The AmLaw 100
| 2004 Rank |
2003 Rank |
Firm |
2004 Gross Revenue |
Lawyers |
| 1 |
1 |
Skadden |
$1,440,000,000 |
1,554 |
| 2 |
2 |
Baker & McKenzie |
$1,228,000,000 |
2,992 |
| 3 |
4 |
Latham & Watkins |
$1,206,000,000 |
1,502 |
| 4 |
3 |
Jones Day |
$1,190,000,000 |
2,076 |
| 5 |
5 |
Sidley Austin |
$1,029,500,000 |
1,405 |
| 6 |
7 |
White & Case |
$953,000,000 |
1,685 |
| 7 |
6 |
Mayer, Brown |
$911,000,000 |
1,258 |
| 8 |
8 |
Weil, Gotshal |
$905,000,000 |
1,080 |
| 9 |
10 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
$835,000,000 |
897 |
| 10 |
11 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
$833,000,000 |
589 |
| 11 |
9 |
Shearman & Sterling |
$775,000,000 |
963 |
| 12 |
58 |
Wilmer Cutler |
$750,500,000 |
960 |
| 13 |
12 |
McDermott, Will |
$745,000,000 |
975 |
| 14 |
15 |
Morgan, Lewis |
$723,500,000 |
1,112 |
| 15 |
20 |
Greenberg Traurig |
$712,000,000 |
1,149 |
| 16 |
13 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
$697,000,000 |
910 |
| 17 |
18 |
Cleary Gottlieb |
$695,000,000 |
844 |
| 18 |
14 |
Gibson, Dunn |
$693,000,000 |
745 |
| 19 |
19 |
Simpson Thacher |
$691,000,000 |
632 |
| 20 |
21 |
Hogan & Hartson |
$630,000,000 |
898 |
| 21 |
17 |
Akin Gump |
$612,000,000 |
822 |
| 22 |
23 |
Paul, Hastings |
$609,000,000 |
835 |
| 23 |
16 |
Davis Polk |
$604,500,000 |
538 |
| 24 |
22 |
Morrison & Foerster |
$593,000,000 |
882 |
| 25 |
27 |
Piper Rudnick |
$580,500,000 |
905 |
| 26 |
26 |
Bingham McCutchen |
$565,500,000 |
790 |
| 27 |
24 |
Holland & Knight |
$551,000,000 |
1,155 |
| 28 |
25 |
Foley & Lardner |
$542,500,000 |
869 |
| 29 |
28 |
Winston & Strawn |
$516,500,000 |
793 |
| 30 |
32 |
Paul, Weiss |
$504,000,000 |
480 |
| 31 |
33 |
Reed Smith |
$503,500,000 |
881 |
| 32 |
30 |
Fulbright & Jaworski |
$491,500,000 |
831 |
| 33 |
29 |
Orrick |
$484,000,000 |
666 |
| 34 |
40 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
$478,500,000 |
536 |
| 35 |
36 |
Heller Ehrman |
$472,000,000 |
628 |
| 36 |
37 |
King & Spalding |
$470,000,000 |
707 |
| 37 |
37 |
Cravath |
$455,000,000 |
389 |
| 37 |
34 |
Vinson & Elkins |
$455,000,000 |
661 |
| 39 |
31 |
Arnold & Porter |
$454,000,000 |
639 |
| 40 |
41 |
Dechert |
$441,500,000 |
678 |
| 41 |
35 |
Hunton & Williams |
$440,000,000 |
781 |
| 42 |
39 |
Pillsbury Winthrop |
$432,500,000 |
643 |
| 43 |
42 |
Milbank, Tweed |
$431,500,000 |
480 |
| 44 |
64 |
Wachtell |
$431,000,000 |
197 |
| 45 |
43 |
Baker Botts |
$420,000,000 |
643 |
| 46 |
51 |
Cadwalader |
$416,000,000 |
486 |
| 46 |
52 |
Willkie Farr |
$416,000,000 |
507 |
| 48 |
53 |
Sonnenschein |
$411,000,000 |
660 |
| 49 |
55 |
Ropes & Gray |
$404,500,000 |
501 |
| 50 |
50 |
Alston & Bird |
$402,000,000 |
664 |
| 51 |
49 |
Proskauer Rose |
$395,000,000 |
584 |
| 52 |
47 |
Squire, Sanders |
$393,500,000 |
675 |
| 53 |
48 |
Dewey Ballantine |
$380,500,000 |
524 |
| 54 |
46 |
Wilson Sonsini |
$377,500,000 |
540 |
| 55 |
45 |
Bryan Cave |
$372,500,000 |
726 |
| 55 |
62 |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
$372,500,000 |
697 |
| 57 |
57 |
Katten Muchin |
$368,000,000 |
581 |
| 58 |
56 |
Kaye Scholer |
$362,000,000 |
458 |
| 59 |
61 |
