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he 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey (formerly 2007 Judged Salary Survey) is a unique resource Tamong legal publications. It provides current and essential information on more than 500 of the top U. S. law firms, including each firm’s primary practice areas, hiring trends, and salary and benefits information. The Salary Survey is an important resource for several reasons. First, the scope of the Salary Survey is unmatched in that it details information about more than 500 national and regional law firms. Second, its coverage is exhaustive, as the firms are analyzed according to 15 different parameters. Third, its degree of detail is substantial. The compilation of thorough information about each firm — such as year of establishment, number of offices, office locations, number of attorneys, and key practice areas — make the Salary Survey an invaluable addition to every law library. The structure of the Salary Survey facilitates its use as a resource: the facts and tables in each chapter are organized in a clear, accessible format so that readers have volumes of solid information at their fingertips.

The primary purpose of the 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey is to serve as a bridge between law firms and attorneys. Although an overwhelming amount of information about law firms is accessible from the Internet and numerous other sources, finding trustworthy, accurate information about law firms is a challenging task. Thus, attorneys and law students who seek to evaluate firms based on critical hiring and salary information may be overwhelmed at the daunting task of finding and sorting this information. The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey is an invaluable resource in that it is a compilation of volumes of information in an easy-to-use format that spares readers the frustrating and time-consuming process of exploring the market and gathering bits of statistical information about top law firms.

The Salary Survey is designed to provide up-to-date information about recent changes to law ﬁrm salaries, hiring practices, and key practice areas; thus, it allows attorneys and law students to use this information in the evaluation of their own employment prospects. Here, their academic records, work histories, and unique talents and abilities will all come into play. Salary Survey is one of the most important guides any legal professional, who is serious about his career, can own. Over the last two years, the survey has helped thousands of legal professionals in evaluating their employment prospects in the U.S. legal marketplace.

