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2011 Associate Technology Survey
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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1 |
Thompson Coburn |
4.68 |
4.79 |
19 |
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2 |
Cozen O'Connor |
4.67 |
4.5 |
12 |
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3 |
Schulte Roth & Zabel |
4.56 |
4.11 |
27 |
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4 |
Fenwick & West |
4.46 |
4.38 |
26 |
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5 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
4.46 |
4.29 |
95 |
|
6 |
Gibbons |
4.46 |
3.92 |
13 |
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7 |
Paul Hastings |
4.44 |
4.11 |
27 |
|
8 |
Latham & Watkins |
4.43 |
4.26 |
213 |
|
9 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
4.33 |
4.08 |
66 |
|
10 |
Chapman and Cutler |
4.32 |
4.53 |
19 |
|
11 |
Ropes & Gray |
4.28 |
4.05 |
80 |
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12 |
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi |
4.28 |
3.45 |
29 |
|
13 |
Duane Morris |
4.25 |
3.92 |
24 |
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14 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
4.23 |
4.16 |
164 |
|
15 |
Alston & Bird |
4.23 |
3.27 |
26 |
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16 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
4.2 |
3.93 |
15 |
|
17 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
4.18 |
3.58 |
40 |
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18 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf |
4.17 |
3.98 |
50 |
|
19 |
Nixon Peabody |
4.17 |
3.78 |
23 |
|
20 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson |
4.16 |
3.89 |
20 |
|
21 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
4.16 |
3.67 |
93 |
|
22 |
Foley & Lardner |
4.12 |
3.78 |
49 |
|
23 |
Morrison & Foerster |
4.12 |
3.39 |
85 |
|
24 |
Dechert |
4.1 |
3.66 |
29 |
|
25 |
Jones Day |
4.1 |
3.29 |
68 |
|
26 |
Bracewell & Giuliani |
4.09 |
3.5 |
22 |
|
27 |
Nutter McClennen & Fish |
4.08 |
4.15 |
13 |
|
28 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
4.06 |
4.41 |
32 |
|
29 |
Carlton Fields |
4.05 |
3.73 |
23 |
|
30 |
Perkins Coie |
4.05 |
3.67 |
67 |
|
31 |
DLA Piper |
4.04 |
4.01 |
102 |
|
32 |
Thompson & Knight |
4.04 |
3.61 |
23 |
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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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33 |
Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
4.03 |
3.67 |
34 |
|
34 |
Bingham McCutchen |
4.02 |
3.51 |
98 |
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35 |
Vinson & Elkins |
4.01 |
3.99 |
89 |
|
36 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
4 |
3.57 |
49 |
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37 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
3.99 |
3.52 |
73 |
|
38 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
3.97 |
3.65 |
118 |
|
39 |
Cooley |
3.97 |
3.3 |
68 |
|
40 |
Faegre & Benson |
3.96 |
3.8 |
26 |
|
41 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
3.96 |
3.64 |
60 |
|
42 |
Shearman & Sterling |
3.92 |
3.33 |
49 |
|
43 |
Miles & Stockbridge |
3.91 |
3.45 |
11 |
|
44 |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon |
3.88 |
3.69 |
16 |
|
45 |
Williams Mullen |
3.88 |
3.48 |
25 |
|
46 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
3.88 |
3.31 |
16 |
|
47 |
Winston & Strawn |
3.87 |
3.78 |
23 |
|
48 |
Jenner & Block |
3.86 |
3.89 |
35 |
|
49 |
Irell & Manella |
3.85 |
2.7 |
20 |
|
50 |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel |
3.84 |
3.84 |
20 |
|
51 |
Snell & Wilmer |
3.83 |
3.54 |
41 |
|
52 |
Proskauer Rose |
3.81 |
4.13 |
56 |
|
53 |
Holland & Knight |
3.8 |
3.91 |
56 |
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54 |
Goulston & Storrs |
3.8 |
3.9 |
10 |
|
55 |
Mayer Brown |
3.79 |
3.52 |
33 |
|
56 |
Fish & Richardson |
3.76 |
4.18 |
17 |
|
57 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