Fried, Frank |
$359,000,000 |
438 |
| 60 |
54 |
LeBoeuf, Lamb |
$356,500,000 |
601 |
| 61 |
44 |
Howrey |
$352,000,000 |
525 |
| 62 |
67 |
Nixon Peabody |
$348,000,000 |
593 |
| 63 |
65 |
McGuireWoods |
$344,000,000 |
686 |
| 64 |
63 |
Covington & Burling |
$337,500,000 |
463 |
| 65 |
59 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
$330,000,000 |
619 |
| 66 |
73 |
Seyfarth Shaw |
$313,000,000 |
603 |
| 67 |
69 |
Goodwin Procter |
$302,500,000 |
433 |
| 68 |
72 |
Perkins Coie |
$297,000,000 |
603 |
| 69 |
76 |
Schulte Roth |
$292,000,000 |
354 |
| 70 |
68 |
Cooley Godward |
$289,000,000 |
418 |
| 71 |
70 |
Baker & Hostetler |
$284,000,000 |
605 |
| 72 |
80 |
Duane Morris |
$264,000,000 |
480 |
| 73 |
71 |
Jenkens & Gilchrist |
$258,000,000 |
435 |
| 74 |
79 |
Jenner & Block |
$253,500,000 |
381 |
| 75 |
74 |
Shook, Hardy |
$252,500,000 |
490 |
| 76 |
81 |
Blank Rome |
$247,500,000 |
459 |
| 77 |
77 |
Chadbourne & Parke |
$241,000,000 |
382 |
| 78 |
78 |
Thelen Reid |
$240,000,000 |
413 |
| 79 |
83 |
Stroock & Stroock |
$238,000,000 |
331 |
| 80 |
84 |
Kilpatrick Stockton |
$236,000,000 |
442 |
| 81 |
90 |
Womble Carlyle |
$233,000,000 |
475 |
| 82 |
93 |
Steptoe & Johnson |
$232,500,000 |
335 |
| 83 |
75 |
Coudert Brothers |
$230,000,000 |
552 |
| 83 |
92 |
Sheppard, Mullin |
$230,000,000 |
366 |
| 85 |
82 |
Cahill Gordon |
$227,000,000 |
242 |
| 86 |
86 |
Finnegan, Henderson |
$225,000,000 |
292 |
| 87 |
95 |
Fish & Richardson |
$224,500,000 |
304 |
| 88 |
91 |
Wilson, Elser |
$222,000,000 |
675 |
| 89 |
86 |
Venable |
$221,500,000 |
394 |
| 90 |
93 |
Andrews Kurth |
$217,000,000 |
394 |
| 91 |
89 |
Mintz Levin |
$216,500,000 |
373 |
| 92 |
88 |
Drinker Biddle |
$213,500,000 |
426 |
| 93 |
85 |
Gray Cary |
$213,000,000 |
350 |
| 93 |
96 |
Patton Boggs |
$213,000,000 |
396 |
| 95 |
98 |
Haynes and Boone |
$210,500,000 |
419 |
| 96 |
107 |
Pepper Hamilton |
$209,500,000 |
382 |
| 97 |
97 |
Troutman Sanders |
$206,500,000 |
468 |
| 98 |
101 |
Cozen O'Connor |
$205,500,000 |
463 |
| 99 |
105 |
Faegre & Benson |
$204,500,000 |
456 |
| 100 |
102 |
Ballard Spahr |
$200,000,000 |
412 |
| 1 Due to the merger of Wilmer Cutler Pickering and Hale and Dorr in June 2004, there is no year-over-year comparison for the merged firm. |
| Five Am Law 200 firms posted gross revenue in excess of $1 billion in 2004, the largest number ever. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood broke the billion-dollar barrier for the first time in 2004, while the others did so previously -- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in 1999; Baker & McKenzie in 2001; and Latham & Watkins and Jones Day in 2003. Gross revenue figures on this chart are rounded to the nearest $500,000. Firms that tied in the rankings are listed alphabetically. Some firms provided fractional full-time equivalent or full-year equivalent lawyer numbers, which were rounded up to the nearest whole number. Firms marked with an asterisk have more than one partnership tier or some partners who are predominantly on fixed-income status. (The American Lawyer, July 2005) |
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