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Bryan Cave (Irvine) |
8 |
3.911 |
5 |
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Sacramento |
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Orrick |
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4.511 |
5 |
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San Diego |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.671 |
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DLA Piper |
1 |
4.938 |
7 |
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Cooley Godward |
2 |
4.769 |
9 |
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Paul, Hastings |
3 |
4.747 |
8 |
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Morrison & Foerster |
4 |
4.641 |
13 |
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Luce, Forward |
5 |
4.640 |
8 |
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Fish & Richardson |
6 |
4.578 |
5 |
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Latham & Watkins |
7 |
4.386 |
13 |
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.498 |
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Morgan, Lewis |
1 |
4.907 |
14 |
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Morgan, Lewis (Palo Alto) |
2 |
4.878 |
9 |
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Gibson, Dunn |
3 |
4.856 |
10 |
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Pillsbury Winthrop (Palo Alto) |
4 |
4.841 |
7 |
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Orrick (Menlo Park) |
5 |
4.760 |
14 |
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Gunderson Dettmer (Menlo Park) |
6 |
4.757 |
11 |
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Bingham McCutchen |
7 |
4.750 |
16 |
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OMelveny & Myers (Menlo Park) |
8 |
4.741 |
6 |
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Jones Day (Palo Alto) |
9 |
4.712 |
8 |
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Gibson, Dunn (Palo Alto) |
10 |
4.684 |
8 |
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Ropes & Gray |
11 |
4.683 |
6 |
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Jones Day |
12 |
4.638 |
12 |
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Sedgwick, Detert |
13 |
4.594 |
5 |
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Fish & Richardson (Redwood City) |
14 |
4.587 |
7 |
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Sidley Austin |
15 |
4.578 |
5 |
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Latham & Watkins (Menlo Park) |
16 |
4.572 |
14 |
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Heller Ehrman (Menlo Park) |
17 |
4.537 |
11 |
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Howard, Rice |
18 |
4.526 |
10 |
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Morrison & Foerster |
19 |
4.524 |
23 |
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Cooley Godward (Palo Alto) |
20 |
4.518 |
27 |
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DLA Piper (Palo Alto) |
21 |
4.508 |
7 |
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Pillsbury Winthrop |
22 |
4.491 |
16 |
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Orrick |
23 |
4.461 |
25 |
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Latham & Watkins |
24 |
4.449 |
19 |
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Cooley Godward |
25 |
4.439 |
7 |
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Morrison & Foerster (Palo Alto) |
26 |
4.429 |
15 |
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Nixon Peabody |
27 |
4.427 |
6 |
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Fenwick & West |
28 |
4.413 |
7 |
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OMelveny & Myers |
29 |
4.403 |
10 |
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Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto) |
30 |
4.396 |
31 |
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Fenwick & West (Mountain View) |
31 |
4.383 |
20 |
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Skadden (Palo Alto) |
32 |
4.356 |
5 |
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Davis Polk (Menlo Park) |
33 |
4.351 |
6 |
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Winston & Strawn |
34 |
4.276 |
11 |
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Thelen Reid |
35 |
4.259 |
12 |
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Kirkland & Ellis |
36 |
4.244 |
23 |
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Paul, Hastings |
37 |
4.201 |
11 |
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Reed Smith (Oakland) |
38 |
4.194 |
5 |
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Paul, Hastings (Palo Alto) |
39 |
4.178 |
5 |
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Simpson Thacher (Palo Alto) |
40 |
4.156 |
8 |
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Heller Ehrman |
41 |
4.131 |
28 |
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Baker & McKenzie (Palo Alto) |
42 |
4.110 |
6 |
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Colorado |
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Denver |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.691 |
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Snell & Wilmer |
1 |
4.911 |
5 |
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Hogan & Hartson |
2 |
4.798 |
6 |
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Holland & Hart |
3 |
4.711 |
5 |
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Faegre & Benson |
4 |
4.682 |
8 |
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Holme Roberts |
5 |
4.352 |
10 |
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Connecticut |
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Hartford |
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Day Pitney |
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4.630 |
11 |
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Delaware |
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Wilmington |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.525 |
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Skadden |
1 |
4.710 |
13 |
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Morris, Nichols |
2 |
4.517 |
14 |
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Connolly Bove |
3 |
4.463 |
6 |
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Young Conaway |
4 |
4.411 |
10 |
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District of Columbia |
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Washington, D.C. |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.460 |
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Mayer Brown |
1 |
4.988 |
9 |
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Morgan, Lewis |
2 |
4.929 |
23 |