TABLE OF CONTENTSThe 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Identifying Trends xiii The Bayard Firm 123 Appendix I: First-Year Salaries Offered by Law Firms xiv Beirne, Maynard & Parsons LLP 125 Appendix II: Salaries of Summer Associates in Law Firms xv Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC 128 Appendix III: The Law Firm Size xvi Bergmann and Moore, LLC 131 Appendix IV: Offices of the Law Firms xvii Berkes Crane Robinson & Seal LLP 133 Adams and Reese LLP 1 Best & Flanagan LLP 135 Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. 6 Best Best & Krieger LLP 137 Adler Murphy & McQuillen LLP 9 Bickel & Brewer 141 Akerman Senterfitt P.A. 11 Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 144 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 16 Bingham McCutchen LLP 147 Allen & Overy 21 Blake Cassels and Graydon LLP 151 Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble, Mallory, & Blank Rome LLP 154 Natsis LLP 23 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 159 Alston & Bird LLP 26 Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey 163 Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. 30 Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC 165 Andrews Kurth LLP 33 Bondurant, Mixson, & Elmore, LLP 170 Archer & Greiner P.C. 37 Borton Petrini, LLP 173 Arent Fox LLP 41 Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC 176 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 45 Bowen & Lloyd, PLC 180 Arnall Golden Gregory LLP 50 Bracewell & Guiliani LLP 182 Arnold & Porter LLP 53 Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP 186 Arnstein & Lehr LLP 58 Brault Palmer Grove White & Steinhilber LLP 190 Ashurst 62 Bricker & Eckler LLP 192 Ater Wynne LLP 65 Briggs and Morgan, P.A. 196 Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz 68 Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione 199 Baker & Daniels LLP 70 Broida and Associates, Ltd. 203 Baker & Hostetler LLP 74 Bromberg & Sunstein LLP 205 Baker & McKenzie 79 Brown McCarroll LLP 208 Baker Botts LLP 83 Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP 211 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 86 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 215 Balch & Bingham LLP 91 Brunswick Group LLP 220 Ball Janik LLP 95 Buchalter Nemer 223 Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP 98 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC 225 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 103 Budd Larner, P.C. 231 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP 106 Bullivant Houser Bailey PC 234 Barley Snyder LLC 109 Burns & Levinson LLP 239 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 112 Burr & Forman LLP 243 Baron and Budd, P.C. 117 Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLCC 247 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 120 Butzel Long 249 v The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Bryan Cave LLP 254 Cox Castle & Nicholson, LLP 376 Cades Schutte LLP 259 Cozen O’Connor 379 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 262 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 385 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 266 Crowe & Dunlevy 387 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP 269 Crowell & Moring LLP 391 Cantey & Hanger 272 Cummings & Lockwood LLC 394 Carlsmith Ball LLP 275 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP 398 Carlton Fields 278 Davis & Harman LLP 402 Carr McClellan Ingersoll Thompson & Horn 283 Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP 404 Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP 285 Davis Polk & Wardwell 408 Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP 288 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 411 Cesari and McKenna LLP 291 Davis, Malm & D’Agostine PC 416 Chadbourne & Parke LLP 293 Day Pitney LLP 418 Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin 297 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 422 Chapman and Cutler LLP 300 Dechert LLP 425 Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP 304 Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 430 Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Dickinson Wright PLLC 435 Shapiro, LLP 307 Dickstein Shapiro LLP 439 Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP 309 Dilworth Paxson LLP 442 Clark & Elbing LLP 313 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 445 Clark Hill PLC 315 DLA Piper 450 Clark, Thomas & Winters 319 Dorsey & Whitney LLP 457 Clausen Miller P.C. 322 Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC 462 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 326 Downey Brand LLP 466 Cliﬀord Chance LLP 330 Doyle Restrepo Harvin & Robbins, LLP 469 Clyde & Co 333 Dreier & Baritz LLP 471 CMS Cameron McKenna Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP 473 (CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre) 336 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 475 Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. 339 Duane Morris LLP 479 Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. 343 Duncan & Allen 484 Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP 346 Dykema Gossett PLLC 486 Connell Foley LLP 348 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC 490 Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP 351 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 494 Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 354 Emmet, Marvin & Martin LLP 499 Cooley Manion Jones LLP 359 Epstein Becker & Green P.C. 502 Corboy & Demetrio PC 361 Faegre & Benson LLP 506 Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP 363 Farella Braun & Martel LLP 510 Covington & Burling LLP 366 Farrell Fritz, P.C. 513 Cowles & Thompson 370 Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, P.C. 516 Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated 373 Fennemore Craig, P.C. 518 vi The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Fenwick & West LLP 522 Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody 652 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A. 654 Dunner LLP 526 Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP 658 Fish & Richardson P.C. 530 Greenberg Glusker 660 Fisher & Phillips LLP 534 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 663 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto 539 Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC 671 Foley & Lardner LLP 542 Gunderson Dettmer 674 Foley Hoag LLP 547 Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 677 Folger Levin & Kahn LLP 550 Hall & Evans LLC 680 Ford & Harrison LLP 553 Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC 682 Foster Pepper PLLC 558 Hancock & Estabrook, LLP 685 Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A. 562 Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin 687 Fox Rothschild LLP 566 Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, LLP 690 Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. 572 Harris Beach PLLC 694 Freeborn & Peters LLP 575 Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP 699 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 577 Harry Gee, Jr. & Associates 701 Frey Petrakis Deeb Blum & Briggs 580 Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP 703 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 582 Hartman & Craven LLP 707 Frost Brown Todd LLC 585 Hawkins & Parnell LLP 709 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP 591 Haynes and Boone, LLP 711 Fulwider Patton LLP 596 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P. A. 716 Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A. 598 Heller Ehrman LLP 719 Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP 602 Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC 724 Garvey, Schubert & Barer 606 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 728 Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger, & Hodgson Russ LLP 734 Vecchione, P.C. 610 Hogan & Hartson LLP 738 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 614 Holland & Hart LLP 743 Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla 618 Holland & Knight LLP 749 Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. 620 Holme Roberts & Owen LLP 756 Godwin Pappas Ronquillo L.L.P 624 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP 760 Goldberg Kohn 627 Hoover Slovacek LLP 763 Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP 630 Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin 765 Goodwin Procter LLP 633 Howrey LLP 768 Gordon & Rees LLP 636 Hughes & Luce, LLP 772 Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 776 Hollander, LLC 641 Hunton & Williams LLP 780 Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Husch & Eppenberger, LLC 785 Daheim L.L.P 644 Ice Miller LLP 789 Goulston & Storrs, PC 647 Irell & Manella LLP 793 Graham & Dunn 650 Jackson Lewis 796

