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2012 Associate Technology Survey
Rankings by Firm's Technical Support
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Firm's |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
Total |
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Support |
Composite |
Respondents |
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Score |
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1 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
4.66 |
4.32 |
74 |
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2 |
Alston & Bird |
4.64 |
4.31 |
62 |
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3 |
Fenwick & West |
4.60 |
4.50 |
10 |
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4 |
Nutter McClennen & Fish |
4.50 |
4.39 |
19 |
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5 |
Paul, Hastings |
4.46 |
4.00 |
51 |
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6 |
Gibbons |
4.42 |
4.33 |
12 |
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7 |
Thompson Coburn |
4.41 |
4.55 |
23 |
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8 |
Winston & Strawn |
4.40 |
3.94 |
49 |
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8 |
Fish & Richardson |
4.40 |
4.07 |
16 |
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10 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
4.35 |
3.83 |
61 |
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11 |
Latham & Watkins |
4.32 |
4.34 |
242 |
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12 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
4.30 |
3.55 |
34 |
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13 |
Chapman and Cutler |
4.29 |
4.41 |
17 |
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14 |
DLA Piper |
4.28 |
4.09 |
80 |
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14 |
Cozen O'Connor |
4.28 |
4.17 |
18 |
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16 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
4.17 |
3.67 |
80 |
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17 |
Ropes & Gray |
4.16 |
4.07 |
106 |
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18 |
Bingham McCutchen |
4.12 |
3.73 |
33 |
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19 |
Schulte Roth & Zabel |
4.10 |
3.87 |
31 |
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20 |
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi |
4.09 |
2.55 |
11 |
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21 |
Williams Mullen |
4.08 |
3.79 |
24 |
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21 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
4.08 |
4.13 |
133 |
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23 |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon |
4.07 |
3.74 |
28 |
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24 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
4.06 |
3.34 |
110 |
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25 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
4.06 |
3.71 |
35 |
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25 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
4.06 |
3.78 |
110 |
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25 |
Blank Rome |
4.06 |
3.87 |
48 |
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28 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson |
4.05 |
3.48 |
21 |
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Technical |
Firm's |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
Total |
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Support |
Composite |
Respondents |
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Score |
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29 |
Perkins Coie |
4.03 |
3.55 |
63 |
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30 |
Thompson & Knight |
4.00 |
3.42 |
24 |
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30 |
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson |
4.00 |
3.55 |
11 |
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30 |
Jenner & Block |
4.00 |
4.08 |
25 |
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30 |
Proskauer Rose |
4.00 |
4.12 |
26 |
|
34 |
Reed Smith |
3.92 |
3.41 |
75 |
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34 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
3.92 |
3.92 |
