bservers of the legal industry agree as hospitality, tax, real estate, and land use. These additions, that widespread lateral mobility, as well as a new Orange County office, catapulted the Los as well as expansion— Angeles–based firm to the number 36 slot, up from number 45 whether by mergers or geographic last year. , Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom leapfrogged growth—will continue in the years six spots this year to number 24, thanks to a 36- Oto come. And since our last 50 survey a year ago, increase in and Palo Alto, where stock-options- firms in the Golden State have indeed been growing through backdating investigations boosted the litigation and white-collar mergers, lateral mobility, and office openings. practices. Skadden’s head count in corporate, restructuring, Although the top four firms from 2006 remain real estate, and banking and finance practices also went up. entrenched in their respective slots, there was plenty of jostling For 2007, the California 50 added newcomers Atkin- among the state’s largest firms below the top four in this year’s son, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo—a Cerritos-based firm rankings. Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro posted the largest with five additional California offices—and Los Angeles’s

Jake FlahertyJake gain in ranking, with 27 more attorneys in practice areas such Loeb & Loeb. Rejoining the list after a one-year absence is California Lawyer >>August 2007 ’s Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rab- also grew. Morgan Lewis gained 45 , with the lion’s share kin, coming in at number 50, with 121 attorneys. Three firms going to the intellectual property and life sciences practices in dropped off the list: Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal; Nos- San Francisco and Palo Alto, followed by the litigation and labor saman Guthner Knox & Elliot; and Farella Braun + Martel. and employment groups in Irvine. Los Angeles–based Latham & Watkins and Philadelphia- The last quarter of 2006 was busy with mergers of Califor- based Morgan, Lewis & Bockius gained the most attorneys in nia and firms. Cooley Godward united in October the state. Most of Latham’s 50-lawyer upsurge came in Silicon with Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman to create Cooley God- Valley and San Francisco. Technology and intellectual property ward Kronish; Thelen Reid & Priest merged with Brown practices fueled much of the growth. Corporate finance, mergers Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner in December to form The- and acquisitions, biotechnology, and media/entertainment areas len Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. The year ended with the industry anticipating in vain the merger of Orrick, Her- PARTNER PROGRESS rington & Sutcliffe with New York’s . Orrick chair Ralph H. Baxter and Dewey chair Morton A. MOST DIVERSE Pierce ended talks in January. Percentage of partners in California who are people of color But not all California firms have grown since last year’s 2007 2006 survey. Among the 22 firms that slipped in the rankings, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, 17.6% McDermott Will & Emery 17.7% Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal tumbled farthest. The Ruud & Romo ★ Kirkland & Ellis 16.9% -born firm, less 20 lawyers this year, dropped Wilson Sonsini Goodrich 17.6% Wilson Sonsini Goodrich 15.8% completely off the chart from its 2006 perch at number 41 & Rosati & Rosati McDermott Will & Emery 16.4% after curtailing its labor and employment group in Los Sidley Austin 14.6% Angeles and other practices that weren’t expected to Kirkland & Ellis 15.5% Townsend and Townsend 14.5% increase profits or expand much. And the new year 15.2% and Crew marked the dissolution of Santa Monica’s Alschuler LEAST DIVERSE Grossman Stein & Kahan. In May, Bingham McCutchen Percentage of partners in California who are people of color absorbed 40 attorneys from the firm, including name part- 2007 2006 ner Marshall Grossman, to give the nearly 1,000-lawyer Allen Matkins Leck Gamble 3.4% Rutan & Tucker ✤ 1.3% Bingham its third outpost. Mallory & Natsis Allen Matkins Leck Gamble 1.9% California’s regional boutiques with strong environmen- Luce, Forward, Hamilton 3.7% Mallory & Natsis tal, real estate, and land-use practices seemed to benefit & Scripps Luce, Forward, Hamilton 2.9% Sedgwick, Detert, Moran 4.2% & Scripps most from the lively lateral market. Cox Castle & Nichol- son added a luxury-development partner from Farella & Arnold Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 3.9% ★ Braun + Martel in December, followed by a six-partner Loeb & Loeb 4.6% Sedgwick, Detert, Moran 4.3% Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 4.7% & Arnold group in real estate, environmental law, and land use from Morrison & Foerster in January. Luce, Forward, Hamilton MOST WOMEN & Scripps beefed up its San Francisco real estate and land- Percentage of partners in California use practice this spring with a group of five attorneys from 2007 2006 Steefel, Levitt & Weiss and a partner from K&L Gates. Baker & McKenzie 37.7% Baker & McKenzie 32.7% Although merger discussions continue, the number of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp 32.7% Littler Mendelson 29.5% deals closing has not kept pace, as firms become more Howard Rice Nemerovski 31.8% Sidley Austin 28% Canady Falk & Rabkin ★ logical in their due diligence. The legal industry is wising Laughlin, Falbo, Levy 27% up, according to Mozhgan Mizban, a San Francisco–based Littler Mendelson 31.7% & Moresi legal consultant with the Zeughauser Group. “People are Foley & Lardner 29.5% Foley & Lardner 26.9% very thoughtful,” she says. “People have realized that inte- FEWEST WOMEN gration and assimilation after these acquisitions is exten- Percentage of partners in California sive and challenging.” 2007 2006 As firms expand into new markets in the unrelenting Jeffer, Mangels, Butler 11.8% Rutan & Tucker 6.6% search for higher profits, talent remains the fuel that pow- & Marmaro ers the machine. “There’s no question that the lateral move- Skadden, Arps, 11.8% Greenberg Traurig 10.7% ment, the law firm consolidation, and the salary increases Slate, Meagher & Flom Skadden, Arps, 12% and Affiliates Slate, Meagher & Flom we’ve all seen are because of the unending need of, lust for, Munger, Tolles & Olson 12.5% and Affiliates and difficulty finding talent,” says Lyndon J. Parker, the Allen Matkins Leck Gamble 13.7% Munger, Tolles & Olson 12.1% managing director at the legal-staffing consultancy Mestel Mallory & Natsis & Company in Los Angeles. “The pool is shallow, and our Irell & Manella 13.8% Irell & Manella 13.3% needs are deep.” —William-Arthur Haynes