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Jackson Walker LLP 802 Leydig Voit & Mayer, LTD 943 Jacob, Medinger, & Finnegan LLP 806 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP 946 Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP 808 Linklaters 949 Jenner & Block LLP 811 Lionel Sawyer & Collins 952 Jones Day 815 Locke, Liddell & Sapp LLP 956 Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Loeb & Loeb, LLP 960 Denegre L.L.P. 821 Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP 963 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP 825 Lovells 967 Kacal, Adams & Law PC 830 Lowenstein Sandler PC 970 Karr Tuttle Campbell 832 Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP 974 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 835 Mager Law Group 978 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 838 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 980 Kaye Scholer LLP 842 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP 984 Keesal, Young & Logan, P.C. 847 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP 987 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 850 Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. 991 Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP 854 McAfee & Taft 995 Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 858 McCarter & English, LLP 997 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 861 McDermott Will & Emery 1001 Kimble, MacMichael & Upton 865 McDonough Holland & Allen PC 1006 King & Spalding LLP 867 McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore LLP 1009 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 871 McGlinchey Stafford PLLC 1012 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP 875 McIntosh, Sawran, Peltz & Cartaya, P.A. 1015 Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum P.C. 881 McKee Nelson LLP 1017 Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP 883 McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 1020 Kraft Palmer Davies, PLLC 887 McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton 1024 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 889 McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, P.C. 1027 Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard 892 McNair Law Firm, P.A. 1029 Kutak Rock LLP 895 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC 1032 Ladas & Parry LLP 900 Mendes & Mount, LLP 1036 Lahive & Cockfield LLP 902 Merchant & Gould P.C. 1038 Lane Powell PC 904 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1042 Latham & Watkins LLP 910 Middleton Reutlinger 1046 Lathrop & Gage L.C. 915 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 1048 Law Offices of Wong, Wong & Associates, P.C. 920 Milberg Weiss LLP 1051 Leahey & Johnson P.C. 922 Miles & Stockbridge P.C. 1053 LeClair Ryan 924 Miller & Chevalier Chartered 1057 Leonard, Street and Deinard, P.A. 929 Miller & Martin PLLC 1060 Lewis and Roca LLP 932 Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey, PLC 1064 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP 936 Miller Nash LLP 1067 Lewis, Rice, & Fingersh, L.C. 940 Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 1071 viii The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo P.C. 1076 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 1207 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 1080 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1213 Mitchell Warner Law Offices, P.A. 1083 Paule, Camazine & Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP 1085 Blumenthal Professional Corporation 1216 Moore & Van Allen PLLC 1089 Peabody & Arnold LLP 1218 Morgan & Finnegan, LLP 1092 Pedersen & Houpt 1220 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1095 Pepper Hamilton LLP 1222 Morris James LLP 1102 Perkins Coie LLP 1228 Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP 1105 Phelps Dunbar LLP 1233 Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP 1107 Phillips Lytle LLP 1238 Morrison & Foerster LLP 1112 Pierce Atwood LLP 1242 Morrison, Mahoney & Miller LLP 1117 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1246 Moses & Singer LLP 1120 Pircher, Nichols, & Meeks 1251 Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass 1123 Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. 1253 Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament, Bell & Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte & Suelthaus, PC 1257 Rubenstein PC 1126 Porter & Hedges, LLP 1261 Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP 1128 Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP 1264 Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. 1131 Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. 1268 Murphy Wasinger, LC 1134 Post & Schell, P.C. 1272 Murtha Cullina LLP 1136 Posternak, Blankstein & Lund LLP 1275 Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP 1140 Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP 1277 Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg LLP 1143 Powell Goldstein LLP 1280 Needle & Rosenberg 1146 Proskauer Rose LLP 1284 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP 1150 Pullman & Comley, LLC 1288 Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, LLC 1156 Quarles & Brady LLP 1292 Nissenbaum & Associates, LLC 1160 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP 1296 Nixon Peabody LLP 1162 Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster 1300 Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus P.A. 1168 Rader, Fishman, & Grauer PLLC 1303 Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP 1171 Reed Smith 1305 Ober|Kaler 1175 Reid and Riege, P.C. 1310 O’Melveny & Myers LLP 1178 Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. 1312 Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP 1182 Rivkin Radler LLP 1315 The O’Quinn Law Firm 1185 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP 1317 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1187 Robinson & Cole LLP 1322 Osborne Clarke 1191 Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson 1325 Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP 1194 Roetzel & Andress 1328 Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP 1198 Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC 1333 Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Ropes & Gray LLP 1337 Geraldson LLP 1201 Rose Law Firm, a Professional Association 1340 Patton Boggs LLP 1203 Ross, Dixon and Bell, LLP 1342

