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Top 100 Law Firms in the United States by Prestige According to the 2010 Vault (Vault.com) Rankings

By Andis Kaulins

2010 Vault (Vault.com) Law Firm Prestige Rankings

with its familiar line-up of "big law".

Interesting - with few exceptions - is that the current recession and the substantial effect of the financial crisis on law firm hiring - and firing - practices has had as good as no effect on individual law firm prestige. We see, for example, that our former law firm in New York City, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, has retained its 13th position from last year.

Here are Vault.com's top 25 law firms - see the full list of the top 100 and respective "scores" at Vault:

1 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York, NY
2 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY
3 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, New York, NY
4 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY
5 Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY
6 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY
7 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY
8 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY
9 Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC
10 Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
11 Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC
12 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY
13 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY
14 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA
15 Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL
16 WilmerHale, Washington, DC
17 Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA
18 Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC
19 Jones Day, Washington, DC
20 White & Case LLP, New York, NY
21 Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY
22 O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA
23 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, CA
24 Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA
25 Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC

Full post as published by LawPundit on August 25, 2009 (boomark / email).