2007 Rank

2006 Rank

Firm, Location

Average Score

Respondents and Response Rate

1

2

Nutter McClennen, Boston

4.989

10 (91%)

2

110

Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia

4.96

17 (100%)

3

11

Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh

4.924

25 (100%)

4

7

Morgan, Lewis, National

4.879

117 (98%)

5

70

Mintz, Levin, Boston

4.87

25 (78%)

6

17

Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia

4.848

30 (73%)

6

41

Blank Rome, Philadelphia

4.848

44 (98%)

8

-

Vedder, Price, Chicago

4.831

10 (77%)

8

113

Willkie Farr, New York

4.831

60 (78%)

10

16

Milbank, Tweed, New York

4.83

73 (75%)

11

1

Arnall Golden, Atlanta

4.822

10 (100%)

12

32

Choate, Hall, Boston

4.809

14 (78%)

12

20

McKenna Long, National

4.809

35 (97%)

14

4

Chapman and Cutler, Chicago

4.798

12 (100%)

15

10

Pillsbury Winthrop, National

4.787

93 (83%)

16

3

Gunderson Dettmer, Menlo Park, California

4.783

14 (88%)

17

6

Dickstein Shapiro, Washington, D.C.

4.774

30 (97%)

18

5

Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia

4.773

11 (100%)

19

54

Goodwin Procter, Boston

4.736

89 (74%)

20

13

Schulte Roth, New York

4.734

34 (74%)

21

12

Kelley Drye, New York

4.703

26 (96%)

22

153

Lewis and Roca, Phoenix

4.7

10 (63%)

23

9

Gibson, Dunn, National

4.698

101 (76%)

24

39

Dechert, National

4.697

69 (68%)

25

161

Arent Fox, Washington, D.C.

4.691

18 (86%)

25

69

DLA Piper, National

4.691

97 (92%)

27

50

Bingham McCutchen, National

4.68

69 (81%)

28

78

Alston & Bird, Atlanta

4.676

78 (69%)

29

104

Carlton Fields, Tampa

4.667

17 (94%)

30

21

McDermott Will, National

4.657

99 (92%)

31

111

Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis

4.653

38 (58%)

32

44

Thompson & Knight, Dallas

4.652

25 (81%)

33

76

Foley Hoag, Boston

4.65

28 (85%)

34

87

Sidley Austin, National

4.647

145 (75%)

35

-

Benesch, Friedlander, Cleveland

4.644

10 (91%)

36

54

Sedgwick, Detert, San Francisco

4.641

12 (75%)

37

22

Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C.

4.636

19 (44%)

38

29

Drinker Biddle, Philadelphia

4.634

35 (95%)

39

46

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

4.623

42 (51%)

40

104

Seyfarth Shaw, National

4.611

30 (91%)

41

28

Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis

4.603

31 (84%)

42

163

Hunton & Williams, Richmond

4.6

63 (73%)

43

46

Morris, Manning, Atlanta

4.599

13 (81%)

44

92

Orrick, National

4.597

83 (86%)

45

15

Bell, Boyd, Chicago

4.594

20 (95%)

46

30

Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee

4.593

39 (81%)

47

116

Chadbourne & Parke, New York

4.589

25 (78%)

48

31

Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix

4.576

37 (86%)

49

27

King & Spalding, Atlanta

4.574

59 (63%)

50

-

Frost Brown, Cincinnati

4.571

14 (52%)

50

34

Ropes & Gray, Boston

4.571

102 (72%)

52

33

Bryan Cave, St. Louis

4.563

66 (94%)

53

-

Kasowitz, Benson, New York

4.556

11 (100%)

53

-

Patterson Belknap, New York

4.556

10 (67%)

55

133

Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.

4.553

20 (91%)

56

-

Thelen Reid, National 1

4.552

45 (82%)

57

117

Kramer Levin, New York

4.549

16 (62%)

58

101

Mayer, Brown, National

4.544

114 (79%)

59

137

Cooley Godward, Palo Alto

4.541

62 (87%)

59

37

Paul, Hastings, National

4.541

142 (77%)

59

81

Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia

4.541

27 (59%)

62

100

Holland & Knight, National

4.539

45 (73%)

62

24

Lord Bissell, Chicago 2

4.539

13 (81%)

64

68

O’Melveny & Myers, National

4.538

96 (65%)

65

171

Brown, Rudnick, Boston

4.537

20 (87%)

66

166

Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco

4.536

98 (89%)

67

140

Curtis, Mallet, New York

4.533

10 (100%)

68

-

Manatt, Phelps, Los Angeles

4.531

14 (67%)

69

129

Schiff Hardin, Chicago

4.53

17 (61%)

70

143

Allen & Overy, International

4.529

24 (60%)

71

109

Proskauer Rose, New York

4.527

65 (82%)

71

72

Wolf, Block, Philadelphia

4.527

13 (100%)

73

83

Fish & Richardson, National

4.526

53 (76%)

73

147

Howard, Rice, San Francisco

4.526

10 (83%)

75

-

Ross, Dixon, Washington, D.C.