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Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP 1346 Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Rubin and Rudman LLP 1351 Sitterson, P.A. 1484 Ruden McCloskey Smith Schuster Russell, PA 1353 Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1487 Rutan & Tucker LLP 1357 Stern & Montana, LLP 1491 Salans 1360 Stevens & Lee P.C. 1493 Saul Ewing LLP 1363 Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP 1498 Schiff Hardin LLP 1368 Stirba & Associates 1504 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP 1373 Stites & Harbison, PLLC 1506 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 1378 Stoel Rives LLP 1510 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. 1381 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP 1516 Schwartz Cooper Chartered 1385 Strasburger & Price, L.L.P. 1520 Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP 1388 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 1524 Seeger Weiss LLP 1393 Sughrue Mion, PLLC 1528 Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek 1395 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 1531 Severson & Werson, a Professional Corporation 1398 Sullivan & Worcester LLP 1535 Seward & Kissel LLP 1401 Susman Godfrey LLP 1538 Seyfarth Shaw LLP 1404 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP 1541 Shartsis Friese LLP 1408 Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP 1546 Shearman & Sterling LLP 1410 Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP 1549 Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA 1414 Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP 1553 Shefsky & Froelich 1417 Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP 1557 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1420 Thompson & Knight LLP 1561 Sherin and Lodgen LLP 1424 Thompson Coburn LLP 1565 Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 1426 Thompson Hine LLP 1569 Shipman & Goodwin LLP 1430 Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP 1573 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 1434 Tonkon Torp LLP 1576 Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P. A. 1438 Torys LLP 1579 Sidley Austin LLP 1441 Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 1582 Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. 1444 Troutman Sanders LLP 1585 Simmons & Simmons 1448 Tydings & Rosenberg LLP 1590 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 1450 Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP 1593 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1453 Ulmer & Berne LLP 1597 Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell Ungaretti & Harris 1600 Jernigan LLP 1457 Ungarino & Eckert, LLC 1603 Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP 1460 Venable LLP 1606 Smith Moore LLP 1463 Vinson & Elkins LLP 1609 Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP 1466 Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP 1613 Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 1468 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 1617 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP 1473 Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis LLP 1620 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP 1478 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 1624 x The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. 1628 Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. 1704 Watson Farley & Williams LLP 1631 Withers Bergman LLP (Withers LLP) 1707 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 1633 Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP 1710 Welsh & Katz, Ltd. 1637 Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. 1714 Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava Maccuish LLP 1639 Wolff & Samson PC 1717 White & Case LLP 1642 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 1720 Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P. 1646 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP 1726 Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. 1649 Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP 1730 Wiggin & Dana 1652 Firms Merged Wildman Harrold 1656 Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP 1733 Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. 1658 Beckley Singleton 1733 Wiley Rein LLP 1662 Blackwell Sanders LLP 1733 Williams & Connolly LLP 1666 Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP 1733 Williams Mullen 1669 Day, Berry & Howard LLP 1733 Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC 1674 Dewey Ballantine LLP 1733 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1678 Gardner, Carton & Douglas 1734 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1681 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP 1734 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 1686 Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP 1690 Robbins LLP 1734 Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. 1696 Preston Gates & Ellis LLP 1734 Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd 1734