39 |
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36 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
3.90 |
3.24 |
41 |
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36 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
3.90 |
3.52 |
21 |
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36 |
Holland & Knight |
3.90 |
3.79 |
73 |
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36 |
Brown Rudnick |
3.90 |
4.30 |
10 |
|
40 |
Duane Morris |
3.89 |
3.62 |
37 |
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41 |
Cooley |
3.87 |
3.58 |
93 |
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42 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
3.85 |
3.11 |
55 |
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42 |
Foley Hoag |
3.85 |
3.80 |
20 |
|
44 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
3.83 |
3.97 |
68 |
|
45 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
3.82 |
3.44 |
163 |
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46 |
Troutman Sanders |
3.80 |
3.08 |
25 |
|
46 |
Morrison & Foerster |
3.80 |
3.28 |
113 |
|
46 |
Arnold & Porter |
3.80 |
3.48 |
88 |
|
49 |
SNR Denton |
3.78 |
3.09 |
23 |
|
49 |
Jones Day |
3.78 |
3.36 |
94 |
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51 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
3.77 |
3.62 |
53 |
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52 |
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz |
3.76 |
4.24 |
17 |
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53 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
3.75 |
3.17 |
12 |
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54 |
Sidley Austin |
3.73 |
3.36 |
74 |
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54 |
Stites & Harbison |
3.73 |
3.40 |
11 |
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54 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3.73 |
3.46 |
50 |
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Rankings by Firm's Technical Support
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Technical |
Firm's |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
Total |
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Support |
Composite |
Respondents |
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Score |
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54 |
Lindquist & Vennum |
3.73 |
3.80 |
15 |
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58 |
Foley & Lardner |
3.72 |
3.60 |
36 |
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59 |
Kelley Drye & Warren |
3.68 |
3.32 |
22 |
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60 |
Vinson & Elkins |
3.67 |
3.70 |
100 |
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60 |
Harris Beach |
3.67 |
3.73 |
15 |
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60 |
Miles & Stockbridge |
3.67 |
3.83 |
13 |
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63 |
Kaye Scholer |
3.65 |
3.25 |
21 |
|
64 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
3.64 |
2.91 |
22 |
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65 |
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
3.63 |
3.50 |
16 |
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65 |
Nixon Peabody |
3.63 |
3.53 |
20 |
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67 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath |
3.60 |
3.11 |
58 |
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67 |
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton |
3.60 |
3.31 |
62 |
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67 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo |
3.60 |
3.33 |
15 |
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67 |
Mayer Brown |
3.60 |
3.40 |
46 |
|
67 |
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young |
3.60 |
3.45 |
21 |
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67 |
Venable |
3.60 |
3.61 |
45 |
|
67 |
Holland & Hart |
3.60 |
3.80 |
30 |
|
67 |
Goulston & Storrs |
3.60 |
4.08 |
12 |
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75 |
Fox Rothschild |
3.59 |
3.43 |
45 |
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76 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
3.58 |
3.42 |
12 |
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77 |
Dickstein Shapiro |
3.56 |
2.94 |
17 |
