Law firm rankings

A law firm is a business organization compound by one or more lawyers to compromise in the practice of law. The main service provided by a law firm is to counsel clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and liability, and to represent their clients in civil or criminal cases, business negotiations and other subjects in which legal support is sought.
Smaller firms tend to focus on specific specialties of the law (e.g. patent law, labor law, tax law, criminal defense, personal injury); larger firms may be composed of various specialized practice groups, permitting the firm to diversify their client base and market, and to propose a diversity of services to their clients.

The Top 20 Most Prestigious Law Firms - 2007

2007 Rank	Law Firm	Largest Office/ Headquarters
1	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	New York, NY
2	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	New York, NY
3	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	New York, NY
4	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	New York, NY
5	Davis Polk & Wardwell	New York, NY
6	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	New York, NY
7	Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP	New York, NY
8	Latham & Watkins LLP	Los Angeles, CA
9	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	New York, NY
10	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	Chicago, IL
11	Covington & Burling	Washington, DC
12	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	New York, NY
13	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	New York, NY
14	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP	Washington, DC
15	Shearman & Sterling LLP	New York, NY
16	Sidley Austin LLP	Chicago, IL
17	Williams & Connolly LLP	Washington, DC
18	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Los Angeles, CA
19	Arnold & Porter LLP	Washington, DC
20	O’Melveny & Myers LLP	Los Angeles, CA

Source: Vault 2006 Associate Survey

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