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What Firms Are Atop The A-List? (2016)

Who are the American Lawyer Top 10 A-List firms?

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Winning MedalsThere are lots of ways to measure the desirability of law firms, but the latest ranking from American Lawyer, dubbed the A-List, has a unique blend of factors:

• Our Am Law 200 survey’s revenue per lawyer rankings,

• Our pro bono survey, which measures average pro bono hours per lawyer and breadth of firm participation in pro bono,

• Our diversity survey, which ranks firms by their percentage of minority lawyers, and

• Our midlevel survey, which measures associate job satisfaction.

The inclusion of pro bono and diversity scores will, hopefully, speak to the culture created at the firm, and if you get midlevels who are still happy at a firm, that is an achievement to be celebrated. But we know you just want to know who is on the list, so here is the top 10:

American Lawyer Top 10 A-List firms:

1. Irell & Manella (Los Angeles)

2. Munger, Tolles & Olson (Los Angeles)

3. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (New York)

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4. [Tie] Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (National)

4. [Tie] Paul Hastings (National)

6. Debevoise & Plimpton (New York)

7. Ropes & Gray (National)

8. Kirkland & Ellis (National)

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9. O’Melveny & Myers (Los Angeles)

10. Wilmer Cutler (National)

So I guess if you want to be happy, or at least “satisfied” with your career, you should move to Los Angeles, the city that captures the #1 and #2 spots on the list. I’m just kidding, you didn’t go to law school to be happy.

Congratulations to the firms on the list. You can check out the full list here.

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Kathryn Rubino is an editor at Above the Law. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).

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