Top 25 Law Firms in New York City


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Table 2.IV
Top 25 Most Prestigious Law Firms (based on employee surveys) New York City 2008
	Company Name	Number of Attorneys Companywide	Reported Base Salary (Associate)*
1	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	N/A	N/A
2	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	474	N/A
3	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	708	$135,000
4	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates	2200	$145,000-$155,000 range
5	Davis Polk & Wardwell	700	$125,000
6	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	854	$135,000-$145,000 range
7	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	1,091	N/A
8	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	1,300	$120,000-$125,000 range
9	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	700	$150,000
10	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	610	N/A
11	Shearman & Sterling LLP	900	$125,000-$220,000 range
12	White & Case LLP	2,300	$170,000
13	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	550	$125,000
14	Clifford Chance LLP	3,890	$135,000-$150,000 range
15	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP	650	$135,000
16	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP	667	$170,000
17	Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP	600	N/A
18	Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP	1,480	N/A
19	Proskauer Rose LLP	730	$225,000
20	LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP	N/A	N/A
21	Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP	289	N/A
22	Kaye Scholer LLP	520	$125,000
23	Chadbourne & Parke LLP	481	N/A
24	Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP	216	N/A
25	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP	457	N/A
* Salary information is based on voluntary answers provided by employees and varies widely depending on experience and tenure with the company.
Source:
Vault (www.vault.com)

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