IDENTIFYING TRENDS

he 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey provides data about compensation, hiring, and key Tpractice areas of the top 500+ national and regional U.S. law ﬁrms. Taken as a whole, this information reveals trends that exist across the continuum of law ﬁrms that all members of the legal community — experienced attorneys, junior associates, and matriculating law students — may use to make career moves or simply to better understand the legal community.

One piece of information that is of interest to all attorneys is a breakdown of current salary trends. The salary structure of law firms is generally defined by basic parameters such as firm size and location, salary, and supplemental compensation for lawyers and summer associates. Average starting salaries for associates in the U. S. has increased if we compare with first-year salaries of 2006. According to our research, in 2006, approximately 0.4% of the law firms surveyed offered first-year salaries in the range of $150,000 to $175,000. But in 2007, the percentage of the firms offering salaries in this range increased to 26.84%. On average, 48% of the surveyed firms offered starting salaries approximately in the range of $135,000 to $175,000.

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Appendix I: First-Year Salaries Oﬀered by Law Firms

Fig. 1: Comparison of number of firms offering first-year salaries (in different ranges) during 2006 and 2007

First Year Salaries Offered by Law Firms

250 200 150 2006 100 2007

No. of Firms 50 0 – 999 than Less – 174, 120,000 75,000 90,000 – 104,999 134,999 150, 000 Salary offered in the first year (in $)

Table 1: Data showing the salaries offered to first-year associates by all law firms’ offices covered in the 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey.

Sr. No. Salary Offered in First Year No. Firms % Firms (in $) 1 Less than 75,000 9 1.27 2 75,000–89,999 29 4.09 3 90,000–104,999 91 12.85 4 105,000–119,999 105 14.83 5 120,000–134,999 132 18.64 6 135,000–149,999 152 21.47 7 150,000–175,000 190 26.84 Total 708 Illustrative Example: 190 law firms pay first-year associates a salary in the range of $150,000 to $175,000.

Generally, firms prefer to hire attorneys through their summer associate programs. Several law firms pay their summer associates almost as much as their permanent attorneys. About 50% of summer associates are paid between $2,400 and $3,100 per week. For the sake of comparison, if we convert the salary of attorneys to per-week income, we see that about 37% do not draw more than $2,400 per week; meaning that their salary per annum is less than $120,000. The 2007 survey shows that about 1.5% of the firms surveyed pay their associates below $1,200 a week. We can compare this with the 2006 survey, where less than 1% of the firms surveyed were paying below $1,200. xiv The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Appendix II: Salaries of Summer Associates in Law Firms

Fig. 2: Comparison of number of firms offering salaries to summer associates (in different ranges) during 2006 and 2007

Salaries of Summer Associates in law firms

300 250 200 2006 150 2007 100 50 No. of Firm Offices 0 < 1,200 1,200 – 1,600 – 2,000 – 2,400 – 2,800 - >3,100 1,599 1,999 2,399 2,799 3,100 Salary offered / week (in $)

Table 2: Data showing the salaries oﬀered to summer associates.

Sr. No. Salary Oﬀered per Week No. Firms % Firms (in $) 1 less than 1,200 10 1.5 2 1,200–1,599 73 10.8 3 1,600–1,999 121 17.9 4 2,000–2,399 132 19.5 5 2,400–2,799 174 25.7 6 2,800–3,100 165 24.4 7 more than 3,100 2 0.3 Total 677 Illustrative Example: 174 top law ﬁrms pay their summer associates salaries in the range of $2,400 to $2,799 per week.

Aspiring attorneys are always eager to learn about the important parameters of a large law firm. Is it the size, the number of offices, or the geographical location of a firm’s office that matters most?

