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All rights reserved. 2020 2019 Firm Name Largest U.S. 2020 Total 2019 Total Change 2020 Total 2020 2019 Total 2019 Non- 2020 2019 2020 Other 2019 Other Starting Starting Salary NLJ NLJ Office Attorneys Attorneys Partners Non- Partners Equity Associates Associates Attorneys Attorneys Salary (Low) (High) 500 500 Equity Partners Rank Rank Partners 1 1 Baker McKenzie Chicago 4809 4720 89 1489 805 1547 867 2911 3173 409 0 2 2 DLA Piper New York 3894 3702 192 1291 869 1246 845 2383 2258 220 198 $190000.00 3 3 Norton Rose Fulbright New York 3266 3376 -110 1112 466 1166 485 2099 2145 55 65 4 5 Latham & Watkins New York 2720 2540 180 790 277 730 242 1749 1627 181 182 $190000.00 5 4 Hogan Lovells Washington 2642 2636 6 801 265 803 280 1841 1833 0 0 6 7 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago 2598 2307 291 1086 636 996 566 1512 1310 0 0 $190000.00 7 6 Jones Day Washington 2514 2518 -4 908 0 919 0 1297 1301 310 298 $170000.00 $190000.00 8 8 White & Case New York 2204 2150 54 549 217 530 188 1655 1620 0 0 $190000.00 9 10 Greenberg Traurig New York 2070 1962 108 1037 726 1014 706 798 733 235 215 10 9 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Washington 2063 2015 48 790 56 774 57 1070 1028 203 213 $190000.00 11 11 Sidley Austin Chicago 1922 1943 -21 652 339 668 334 1018 1022 252 253 $190000.00 12 13 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York 1694 1744 -50 334 0 349 0 1305 1332 55 63 13 12 K&L Gates Seattle 1691 1756 -65 776 371 812 377 855 883 60 62 14 14 Mayer Brown Chicago 1632 1570 62 646 370 623 349 841 799 145 148 $190000.00 15 15 Reed Smith New York 1602 1544 58 663 383 646 361 777 743 163 155 $150000.00 $190000.00 16 18 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles 1528 1308 220 840 701 740 618 682 562 6 6 17 16 Squire Patton Boggs Washington 1485 1497 -12 477 309 479 310 730 736 279 283 18 17 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner St. Louis 1399 1425 -26 536 263 544 263 634 649 229 231 $135000.00 $170000.00 19 19 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher New York 1351 1307 44 401 75 378 56 873 844 77 85 $190000.00 20 21 Ropes & Gray Boston 1247 1210 37 256 0 250 0 879 849 112 111 $190000.00 21 22 Holland & Knight Miami 1212 1141 71 650 442 606 421 450 430 112 106 $190000.00 22 20 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton New York 1210 1235 -25 181 0 186 0 772 779 256 270 $190000.00 23 24 King & Spalding Atlanta 1165 1081 84 452 262 412 218 503 452 209 217 24 23 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York 1126 1117 9 260 92 264 95 807 791 59 62 $190000.00 Copyright 2020 ALM Media properties, LLC. 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All rights reserved. 25 27 Covington & Burling Washington 1112 1020 92 309 0 286 0 636 578 167 156 $190000.00 26 35 Goodwin Procter Boston 1091 955 136 377 147 352 133 605 501 109 102 $190000.00 27 25 Littler Mendelson Los Angeles 1066 1068 -2 481 85 501 119 425 406 160 162 28 29 McDermott Will & Emery Chicago 1051 1013 38 534 328 536 363 408 367 110 110 $190000.00 29 32 Perkins Coie Seattle 1042 973 69 481 301 467 292 462 407 99 98 30 31 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee 1023 975 48 469 312 450 293 416 393 138 133 $190000.00 31 26 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York 1020 1022 -2 153 0 145 0 687 670 181 208 $190000.00 32 38 Cooley Palo Alto 1009 946 63 326 99 319 94 591 535 92 92 $190000.00 33 36 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco 1005 951 54 309 128 296 129 541 506 155 149 $190000.00 34 34 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York 996 964 32 197 6 196 7 651 621 148 147 $190000.00 35 33 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe New York 990 964 26 340 223 342 224 536 507 114 115 $190000.00 36 28 McGuireWoods Richmond 989 1014 -25 410 209 423 225 357 360 221 232 $130000.00 $190000.00 37 30 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York 975 982 -7 160 0 157 0 714 723 100 102 $190000.00 38 41 Dechert New York 974 