Lawyer Rankings: Are They Out Of Control?

Stroking lawyers' egos is big business.

A whole cottage industry has developed on playing off of lawyers’ egos and insecurities. It’s accelerating dramatically because people see that there’s money to be had.

— The head of a large New York-based law firm, speaking to Sara Randazzo of the Wall Street Journal about the proliferation of lawyer and law firm rankings.


DBL square headshotDavid Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.

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