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Appendix III: The Law Firm Size

Table 3: Data showing the number of attorneys employed by the top law ﬁrms

Sr. No. No. Attorneys Employed No. Firms % Firms 2006 2007 2006 2007 1 1–99 146 135 28.6 27.2 2 100–199 140 133 27.5 26.8 3 200–499 129 131 25.3 26.4 4 500–999 61 60 12 12.1 5 1000–1999 24 27 4.7 5.4 6 More than 2000 10 10 2 2.1 Total 510 496 Illustrative example: 135 firms (27.2%) of the total law firms surveyed employ less than 100 lawyers in all their offices.

Of the top law firms, only a few have more than 20 locations (i.e., Baker & McKenzie, Jones Day, and DLA Piper). Nearly half of the total firms surveyed (47.5%) have fewer than four locations. About 95 % of the firms surveyed have fewer than 20 offices.

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Appendix IV: Oﬃces of the Law Firms

Table 4: Data showing the number of oﬃces set up by the law ﬁrms.

Sr. No. No. Oﬃces per Firm No. Firms % Firms 2006 2007 2006 2007 1 1–4 251 233 48.7 47.5 2 5–9 151 141 29.3 28.7 3 10–14 57 62 11.1 12.6 4 15–19 30 28 5.8 5.7 5 20–49 22 24 4.3 4.9 6 More than 50 4 3 0.8 0.6 Total 515 491

The trends presented in this survey of the selected ﬁrms are based on the data collected from NALP, Martindale, and the websites of the respective law ﬁrms.

Reference: The 2007 Judged Salary Survey. Compiled by Judged. Las Vegas: Judged, 2007

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Adams and Reese LLP

Main Oﬃce1, 2 Email One Shell Square [email protected] 701 Poydras Street, Suite 4500 New Orleans, LA 70139 Website http://www.adamsandreese.com

Main Contact Phone Fax Mrs. Kristen Koppel 504-581-3234 504-566-0210 (Legal Recruiting Manager)

Facts3 Year of Establishment 1951 Number of Oﬃces 10 Number of Attorneys 300+

About the Firm4, 5 Adams and Reese is a diverse law firm with more than 300 attorneys in offices throughout the South Central United States. The firm not only provides services in the legal arena, but also represents clients in litigation and transactional matters and general client counseling. The clients of the firm range from S corporations to regional businesses to Fortune 100 organizations. The firm has developed HUGS -- a volunteer program called Hope, Understanding, Giving, and Support -- and encourages pro bono services with programs such as CA&RE (Caring Adams & Reese Employees) as part of its commitment toward the community. The firm offers a comfortable and friendly work atmosphere and hires diverse and well-qualified professionals.

Hiring Criteria6 All applicants have to fulﬁll certain conditions, which include being among, preferably, the top 25% of their classes and having experiences in moot court, law review, and/or judicial clerkship.

Attorney Recruiting The firm hires first-year associates from its summer associate program. Third-year law students who have not undergone training in clerkship for the firm cannot apply for the position of first-year associate.

Summer Associate Program Only second-year law students with excellent academic records are hired by the ﬁrm to participate in its summer associate program. Its Washington, DC, oﬃce does not run a summer program. Its

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Birmingham oﬃce hires second-year law students as well as a few outstanding students who have completed only their ﬁrst year of law school.

Salary7 Firm 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Summer location Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Associate Mobile, AL (2007) $85,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $1,100/week New Orleans, Jackson, $90,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $1,250/week Baton Rouge, LA (2007) Memphis, TN (2007) $90,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $1,450/week Birmingham, AL (2007) $95,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $1,250/week Nashville, TN (2007) $100,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $1,450/week Houston, TX (2007) $120,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $2,000/week

Beneﬁts/Package/Supplemental Compensation8 • Health Insurance • Dental Insurance • Life & AD&D Insurance • Disability Insurance • Workman’s Compensation • 401(k) • Employee-Assistance Program • Wellness Program • Flexible Beneﬁt Plan • Pre-Tax Deduction For Transportation/Parking-Reimbursement For Qualifying Expenses • Parental/Sick Leave • Technology (Laptop, PDA etc.) • CLE • Business-Casual Dress Code