3.76 |
3.89 |
38 |
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58 |
Sidley Austin |
3.76 |
3.64 |
101 |
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59 |
Blank Rome |
3.74 |
3.84 |
45 |
|
60 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
3.73 |
3.48 |
68 |
|
61 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
3.73 |
3.3 |
34 |
|
62 |
Littler Mendelson |
3.72 |
3.92 |
25 |
|
63 |
Schiff Hardin |
3.7 |
3.42 |
20 |
|
64 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
3.68 |
3.13 |
31 |
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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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65 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton |
3.67 |
3.48 |
33 |
|
66 |
Baker & Hostetler |
3.66 |
3.42 |
72 |
|
67 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
3.66 |
3.23 |
210 |
|
68 |
Kelley Drye & Warren |
3.65 |
3.3 |
21 |
|
69 |
Pepper Hamilton |
3.65 |
3.05 |
40 |
|
70 |
Harris Beach |
3.64 |
3.82 |
11 |
|
71 |
Reed Smith |
3.64 |
3.33 |
45 |
|
72 |
Foley Hoag |
3.62 |
3.31 |
13 |
|
73 |
SNR Denton |
3.62 |
3.12 |
34 |
|
74 |
Baker & McKenzie |
3.6 |
3.37 |
63 |
|
75 |
Allen & Overy |
3.6 |
2.93 |
15 |
|
76 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
3.59 |
3.46 |
37 |
|
77 |
Linklaters |
3.59 |
3.28 |
30 |
|
78 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo |
3.59 |
3.12 |
17 |
|
79 |
Troutman Sanders |
3.57 |
3.79 |
14 |
|
80 |
Baker & Daniels |
3.57 |
3.29 |
14 |
|
81 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
3.56 |
3.44 |
25 |
|
82 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
3.56 |
2.83 |
41 |
|
83 |
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor |
3.55 |
3.73 |
11 |
|
84 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
3.55 |
3.58 |
79 |
|
85 |
Goodwin Procter |
3.55 |
3.45 |
52 |
|
86 |
Crowell & Moring |
3.53 |
3.12 |
17 |
|
87 |
Brown Rudnick |
3.5 |
3.71 |
14 |
|
88 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
3.5 |
2.96 |
27 |
|
89 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
3.49 |
3.47 |
71 |
|
90 |
Fox Rothschild |
3.49 |
3.43 |
49 |
|
91 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3.48 |
3.19 |
43 |
|
92 |
Holland & Hart |
3.47 |
3.85 |
34 |
|
93 |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler |
3.44 |
3.31 |
16 |
|
94 |
Sullivan & Worcester |
3.44 |
3.06 |
18 |
|
95 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath |
3.43 |
3.28 |
46 |
|
96 |
Haynes and Boone |
3.42 |
3.6 |
55 |
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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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97 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
3.42 |
2.5 |
12 |
|
98 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
3.39 |
2.87 |
23 |
|
99 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
3.38 |
3.56 |
16 |
|
100 |
Hogan Lovells |
3.38 |
3.21 |
29 |
|
101 |
Arnold & Porter |
3.38 |
3.19 |
37 |
|
102 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
3.38 |
3.16 |
126 |
|
103 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan |
3.36 |
3.14 |
22 |
|
104 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
3.33 |
3.33 |
34 |
|
105 |
Ballard Spahr |
3.33 |
2.67 |
12 |
|
106 |
K&L Gates |
3.3 |
2.35 |
41 |
|
107 |
Lindquist & Vennum |
3.29 |
3.19 |
21 |
|
108 |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
3.27 |
3.55 |
11 |
|
109 |
Covington & Burling |
3.25 |
2.89 |
46 |
|
110 |
Harter Secrest & Emery |
3.23 |
3.15 |
13 |
|
111 |
Loeb & Loeb |
3.22 |
3.22 |
23 |
|
112 |
White & Case |
3.2 |
3.38 |
77 |
|
113 |
Quarles & Brady |
3.19 |
3.25 |
16 |
|
114 |
Arent Fox |
3.17 |
2.55 |
29 |
|
115 |
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young |
3.14 |
2.93 |
14 |
|
116 |
Curtis, |
3.09 |
2.57 |
23 |
|
117 |
Stoel Rives |
3.08 |
3.1 |
40 |
|
118 |
Dickstein Shapiro |
3.08 |
2.83 |
12 |
|
119 |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
3.08 |
2.54 |
26 |
|
120 |
Kaye Scholer |
3 |