940 34 303 149 288 124 580 573 91 79 $190000.00 39 40 Womble Bond Dickinson Winston-Salem, 961 940 21 457 217 456 216 448 428 56 56 N.C. 40 37 Paul Hastings New York 954 948 6 264 78 271 84 571 564 119 113 $190000.00 41 42 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Washington 919 939 -20 305 0 309 0 434 432 180 197 42 44 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld New York 910 885 25 325 146 324 138 499 480 87 82 $190000.00 43 39 Baker & Hostetler New York 890 941 -51 367 241 378 246 322 324 201 239 $120000.00 $190000.00 44 49 Seyfarth Shaw Chicago 882 844 38 413 217 392 190 273 257 197 196 $165000.00 45 43 Winston & Strawn Chicago 879 893 -14 367 218 380 229 436 433 76 80 $190000.00 46 50 Jackson Lewis Los Angeles 865 838 27 447 183 447 192 332 302 86 89 $100000.00 $155000.00 47 48 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart Atlanta 862 847 15 388 194 403 215 300 294 174 150 $100000.00 48 46 Hunton Andrews Kurth Richmond 861 869 -8 367 182 385 205 390 384 105 100 $175000.00 $190000.00 49 55 Fox Rothschild Philadelphia 860 788 72 341 114 325 130 234 220 286 243 $115000.00 $160000.00 50 54 Polsinelli Kansas City, Mo. 849 810 39 502 368 485 364 264 238 82 87 Copyright 2020 ALM Media properties, LLC. 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All rights reserved. 51 45 Shearman & Sterling New York 849 882 -33 208 74 203 65 584 623 58 55 $190000.00 52 47 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Washington 844 859 -15 244 0 252 0 546 554 54 53 $190000.00 53 57 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto 842 764 78 221 82 201 70 511 471 110 92 54 56 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker White Plains, N.Y. 835 787 48 316 174 307 171 347 316 173 164 55 51 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan New York 827 829 -2 261 104 250 82 491 506 75 73 $190000.00 56 52 Sullivan & Cromwell New York 809 826 -17 164 0 164 0 550 573 95 89 57 60 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani San Diego 806 717 89 382 334 338 295 234 205 190 174 58 53 Alston & Bird Atlanta 796 817 -21 363 211 369 217 370 379 63 69 $165000.00 $190000.00 59 61 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Los Angeles 780 714 66 348 198 335 195 325 289 107 90 $190000.00 60 58 Milbank New York 765 728 37 172 14 168 19 537 503 56 57 $190000.00 61 59 Proskauer Rose New York 744 726 18 237 68 242 69 471 450 36 34 62 63 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Atlanta 740 707 33 428 253 404 222 197 200 114 103 63 71 Venable Washington 735 657 78 321 150 290 130 296 264 118 103 $190000.00 64 62 Baker Botts Houston 734 708 26 287 90 280 90 375 367 72 60 $190000.00 65 72 Debevoise & Plimpton New York 710 655 55 138 0 136 0 500 451 72 68 $190000.00 66 70 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York 696 658 38 170 22 156 10 449 427 77 75 $190000.00 67 68 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia 675 665 10 362 171 340 155 280 285 34 41 $160000.00 68 69 Katten Muchin Rosenman Chicago 675 662 13 320 190 319 179 255 248 100 96 $190000.00 69 67 Faegre Baker Daniels Minneapolis 674 669 5 331 99 342 116 241 233 103 95 70 65 O'Melveny & Myers Los Angeles 667 673 -6 178 7 178 11 446 460 43 35 71 73 Akerman Miami 666 651 15 404 150 391 165 210 209 52 51 72 74 Troutman Sanders Atlanta 664 645 19 288 110 284 102 298 282 78 79 $174000.00 73 66 Duane Morris Philadelphia 658 671 -13 342 214 346 220 231 229 85 97 $180000.00 74 64 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Nashville 656 681 -25 347 149 362 142 163 170 147 149 Berkowitz 75 77 Vinson & Elkins Houston 656 622 34 197 72 199 73 396 370 63 54 $190000.00 76 76 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Washington 643 629 14 292 153 295 161 267 256 84 78 $190000.00 Copyright 2020 ALM Media properties, LLC. All rights reserved. 3 888-770-5647 www.alm.com 2020 NLJ 500 Copyright © ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. 77 86 Dinsmore & Shohl Cincinnati 634 544 90 309 150 283 127 294 203 31 58 $110000.00 $150000.00 78 79 Husch Blackwell St.