Areas of Practice9 I. Litigation Practice Group • Business Litigation • Tort Litigation • Energy & Environmental Litigation • Specialty Litigation

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II. Special Business Services Practice Group • Energy & Environmental • Entertainment & New Media • ERISA & Employee Beneﬁts • Governmental Relations • Healthcare • Intellectual Property & Technology • Labor & Employment

III. Transactions and Corporate Advisory Services Practice Group • Banking & Finance • Commercial Restructuring & Bankruptcy • Corporate/Securities/Mergers & Acquisitions • Economic Development • Forestry • Public Finance • Real Estate • Tax

Other Oﬃces10, 11 Firm Location Address Baton Rouge 450 Laurel Street, Suite 1900 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Phone: 225-336-5200 Fax: 225-336-5220

Birmingham Concord Center 2100 Third Avenue North, Suite 1100 Birmingham, AL 35203 Phone: 205-250-5000 Fax: 205-250-5034

Houston One Houston Center 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4400 Houston, TX 77010 Phone: 713-652-5151 Fax: 713-652-5152

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Jackson 111 East Capitol Street, Suite 350 Jackson, MS 39201 Phone: 601-353-3234 Fax: 601-355-9708

Memphis Brinkley Plaza 80 Monroe Avenue, Suite 700 Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-525-3234 Fax: 901-524-5419

Mobile RSA Battle House Tower 11 North Water Street, Suite 23200 Mobile, AL 36602 Phone: 251-433-3234 Fax: 251-438-7733

Nashville Fifth Third Center 424 Church Street, Suite 2800 Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: 615-259-1450 Fax: 615-259-1470

Nashville/Music Row 901 18th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 Phone: 615-341-0068 Fax: 615-341-0596

Washington, DC Market Square North 401 9th Street NW, Suite 610 South Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202-737-3234 Fax: 202-737-0264

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References 1. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=f325101&yr=2007&orgtypeid=F 2. http://www.adamsandreese.com/about_the_firm/about.html 3. http://www.adamsandreese.com/about_the_firm/about.html 4. http://www.adamsandreese.com/about_the_firm/community_service.html 5. http://www.adamsandreese.com/about_the_firm/overview.html 6. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=f325101&yr=2007&orgtypeid=F 7. http://www.adamsandreese.com/careers/students.html 8. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp 9. http://www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=f325101&yr=2007&orgtypeid=F 10. http://www.adamsandreese.com/practice_areas/full_listing.html 11. http://www.adamsandreese.com/contact_us/overview.html

5 Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Main Oﬃce1, 2 Email One Citizens Plaza, 8th Floor [email protected] Providence, RI 02903-1345 Website http://www.apslaw.com

Main Contact Phone Fax N/A 401-274-7200 401-751-0604

Facts3, 4 Year of Establishment 1960 Number of Oﬃces 3 Number of Attorneys 67

About the Firm5, 6 Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., is a medium-sized firm offering specialization in various practice areas for a diverse clientele. The mainstay is civil and criminal trial work. The firm’s talented attorneys offer services in 25 practice areas to clients that include Fortune 100 and 500 corporations, public and private businesses of all sizes, and NGOs. Well-known among the defense bar, the firm offers consistent mentoring and training programs in a fast-paced environment. The firm has a tradition of hiring laterals who have trained at other firms. It has offices in several other New England locations.

Hiring Criteria7, 8 Attorney Recruiting Practicing attorneys with strong credentials are recruited by the ﬁrm.

Summer Associate Program The ﬁrm seeks applications from second-year law students with good academic credentials.