2.91 |
35 |
|
121 |
King & Spalding |
2.95 |
2.72 |
107 |
|
122 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
2.83 |
2.5 |
40 |
|
123 |
Dow Lohnes |
2.82 |
2.64 |
11 |
|
124 |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
2.73 |
2.27 |
44 |
|
125 |
Clifford Chance |
2.7 |
3.1 |
10 |
|
126 |
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale |
2.64 |
2.55 |
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 |
4.79 |
4.68 |
19 |
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2 |
Chapman and Cutler |
4.53 |
4.32 |
19 |
|
3 |
Cozen O'Connor |
4.5 |
4.67 |
12 |
|
4 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
4.41 |
4.06 |
32 |
|
5 |
Fenwick & West |
4.38 |
4.46 |
26 |
|
6 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
4.29 |
4.46 |
95 |
|
7 |
Latham & Watkins |
4.26 |
4.43 |
213 |
|
8 |
Fish & Richardson |
4.18 |
3.76 |
17 |
|
9 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
4.16 |
4.23 |
164 |
|
10 |
Nutter McClennen & Fish |
4.15 |
4.08 |
13 |
|
11 |
Proskauer Rose |
4.13 |
3.81 |
56 |
|
12 |
Schulte Roth & Zabel |
4.11 |
4.56 |
27 |
|
13 |
Paul Hastings |
4.11 |
4.44 |
27 |
|
14 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
4.08 |
4.33 |
66 |
|
15 |
Ropes & Gray |
4.05 |
4.28 |
80 |
|
16 |
DLA Piper |
4.01 |
4.04 |
102 |
|
17 |
Vinson & Elkins |
3.99 |
4.01 |
89 |
|
18 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf |
3.98 |
4.17 |
50 |
|
19 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
3.93 |
4.2 |
15 |
|
20 |
Gibbons |
3.92 |
4.46 |
13 |
|
21 |
Duane Morris |
3.92 |
4.25 |
24 |
|
22 |
Littler Mendelson |
3.92 |
3.72 |
25 |
|
23 |
Holland & Knight |
3.91 |
3.8 |
56 |
|
24 |
Goulston & Storrs |
3.9 |
3.8 |
10 |
|
25 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson |
3.89 |
4.16 |
20 |
|
26 |
Jenner & Block |
3.89 |
3.86 |
35 |
|
27 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
3.89 |
3.76 |
38 |
|
28 |
Holland & Hart |
3.85 |
3.47 |
34 |
|
29 |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel |
3.84 |
3.84 |
20 |
|
30 |
Blank Rome |
3.84 |
3.74 |
45 |
|
31 |
Harris Beach |
3.82 |
3.64 |
11 |
|
32 |
Faegre & Benson |
3.8 |
3.96 |
26 |
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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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33 |
Troutman Sanders |
3.79 |
3.57 |
14 |
|
34 |
Nixon Peabody |
3.78 |
4.17 |
23 |
|
35 |
Foley & Lardner |
3.78 |
4.12 |
49 |
|
36 |
Winston & Strawn |
3.78 |
3.87 |
23 |
|
37 |
Carlton Fields |
3.73 |
4.05 |
23 |
|
38 |
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor |
3.73 |
3.55 |
11 |
|
39 |
Brown Rudnick |
3.71 |
3.5 |
14 |
|
40 |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon |
3.69 |
3.88 |
16 |
|
41 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
3.67 |
4.16 |
93 |
|
42 |
Perkins Coie |
3.67 |
4.05 |
67 |
|
43 |
Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
3.67 |
4.03 |
34 |
|
44 |
Dechert |
3.66 |
4.1 |
29 |
|
45 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
3.65 |
3.97 |
118 |
|
46 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
3.64 |
3.96 |
60 |
|
47 |
Sidley Austin |
3.64 |
3.76 |
101 |
|
48 |
Thompson & Knight |
3.61 |
4.04 |
23 |
|
49 |
Haynes and Boone |
3.6 |
3.42 |
55 |
|
50 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
3.58 |
4.18 |
40 |
|
51 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
3.58 |
3.55 |
79 |
|
52 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
3.57 |
4 |
49 |
|
53 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
3.56 |
3.38 |
16 |
|
54 |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
3.55 |
3.27 |
11 |
|
55 |
Snell & Wilmer |
3.54 |
3.83 |
41 |
|
56 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
3.52 |
3.99 |
73 |
|
57 |
Mayer Brown |
3.52 |
3.79 |
33 |
|
58 |
Bingham McCutchen |
3.51 |
4.02 |
98 |
|
59 |
Bracewell & Giuliani |
3.5 |
4.09 |
22 |
|
60 |
Williams Mullen |
3.48 |
3.88 |
25 |
|
61 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
3.48 |
3.73 |
68 |
|