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77 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
3.56 |
3.50 |
36 |
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79 |
Baker & Hostetler |
3.55 |
3.63 |
58 |
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80 |
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian |
3.54 |
3.23 |
14 |
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80 |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel |
3.54 |
3.57 |
77 |
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82 |
Snell & Wilmer |
3.53 |
3.11 |
36 |
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82 |
White and Williams |
3.53 |
3.33 |
15 |
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84 |
Shearman & Sterling |
3.52 |
2.78 |
27 |
|
85 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
3.51 |
3.24 |
41 |
|
86 |
Ballard Spahr |
3.50 |
2.81 |
33 |
|
86 |
Schiff Hardin |
3.50 |
3.25 |
16 |
|
86 |
Haynes and Boone |
3.50 |
3.26 |
43 |
|
86 |
Bracewell & Giuliani |
3.50 |
3.38 |
26 |
|
86 |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler |
3.50 |
3.64 |
15 |
|
86 |
Harter Secrest & Emery |
3.50 |
3.71 |
14 |
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86 |
Littler Mendelson |
3.50 |
4.00 |
31 |
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Technical |
Firm's |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
Total |
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Support |
Composite |
Respondents |
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Score |
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93 |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
3.46 |
3.46 |
13 |
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93 |
Covington & Burling |
3.46 |
3.49 |
70 |
|
95 |
Allen & Overy |
3.45 |
2.91 |
11 |
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96 |
Baker & McKenzie |
3.43 |
2.81 |
47 |
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96 |
Dechert |
3.43 |
3.26 |
42 |
|
98 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
3.42 |
2.83 |
112 |
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99 |
Pepper Hamilton |
3.40 |
3.02 |
50 |
|
99 |
Carter Ledyard & Milburn |
3.40 |
3.20 |
10 |
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99 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
3.40 |
3.30 |
82 |
|
99 |
Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
3.40 |
3.33 |
42 |
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103 |
K&L Gates |
3.37 |
2.82 |
125 |
|
104 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
3.33 |
3.04 |
71 |
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104 |
Crowell & Moring |
3.33 |
3.25 |
14 |
|
106 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
3.31 |
2.85 |
13 |
|
106 |
Hogan Lovells |
3.31 |
3.28 |
33 |
|
108 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan |
3.30 |
3.02 |
47 |
|
109 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
3.29 |
3.24 |
23 |
|
110 |
Davis Wright Tremaine |
3.26 |
3.57 |
23 |
|
111 |
Clifford Chance |
3.24 |
2.88 |
25 |
|
112 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
3.23 |
3.46 |
40 |
|
113 |
Saul Ewing |
3.19 |
3.00 |
27 |
|
114 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
3.17 |
2.65 |
23 |
|
114 |
Arent Fox |
3.17 |
2.90 |
30 |
|
116 |
Sullivan & Worcester |
3.14 |
3.43 |
14 |
|
117 |
King & Spalding |
3.13 |
2.75 |
102 |
|
118 |
Linklaters |
3.11 |
2.63 |
19 |
|
119 |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
3.08 |
2.92 |
24 |
|
119 |
Goodwin Procter |
3.08 |
3.12 |
77 |
|
121 |
Quarles & Brady |
3.06 |
3.29 |
17 |
|
122 |
Chadbourne & Parke |
3.00 |
3.00 |
14 |
|
123 |
Vedder Price |
2.96 |
2.21 |
24 |
|
124 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
2.88 |
2.78 |
109 |
|
125 |
Locke Lord |
2.80 |
3.00 |
26 |
|
126 |
Dow Lohnes |
2.75 |
2.75 |
12 |
|
127 |
White & Case |
2.73 |
2.60 |
16 |
|
128 |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
2.41 |
2.12 |
37 |
|
129 |
Patton Boggs |
2.27 |
1.82 |
12 |
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Rankings by Firm's Technology Overall Composite Score
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Firm's |
Technical |
Total |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
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Composite |
Support |
Respondents |
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Score |