Salary N/A

Beneﬁts/Package/Supplemental Compensation N/A

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Areas of Practice9 • Administrative Law • Alternative Dispute Resolution • Appellate • Bankruptcy Law • Business & Corporate Law • Commercial Finance • Construction Law • Criminal Law/White-Collar Defense • Energy & Telecommunications • Environmental Law • Financial & Estate Planning • Governmental & Legislative • Healthcare • Higher Education • Insurance • Intellectual Property • Labor & Employment • Litigation • Mergers & Acquisitions • Products Liability Law/Toxic Tort Law • Public Finance • Real Estate • Securities Law • Tax Law • Technology Law • Venture Capital

Industries10 • Biotechnology • Chemicals • Construction • Electronics • Energy • Fiber Optics • Financial Services • Gaming • Governmental Entities • Healthcare • Higher Education • Hospitality • Industrial Ceramics

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• Insurance • Jewelry • Medical Devices • Motion Pictures & Television • Pharmaceuticals • Plastics • Precious Metals • Public Sector • Real Estate • Retail • Sports & Entertainment • Telecommunications • Textiles • Utilities & Energy • Wire & Cable

Other Oﬃces11 Firm Location Address Boston 175 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110-2210 Phone: 617-482-0600 Fax: 617-482-0604

New Hampshire PO Box 536 Bristol, NH 03222-0536 Phone: 603-744-1021 Fax: 603-744-2799

References 1. http://www.apslaw.com/recruit.cfm?view=1 2. http://www.martindale.com/Adler-Pollock-Sheehan-PC/law-firm-540820.htm 3. http://www.apslaw.com/firm.cfm 4. http://www.apslaw.com/ 5. http://www.apslaw.com/firm.cfm 6. http://www.apslaw.com/pdf/brochure.pdf 7. http://www.apslaw.com/firm.cfm 8. http://www.apslaw.com/recruit.cfm?view=1 9. http://www.apslaw.com/groups.cfm 10. http://www.apslaw.com/industries.cfm 11. http://www.apslaw.com/index.cfm 8 Firms Merged

Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP

This ﬁrm joined with Bingham McCutchen LLP in 2007. For details please refer to Bingham McCutchen LLP.

Beckley Singleton

Beckley Singleton, one of the oldest law ﬁrms in the State, has combined with Lewis and Roca, LLP. As of September 1, 2007, the combined entity is doing business in Nevada under the name of Lewis and Roca, LLP. Please see Lewis and Roca for information.

Blackwell Sanders LLP

Blackwell Sanders LLP completed its merger with Husch & Eppenberger, LLC on 3rd January 2008. The oﬃcial new name of the law ﬁrm is Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP. For details, please refer to Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP.

Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP

In 2006, technology and real estate–finance law specialist Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP merged with construction, energy, and project-finance law experts Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP. The new firm is now known as Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, LLP. For details please refer to Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, LLP.

Day, Berry & Howard LLP

On January 1, 2007, the merger of Day, Berry & Howard LLP and Pitney Hardin LLP became effective, creating Day Pitney LLP, a firm of approximately 400 attorneys operating in nine offices located in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Boston, and Washington, DC. For details please refer to Day Pitney LLP.

Dewey Ballantine LLP

Dewey & Ballantine LLP combined with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP in 2007. The two ﬁrms started operating as Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (“Dewey & LeBoeuf”) eﬀective October 1, 2007. For details please refer to Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. 1733 The 2008 LawCrossing Salary Survey

Gardner, Carton & Douglas

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP merged in November, 2006, and the combined ﬁrm is now known as Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. For details please refer to Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP combined with Dewey & Ballentine LLP in 2007. The two ﬁrms started operating as Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (“Dewey & LeBoeuf”) eﬀective October 1, 2007. For details please refer to Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP

The ﬁrm has changed its name from Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP to Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”). For details please refer to Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP.

Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

Preston Gates & Ellis LLP merged with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) eﬀective January 1, 2007. The combined entity is now called Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, and the ﬁrm is branded as “K&L Gates.” For details on K&L Gates, please refer to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP.

Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd

Sachnoff & Weaver Ltd., a leading Chicago law firm, and Reed Smith LLP, a Top-20 international law firm, have merged effective March 1, 2007. Now Sachnoff & Weaver Ltd. is known as Reed Smith. For details please refer to Reed Smith.

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