4.524

11 (85%)

76

135

Locke Liddell, Dallas 2

4.523

19 (24%)

77

43

Saul Ewing, Philadelphia

4.522

22 (100%)

78

138

Morris, Nichols, Wilmington

4.517

14 (78%)

79

58

Clifford Chance, International

4.513

46 (90%)

79

64

Perkins Coie, Seattle

4.513

32 (54%)

81

96

Shook, Hardy, Kansas City, Missouri

4.512

34 (76%)

82

138

Fitzpatrick, Cella, New York

4.51

22 (81%)

82

142

Wilmer, National

4.51

64 (62%)

84

82

Greenberg Traurig, National

4.509

80 (96%)

85

73

Hogan & Hartson, National

4.507

84 (65%)

86

74

Dow, Lohnes, Washington, D.C.

4.506

13 (76%)

86

124

Jones Day, National

4.506

136 (67%)

88

130

Troutman Sanders, Atlanta

4.504

49 (78%)

89

26

Vorys, Sater, Columbus

4.503

18 (82%)

90

-

Smith, Gambrell, Atlanta

4.501

17 (77%)

91

103

Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, New Jersey

4.499

12 (100%)

92

118

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, National

4.498

74 (89%)

93

146

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York

4.49

86 (66%)

94

-

LeClair Ryan, Richmond

4.489

10 (77%)

94

61

Morgan & Finnegan, New York

4.489

10 (100%)

96

158

Reed Smith, Pittsburgh

4.488

61 (77%)

97

115

Fried, Frank, New York

4.487

80 (95%)

98

152

Dykema Gossett, Detroit

4.486

22 (92%)

99

126

Cahill Gordon, New York

4.48

35 (73%)

100

61

Kirkland & Ellis, National

4.479

152 (63%)

101

66

Best Best, Riverside, California

4.476

16 (94%)

101

-

Leonard, Street, Minneapolis

4.476

18 (90%)

101

99

Sutherland Asbill, Atlanta

4.476

23 (46%)

104

80

Latham & Watkins, National

4.473

154 (55%)

105

118

Kaye Scholer, New York

4.467

25 (49%)

106

91

Weil, Gotshal, New York

4.457

101 (47%)

107

-

Day Pitney, Hartford 1

4.453

26 (96%)

108

113

Irell & Manella, Los Angeles

4.447

31 (84%)

108

61

Sonnenschein, Chicago

4.447

32 (89%)

110

150

Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis

4.446

24 (96%)

110

23

Duane Morris, National

4.446

14 (82%)

112

36

Bracewell & Giuliani, Houston

4.426

24 (30%)

112

84

Robins, Kaplan, Minneapolis

4.426

20 (74%)

114

170

Sheppard, Mullin, Los Angeles

4.421

28 (58%)

115

154

Hughes Hubbard, New York

4.419

31 (69%)

115

131

Shearman & Sterling, National

4.419

44 (51%)

117

79

Skadden, National

4.418

205 (64%)

118

-

Holme Roberts, Denver

4.414

12 (80%)

119

156

Davis Wright, Seattle

4.411

11 (58%)

119

59

Heller Ehrman, San Francisco

4.411

82 (94%)

119

53

Nixon Peabody, National

4.411

41 (80%)

119

40

Young Conaway, Wilmington

4.411

10 (100%)

123

121

Paul, Weiss, New York

4.41

65 (71%)

124

37

Edwards Angell, Boston

4.409

35 (88%)

125

-

Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C.

4.408

24 (92%)

126

50

Cravath, New York

4.404

60 (60%)

127

76

Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta

4.401

32 (47%)

128

133

Davis Polk, New York

4.399

62 (58%)

129

96

Akin Gump, National

4.397

85 (74%)

130

35

Jenner & Block, Chicago

4.396

62 (86%)

130

121

Thacher Proffitt, New York

4.396

20 (63%)

132

141

Cleary Gottlieb, New York

4.392

79 (68%)

132

67

Fenwick & West, Mountain View, California

4.392

27 (93%)

134

95

Haynes and Boone, Dallas

4.39

36 (51%)

135

25

Winstead, Dallas

4.388

11 (41%)

136

162

Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston

4.352

86 (51%)

137

121

Katten Muchin, Chicago

4.348

51 (96%)

138

85

Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis

4.344

39 (87%)

139

102

Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.

4.342

54 (92%)

140

65

McKee Nelson, Washington, D.C.

4.333

21 (95%)

140

151

Porter Wright, Columbus

4.333

10 (91%)

142

74

Linklaters, International

4.33

26 (74%)

143

-

Bass, Berry, Nashville

4.326

31 (67%)

144

132

LeBoeuf, Lamb, National

4.317

49 (49%)

144

52

Munger, Tolles, Los Angeles

4.317

14 (52%)

146

85

Powell Goldstein, Atlanta

4.311

20 (71%)

147

145

Simpson Thacher, New York

4.309

86 (61%)

148

92

Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto

4.308

40 (60%)

149

42

Wachtell, New York

4.307

17 (50%)

150

89

Thompson Hine, Cleveland

4.304

26 (74%)

151

60

Winston & Strawn, Chicago

4.301

53 (58%)

152

-

Taft Stettinius, Cincinnati

4.3

10 (71%)

153

160

Dewey Ballantine, New York

4.293

37 (49%)

153

158

Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee

4.293

68 (50%)

155

71

Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C.

4.29

17 (71%)

156

-

Littler Mendelson, National

4.277

13 (68%)

157

149

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

4.272

45 (48%)

158

120