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1 |
Thompson Coburn |
4.55 |
4.41 |
23 |
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2 |
Fenwick & West |
4.50 |
4.60 |
10 |
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3 |
Chapman and Cutler |
4.41 |
4.29 |
17 |
|
4 |
Nutter McClennen & Fish |
4.39 |
4.50 |
19 |
|
5 |
Latham & Watkins |
4.34 |
4.32 |
242 |
|
6 |
Gibbons |
4.33 |
4.42 |
12 |
|
7 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
4.32 |
4.66 |
74 |
|
8 |
Alston & Bird |
4.31 |
4.64 |
62 |
|
9 |
Brown Rudnick |
4.30 |
3.90 |
10 |
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10 |
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz |
4.24 |
3.76 |
17 |
|
11 |
Cozen O'Connor |
4.17 |
4.28 |
18 |
|
12 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
4.13 |
4.08 |
133 |
|
13 |
Proskauer Rose |
4.12 |
4.00 |
26 |
|
14 |
DLA Piper |
4.09 |
4.28 |
80 |
|
15 |
Jenner & Block |
4.08 |
4.00 |
25 |
|
15 |
Goulston & Storrs |
4.08 |
3.60 |
12 |
|
17 |
Fish & Richardson |
4.07 |
4.40 |
16 |
|
17 |
Ropes & Gray |
4.07 |
4.16 |
106 |
|
19 |
Paul, Hastings |
4.00 |
4.46 |
51 |
|
19 |
Littler Mendelson |
4.00 |
3.50 |
31 |
|
21 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
3.97 |
3.83 |
68 |
|
22 |
Winston & Strawn |
3.94 |
4.40 |
49 |
|
23 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
3.92 |
3.92 |
39 |
|
24 |
Schulte Roth & Zabel |
3.87 |
4.10 |
31 |
|
24 |
Blank Rome |
3.87 |
4.06 |
48 |
|
26 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
3.83 |
4.35 |
61 |
|
26 |
Miles & Stockbridge |
3.83 |
3.67 |
13 |
|
28 |
Foley Hoag |
3.80 |
3.85 |
20 |
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Firm's |
Technical |
Total |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
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Composite |
Support |
Respondents |
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Score |
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28 |
Lindquist & Vennum |
3.80 |
3.73 |
15 |
|
28 |
Holland & Hart |
3.80 |
3.60 |
30 |
|
31 |
Williams Mullen |
3.79 |
4.08 |
24 |
|
31 |
Holland & Knight |
3.79 |
3.90 |
73 |
|
33 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
3.78 |
4.06 |
110 |
|
34 |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon |
3.74 |
4.07 |
28 |
|
35 |
Bingham McCutchen |
3.73 |
4.12 |
33 |
|
35 |
Harris Beach |
3.73 |
3.67 |
15 |
|
37 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
3.71 |
4.06 |
35 |
|
37 |
Harter Secrest & Emery |
3.71 |
3.50 |
14 |
|
39 |
Vinson & Elkins |
3.70 |
3.67 |
100 |
|
40 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
3.67 |
4.17 |
80 |
|
41 |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler |
3.64 |
3.50 |
15 |
|
42 |
Baker & Hostetler |
3.63 |
3.55 |
58 |
|
43 |
Duane Morris |
3.62 |
3.89 |
37 |
|
43 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
3.62 |
3.77 |
53 |
|
45 |
Venable |
3.61 |
3.60 |
45 |
|
46 |
Foley & Lardner |
3.60 |
3.72 |
36 |
|
47 |
Cooley |
3.58 |
3.87 |
93 |
|
48 |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel |
3.57 |
3.54 |
77 |
|
48 |
Davis Wright Tremaine |
3.57 |
3.26 |
23 |
|
50 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
3.55 |
4.30 |
34 |
|
50 |
Perkins Coie |
3.55 |
4.03 |
63 |
|
50 |
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson |
3.55 |
4.00 |
11 |
|
53 |
Nixon Peabody |
3.53 |
3.63 |
20 |
|
54 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
3.52 |
3.90 |
21 |
|
55 |
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
3.50 |
3.63 |
16 |
|
55 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
3.50 |
3.56 |
36 |
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Rankings by Firm's Technology Overall Composite Score
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Firm's |
Technical |
Total |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
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Composite |
Support |
Respondents |
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Score |
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57 |
Covington & Burling |
3.49 |
3.46 |
70 |
|
58 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson |
3.48 |
4.05 |
21 |
|
58 |
Arnold & Porter |
3.48 |
3.80 |
88 |
|
60 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3.46 |
3.73 |
50 |
|
60 |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
3.46 |