62 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton |
3.48 |
3.67 |
33 |
|
63 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
3.47 |
3.49 |
71 |
|
64 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
3.46 |
3.59 |
37 |
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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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65 |
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi |
3.45 |
4.28 |
29 |
|
66 |
Miles & Stockbridge |
3.45 |
3.91 |
11 |
|
67 |
Goodwin Procter |
3.45 |
3.55 |
52 |
|
68 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
3.44 |
3.56 |
25 |
|
69 |
Fox Rothschild |
3.43 |
3.49 |
49 |
|
70 |
Schiff Hardin |
3.42 |
3.7 |
20 |
|
71 |
Baker & Hostetler |
3.42 |
3.66 |
72 |
|
72 |
Morrison & Foerster |
3.39 |
4.12 |
85 |
|
73 |
White & Case |
3.38 |
3.2 |
77 |
|
74 |
Baker & McKenzie |
3.37 |
3.6 |
63 |
|
75 |
Shearman & Sterling |
3.33 |
3.92 |
49 |
|
76 |
Reed Smith |
3.33 |
3.64 |
45 |
|
77 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
3.33 |
3.33 |
34 |
|
78 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
3.31 |
3.88 |
16 |
|
79 |
Foley Hoag |
3.31 |
3.62 |
13 |
|
80 |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler |
3.31 |
3.44 |
16 |
|
81 |
Cooley |
3.3 |
3.97 |
68 |
|
82 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
3.3 |
3.73 |
34 |
|
83 |
Kelley Drye & Warren |
3.3 |
3.65 |
21 |
|
84 |
Jones Day |
3.29 |
4.1 |
68 |
|
85 |
Baker & Daniels |
3.29 |
3.57 |
14 |
|
86 |
Linklaters |
3.28 |
3.59 |
30 |
|
87 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath |
3.28 |
3.43 |
46 |
|
88 |
Alston & Bird |
3.27 |
4.23 |
26 |
|
89 |
Quarles & Brady |
3.25 |
3.19 |
16 |
|
90 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
3.23 |
3.66 |
210 |
|
91 |
Loeb & Loeb |
3.22 |
3.22 |
23 |
|
92 |
Hogan Lovells |
3.21 |
3.38 |
29 |
|
93 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3.19 |
3.48 |
43 |
|
94 |
Arnold & Porter |
3.19 |
3.38 |
37 |
|
95 |
Lindquist & Vennum |
3.19 |
3.29 |
21 |
|
96 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
3.16 |
3.38 |
126 |
|
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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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97 |
Harter Secrest & Emery |
3.15 |
3.23 |
13 |
|
98 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan |
3.14 |
3.36 |
22 |
|
99 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
3.13 |
3.68 |
31 |
|
100 |
SNR Denton |
3.12 |
3.62 |
34 |
|
101 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo |
3.12 |
3.59 |
17 |
|
102 |
Crowell & Moring |
3.12 |
3.53 |
17 |
|
103 |
Stoel Rives |
3.1 |
3.08 |
40 |
|
104 |
Clifford Chance |
3.1 |
2.7 |
10 |
|
105 |
Sullivan & Worcester |
3.06 |
3.44 |
18 |
|
106 |
Pepper Hamilton |
3.05 |
3.65 |
40 |
|
107 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
2.96 |
3.5 |
27 |
|
108 |
Allen & Overy |
2.93 |
3.6 |
15 |
|
109 |
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young |
2.93 |
3.14 |
14 |
|
110 |
Kaye Scholer |
2.91 |
3 |
35 |
|
111 |
Covington & Burling |
2.89 |
3.25 |
46 |
|
112 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
2.87 |
3.39 |
23 |
|
113 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
2.83 |
3.56 |
41 |
|
114 |
Dickstein Shapiro |
2.83 |
3.08 |
12 |
|
115 |
King & Spalding |
2.72 |
2.95 |
107 |
|
116 |
Irell & Manella |
2.7 |
3.85 |
20 |
|
117 |
Ballard Spahr |
2.67 |
3.33 |
12 |
|
118 |
Dow Lohnes |
2.64 |
2.82 |
11 |
|
119 |
Curtis, |
2.57 |
3.09 |
23 |
|
120 |
Arent Fox |
2.55 |
3.17 |
29 |
|
121 |
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale |
2.55 |
2.64 |
12 |
|
122 |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
2.54 |
3.08 |
26 |
|
123 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
2.5 |
3.42 |
12 |
|
124 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
2.5 |
2.83 |
40 |
|
125 |
K&L Gates |
2.35 |
3.3 |
41 |
|
126 |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
2.27 |
2.73 |
44 |
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