★ Not on the California 50 last year. ✤ Firm declined to provide 2007 data. William-Arthur Haynes ([email protected]) covers law firm business for the San Francisco Daily Journal.

August 2007 California Lawyer SURVEY OF THE STATE’S LARGEST LAW FIRMS

ATTORNEYS IN CA CA PARTNERS 2007 CA PARTNERS 2006 CA PARTNERS OF COLOR CA WOMEN PARTNERS RANK LAST FIRM ATTORNEYS YEAR 2007 2006 FIRMWIDE EQUITY NONEQUITY EQUITY NONEQUITY 2007 2006 2007 2006

1 1 Latham & Watkins 704 654 1,960 210● 213● 18 15 41 40

2 2 Morrison & Foerster 573 601 1,065 205● 215 0 24 24 46 43

3 3 O’Melveny & Myers 551 516 1,083 145 5 132 5 15 14 22 20

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich 4 4 & Rosati 470 455 650 131 0 133 0 23 21 24 27 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard 5 6 & Smith 420 401 530 50 198 52 195 28 21 67 56

6 7 DLA Piper US 386 396 3,200 185● 114 63 15 14 39 34

Sheppard, Mullin, 7 5 Richter & Hampton 376 404 462 107 51 122 43 9 11 29 26

Gibson, Dunn ● 8 10 & Crutcher 374 362 864 127 129 0 6 5 23 26

9 9 ◗ 373 379 664 145 25 175 NA 11 10 37 37

Paul, Hastings, 9 12 Janofsky & Walker ◗ 373 356 1,124 100 14 89 15 17 12 19 15

Pillsbury Winthrop ● 11 8 Shaw Pittman 367 383 828 174 102 76 18 22 41 44 Orrick, Herrington 12 11 & Sutcliffe 365 358 935 138 0 134 NA 17 14 21 20

13 14 Bingham McCutchen 346 316 977 139● 130 ● 15 13 34 32

Cooley Godward 14 13 Kronish 336 335 565 114 2 111 3 8 8 26 26

Morgan, Lewis ● ● 15 16 & Bockius 301 256 1,342 107 105 14 13 26 22

16 15 Gordon & Rees 252 273 291 24 87 24 78 7 11 21 22

17 20 Reed Smith 245 230 1,501 44 56 46 53 14 11 20 21

18 17 Fenwick & West 236 237 238 83 0 81 0 8 9 13 14

19 18 Jones Day 233 233 2,217 82● 80● 8 8 16 14

Thelen Reid Brown ✤✤ 20 22 Raysman & Steiner 232 224 600 101 7 7 7 21 22 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble 21 19 Mallory & Natsis 230 230 230 117 0 107 0 4 2 16 15 Manatt, Phelps 22 24 & Phillips 228 208 350 46 69 40 64 11 5 24 18