3.46 |
13 |
|
60 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
3.46 |
3.23 |
40 |
|
63 |
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young |
3.45 |
3.60 |
21 |
|
64 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
3.44 |
3.82 |
163 |
|
65 |
Fox Rothschild |
3.43 |
3.59 |
45 |
|
65 |
Sullivan & Worcester |
3.43 |
3.14 |
14 |
|
67 |
Thompson & Knight |
3.42 |
4.00 |
24 |
|
67 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
3.42 |
3.58 |
12 |
|
69 |
Reed Smith |
3.41 |
3.92 |
75 |
|
70 |
Stites & Harbison |
3.40 |
3.73 |
11 |
|
70 |
Mayer Brown |
3.40 |
3.60 |
46 |
|
72 |
Bracewell & Giuliani |
3.38 |
3.50 |
26 |
|
73 |
Jones Day |
3.36 |
3.78 |
94 |
|
73 |
Sidley Austin |
3.36 |
3.73 |
74 |
|
75 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
3.34 |
4.06 |
110 |
|
76 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo |
3.33 |
3.60 |
15 |
|
76 |
White and Williams |
3.33 |
3.53 |
15 |
|
76 |
Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
3.33 |
3.40 |
42 |
|
79 |
Kelley Drye & Warren |
3.32 |
3.68 |
22 |
|
80 |
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton |
3.31 |
3.60 |
62 |
|
81 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
3.30 |
3.40 |
82 |
|
82 |
Quarles & Brady |
3.29 |
3.06 |
17 |
|
83 |
Morrison & Foerster |
3.28 |
3.80 |
113 |
|
83 |
Hogan Lovells |
3.28 |
3.31 |
33 |
|
85 |
Haynes and Boone |
3.26 |
3.50 |
43 |
|
85 |
Dechert |
3.26 |
3.43 |
42 |
|
87 |
Kaye Scholer |
3.25 |
3.65 |
21 |
|
87 |
Schiff Hardin |
3.25 |
3.50 |
16 |
|
87 |
Crowell & Moring |
3.25 |
3.33 |
14 |
|
90 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
3.24 |
3.90 |
41 |
|
90 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
3.24 |
3.51 |
41 |
|
90 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
3.24 |
3.29 |
23 |
|
93 |
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian |
3.23 |
3.54 |
14 |
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Firm's |
Technical |
Total |
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Rank |
Firm Name |
Overall |
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Composite |
Support |
Respondents |
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Score |
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94 |
Carter Ledyard & Milburn |
3.20 |
3.40 |
10 |
|
95 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
3.17 |
3.75 |
12 |
|
96 |
Goodwin Procter |
3.12 |
3.08 |
77 |
|
97 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
3.11 |
3.85 |
55 |
|
97 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath |
3.11 |
3.60 |
58 |
|
97 |
Snell & Wilmer |
3.11 |
3.53 |
36 |
|
100 |
SNR Denton |
3.09 |
3.78 |
23 |
|
101 |
Troutman Sanders |
3.08 |
3.80 |
25 |
|
102 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
3.04 |
3.33 |
71 |
|
103 |
Pepper Hamilton |
3.02 |
3.40 |
50 |
|
103 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan |
3.02 |
3.30 |
47 |
|
105 |
Saul Ewing |
3.00 |
3.19 |
27 |
|
105 |
Chadbourne & Parke |
3.00 |
3.00 |
14 |
|
105 |
Locke Lord |
3.00 |
2.80 |
26 |
|
108 |
Dickstein Shapiro |
2.94 |
3.56 |
17 |
|
109 |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
2.92 |
3.08 |
24 |
|
110 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
2.91 |
3.64 |
22 |
|
110 |
Allen & Overy |
2.91 |
3.45 |
11 |
|
112 |
Arent Fox |
2.90 |
3.17 |
30 |
|
113 |
Clifford Chance |
2.88 |
3.24 |
25 |
|
114 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
2.85 |
3.31 |
13 |
|
115 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
2.83 |
3.42 |
112 |
|
116 |
K&L Gates |
2.82 |
3.37 |
125 |
|
117 |
Ballard Spahr |
2.81 |
3.50 |
33 |
|
117 |
Baker & McKenzie |
2.81 |
3.43 |
47 |
|
119 |
Shearman & Sterling |
2.78 |
3.52 |
27 |
|
119 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
2.78 |
2.88 |
109 |
|
121 |
King & Spalding |
2.75 |
3.13 |
102 |
|
121 |
Dow Lohnes |
2.75 |
2.75 |
12 |
|
123 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
2.65 |
3.17 |
23 |
|
124 |
Linklaters |
2.63 |
3.11 |
19 |
|
125 |
White & Case |
2.60 |
2.73 |
16 |
|
126 |
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi |
2.55 |
4.09 |
11 |
|
127 |
Vedder Price |
2.21 |
2.96 |
24 |
|
128 |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
2.12 |
2.41 |
37 |
|
129 |
Patton Boggs |
1.82 |
2.27 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
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