By Region, Which Top-Ranked Firms Have Not Raised Salaries?

Answer: These are the top 10 Vault-ranked firms in each region that have failed to match the Cravath scale. Some firm names may be repeated across multiple regions. If a number is missing from the list, it means the firm in that spot has raised its salaries.

Atlanta
2. Alston & Bird (raised to $155K for first-year associates; not a straight Cravath match)
3. Jones Day
4. Bondurant Mixson
5. Kilpatrick Townsend
6. Troutman Sanders
7. Sutherland Asbill
8. McKenna Long (now part of Dentons)
10. Morris Manning

Boston
6. Foley Hoag
7. Mintz Levin
10. Goulston & Storrs

Chicago
7. Jones Day
10. Bartlit Beck

Miami
1. White & Case
2. Greenberg Traurig (raised salaries in other offices, but not Miami)
3. Holland & Knight
6. Akerman
9. Bilzin Sumberg

Mid-Atlantic
2. Morgan Lewis (if offices are not on NYC salary scale, they will receive “commensurate” bumps)
3. Jones Day
5. Reed Smith
6. K&L Gates
7. Drinker Biddle
8. Duane Morris
9. Pepper Hamilton
10. Ballard Spahr

Midwest
1. Jones Day
2. Bryan Cave
3. Faegre Baker
4. Foley & Lardner
5. Baker & Hostetler
6. Squire Patton
7. Dorsey & Whitney
8. Husch Blackwell
9. Stinson Leonard
10. Dentons

New York
1. Wachtell Lipton

Northern California
Every top 10 Vault-ranked firm in Northern California has matched.

Southern California
Every top 10 Vault-ranked firm in Southern California has matched.

Pacific Northwest
1. Perkins Coie
2. Davis Wright
3. K&L Gates (raised salaries in other offices, but not those in the Pacific Northwest)
5. Stoel Rives
9. Foster Pepper
10. Dorsey & Whitney

Texas
4. Norton Rose
6. Jones Day

Washington, D.C.
7. Jones Day

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