Sedgwick, Detert, ● 23 21 Moran & Arnold 223 224 388 71 43 26 3 3 17 17 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher 24 30 & Flom and Affiliates 217 181 1,908 51 0 50 NA 7 6 6 6

All 2007 data is as of May 15; all 2006 data is as of May 31, 2006. ◗ Tied; listed alphabetically ✤ Firm declined to provide Figures were supplied by the firm, except as noted. ● Does not distinguish between equity and nonequity partners NA Not applicable

California Lawyer August 2007 SURVEY OF THE STATE’S LARGEST LAW FIRMS

ATTORNEYS IN CA CA PARTNERS 2007 CA PARTNERS 2006 CA PARTNERS OF COLOR CA WOMEN PARTNERS RANK LAST FIRM ATTORNEYS YEAR 2007 2006 FIRMWIDE EQUITY NONEQUITY EQUITY NONEQUITY 2007 2006 2007 2006 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart 25 28 Oliver & Hedges ◗ 214 188 395 70 0 65 1 9 7 13 12

25 25 Sidley Austin ◗ 214 201 1,723 86 0 82● 12 12 23 23

27 23 Irell & Manella 208 208 208 80 0 83 0 10 10 11 11

Luce, Forward, 28 26 Hamilton & Scripps 205 198 205 71 37 74 30 4 3 22 20

McDermott Will ● 29 29 & Emery 199 183 1,143 110 47 66 18 20 21 26

30 34 Littler Mendelson 196 169 621 82 22 73 22 12 11 33 28

31 31 Best Best & Krieger 193 180 193 73 14 74 13 10 10 18 13

32 27 Munger, Tolles & Olson 189 188 189 88 0 91 0 12 12 11 11

Knobbe Martens Olson 33 33 & Bear 183 175 183 96 0 90 0 14 11 17 16

34 35 Kirkland & Ellis 179 166 1,285 84● 71 ● 13 12 19 15

35 32 Greenberg Traurig 168 180 1,685 80● 32 52 10 10 13 9

Jeffer, Mangels, Butler ■ ● ✤✤ ✤ ✤ 36 45 & Marmaro ◗ 160 133 160 85 5 10

36 38 Seyfarth Shaw ◗ 160 146 727 43 20 44 19 4 4 12 13

Townsend and 38 37 Townsend and Crew 151 150 181 56 18 54 22 9 11 14 15

39 36 Foley & Lardner 148 152 982 61 0 61 6 8 7 18 18

40 39 Howrey 146 145 635 31 35 29 34 10 9 19 14

41 40 Rutan & Tucker 145 143 145 67 17 65 11 ✤ 1 12 5

Hanson, Bridgett, 42 47 Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy 139 128 139 64 4 64 0 7 7 16 17

43 43 Buchalter Nemer 135 135 147 45 16 45 14 4 4 15 15

44 46 Baker & McKenzie 133 128 3,429 27 34 32 23 7 19 23 18

Mitchell Silberberg 45 48 & Knupp 131 127 137 52 064● 7 3 17 12

46 44 Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller 129 ■ 135 ■ ✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤✤ Rudman & Robbins

Laughlin, Falbo, Levy ● 47 42 & Moresi ◗ 128 136 128 36 36 1 3 3 10 10

47 ★ Loeb & Loeb ◗ 128 118 268 35 30 34 25 3 3 11 9

★ Atkinson, Andelson, ● 49 Loya, Ruud & Romo 125 NA 125 51 NA NA 9 NA 10 NA Howard Rice Nemerovski 50 ★ Canady Falk & Rabkin 121 114 124 49 17 45 17 8 6 21 1 All 2007 data is as of May 15; all 2006 data is as of May 31, 2006. ◗ Tied; listed alphabetically ✤ Firm declined to provide Figures were supplied by the firm, except as noted. ● Does not distinguish between equity and nonequity partners NA Not applicable ■ From firm’s website ★ Not ranked “California 50: The State’s Largest Law Firms” originally published in the August 2007 issue of California Lawyer. Reprinted with permission. © 2007 Daily Journal Corporation, San Francisco, California.