We are pleased to release our eighth annual ranking of the Top Outside Counsel, featuring the law firms that clients depend on most.
Every year since 2018, Above the Law has published a list of the top law firms in the country, based on the insights of those who know best — the in-house attorneys who hire them. This year, approximately 550 in-house lawyers participated in our survey, sharing their perspectives on the law firms their organizations work with.
Our survey takes a very straightforward approach. To determine participants’ go-to firms, we asked two questions: 1) “Which law firms does your company engage for legal services?” and 2) “Please indicate the highest level legal work for which your company will engage the particular firm(s).”
The levels of work were defined along a four-point scale:
- Cost-efficient, bulk tasks
- Routine matters
- High-value, complex matters
- “Bet-the-company” matters
The ratings for each firm were averaged and the law firms with the highest average scores made it into our list of the Top Outside Counsel. Check out the results here.
