Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.Two other spots were opened up when Arnold & Porter merged with Kaye Scholer and Norton Rose Fulbright with Chadbourne & Parke. The firms that dropped off the last were Bracewell Keker & Van Nest and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Kasowitz Benson Torres Troutman Sanders Davis Wright Tremaine and Ballard Spahr were not in the top 100 last year but were able to slip in this year. There were five new firms to make it to the top 100 this year. They added two new practice areas to their rankings – Emerging Companies & Venture Capital and Health Care. Using this data they are able to make 26 practice area prestige ranking and 13 regional prestige rankings. The survey also invited associates to rate the local prestige of firms in their area as well as to select the best firms in their specific practice area. Associates are not allowed to rank their own firm and only supposed to rate law firms that they are familiar with. The survey asks roughly 18,000 law firm associates on a scale of 1 to 10, which law firm is the most prestigious. And associates clearly haven’t forgotten that the firm is responsible for industry-wide associate raises last year.” Cravath invented the business model upon which nearly all large law firms are organized. Vault Senior Law Editor Matt Moody said, “After just edging out Wachtell last year, Cravath really solidified its top spot this year. Cravath has been referred to as the “leader of the pack” and a “great American law firm against which all others should be judged” by those who took the survey.
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