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Willkie Farr |
3 |
4.906 |
5 |
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Thelen Reid |
4 |
4.876 |
8 |
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Blank Rome |
5 |
4.844 |
10 |
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Dickstein Shapiro |
6 |
4.812 |
19 |
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McKenna Long |
7 |
4.764 |
9 |
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Morrison & Foerster |
8 |
4.738 |
8 |
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Sidley Austin |
9 |
4.700 |
15 |
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Ropes & Gray |
10 |
4.696 |
8 |
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McDermott Will |
11 |
4.691 |
22 |
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Alston & Bird |
12 |
4.684 |
13 |
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Heller Ehrman |
13 |
4.679 |
9 |
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Pillsbury Winthrop |
14 |
4.674 |
14 |
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Dechert |
15 |
4.669 |
9 |
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Covington & Burling |
16 |
4.646 |
37 |
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Arent Fox |
17 |
4.639 |
12 |
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Patton Boggs |
18 |
4.633 |
7 |
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Skadden |
19 |
4.629 |
28 |
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Jones Day |
20 |
4.626 |
17 |
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King & Spalding |
21 |
4.620 |
12 |
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Crowell & Moring |
22 |
4.619 |
16 |
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Orrick |
23 |
4.614 |
11 |
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Sutherland Asbill |
24 |
4.600 |
10 |
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OMelveny & Myers |
25 |
4.580 |
19 |
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DLA Piper |
26 |
4.550 |
11 |
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Dow, Lohnes |
27 |
4.506 |
13 |
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Kirkland & Ellis |
28 |
4.501 |
24 |
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Latham & Watkins |
29 |
4.462 |
26 |
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Reed Smith |
30 |
4.460 |
7 |
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Kelley Drye |
31 |
4.447 |
7 |
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Winston & Strawn |
32 |
4.446 |
7 |
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Hogan & Hartson |
33 |
4.433 |
51 |
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Cadwalader |
34 |
4.421 |
10 |
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Steptoe & Johnson |
35 |
4.408 |
24 |
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Paul, Hastings |
36 |
4.401 |
19 |
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Sonnenschein Nath |
37 |
4.400 |
5 |
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Cleary Gottlieb |
38 |
4.397 |
10 |
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Wilmer |
39 |
4.388 |
26 |
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Hunton & Williams |
40 |
4.370 |
6 |
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Cooley Godward |
41 |
4.361 |
5 |
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Baker Botts |
42 |
4.348 |
12 |
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Arnold & Porter |
43 |
4.344 |
37 |
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Akin Gump |
44 |
4.336 |
33 |
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Bingham McCutchen |
45 |
4.334 |
8 |
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Dewey Ballantine |
46 |
4.333 |
5 |
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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
47 |
4.330 |
11 |
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Sullivan & Cromwell |
48 |
4.316 |
7 |
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Fried, Frank |
49 |
4.312 |
21 |
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Ross, Dixon |
50 |
4.311 |
5 |
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Wiley Rein |
51 |
4.290 |
17 |
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Powell Goldstein |
52 |
4.289 |
5 |
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Nixon Peabody |
53 |
4.226 |
8 |
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Foley & Lardner |
54 |
4.171 |
12 |
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Fulbright & Jaworski |
55 |
4.168 |
6 |
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Baker & Hostetler |
56 |
4.158 |
7 |
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Goodwin Procter |
57 |
4.156 |
5 |
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Gibson, Dunn |
58 |
4.150 |
20 |
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White & Case |
59 |
4.053 |
35 |
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Howrey |
60 |
4.048 |
10 |
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McKee Nelson |
61 |
4.037 |
9 |
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Baker & McKenzie |
62 |
2.978 |
5 |
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Florida |
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Miami |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.640 |
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Hunton & Williams |
1 |
4.981 |
6 |
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Carlton Fields |
2 |
4.722 |
6 |
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Greenberg Traurig |
3 |
4.611 |
8 |
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Holland & Knight |
4 |
4.529 |
8 |
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White & Case |
5 |
4.358 |
9 |
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Orlando |
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Baker & Hostetler |
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4.356 |
5 |
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Tampa |
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Carlton Fields |
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4.733 |
5 |
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Georgia |
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Atlanta |
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CITY AVERAGE |
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4.550 |
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McKenna Long |
1 |
4.930 |
18 |
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Arnall Golden |
2 |
4.822 |
10 |
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Alston & Bird |
3 |
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