2018 LARGEST LAW FIRMS SURVEY Lawyers in Illinois Breakdown of Illinois Lawyers in 2018 Equity Non-Equity Firm and Ranking 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pa r t n e r s Pa r t n e r s Assoc. Counsel Other Managing partner, primary Illinois office 1. Kirkland & Ellis 668 627 590 589 607 N/A 349 * 319 0 0 Jeffrey C. Hammes 2. Sidley Austin 491 496 501 506 521 172 N/A 257 42 20 Anne E. Rea 3. Mayer Brown 362 367 371 365 375 162 N/A 155 39 6 Rebecca S. Eisner 4. Jenner & Block 313 321 299 256 279 64 79 95 10 65 Terrence J. Truax 5. Winston & Strawn 307 287 317 307 332 137 N/A 148 10 12 Linda Coberly 6. McDermott Will & Emery 271 304 307 284 335 84 67 72 28 20 John Callahan 7. Katten Muchin Rosenman 237 244 243 263 269 63 58 91 23 2 Gil Soffer 8. Baker McKenzie 231 226 241 213 229 56 56 119 0 0 Regine Corrado 9. Seyfarth Shaw 222 224 245 226 236 49 61 64 33 15 Amanda Sonneborn and Cory Hirsch 10. Hinshaw & Culbertson 205 219 234 227 225 54 91 50 10 0 Diane E. Webster 11. Vedder Price 190 189 195 208 201 110 N/A 75 5 0 Michael A. Nemeroff 11. Latham & Watkins 190 182 171 161 152 N/A 56 * 118 13 3 Cathy Birkeland 13. Schiff Hardin 183 184 205 234 45 50 52 34 2 Marci Eisenstein 14. DLA Piper 181 185 180 186 211 74 N/A 74 31 2 Richard Chesley and Brendan Head 15. Chapman and Cutler 176 174 180 189 178 72 32 51 17 4 Timothy P. Mohan 16. Jones Day 171 162 167 151 171 76 N/A 84 10 1 Tina M. Tabacchi 17. Greenberg Traurig 158 167 153 146 146 87 N/A 51 13 7 John F. Gibbons and Rita M. Powers 18. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom 147 153 149 140 151 28 N/A 100 19 0 Brian Duwe 19. Reed Smith 139 141 144 145 136 25 44 55 14 1 Michael A. LoVallo 20. Neal Gerber & Eisenberg 137 138 138 138 153 55 27 18 36 1 Scott J. Fisher 21. Dentons US 124 114 119 122 128 60 N/A 31 28 5 Leah Bruno 21. Swanson Martin & Bell 124 121 118 119 121 29 43 49 3 0 Timothy G. Nickels 23. Locke Lord 120 118 137 161 114 39 22 33 25 1 Michael Renetzky 23. Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen 120 126 120 25. SmithAmundsen 119 122 118 116 113 19 47 43 10 0 Larry Schechtman 25. Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & 119 111 106 104 49 36 31 3 0 Howard J. Kirschbaum Nagelberg 27. Freeborn & Peters 116 116 117 124 116 27 47 21 21 0 Michael Kelly and William Russell 28. Perkins Coie 109 109 105 104 36 20 38 6 9 Christopher Wilson 29. Foley & Lardner 106 117 114 121 118 57 N/A 32 11 6 Frank Pasquesi 30. M c G u i r e Wo o d s 105 106 108 117 24 28 42 11 0 Christina M. Egan 31. Quarles & Brady 102 107 102 107 93 24 33 35 7 3 Paul Langer 32. Po l s i n e l l i 99 96 92 94 93 29 35 26 6 3 Mary Clare Bonaccorsi 33. Barnes & Thornburg 98 96 94 97 96 45 28 15 7 3 Mark Rust 34. Drinker Biddle & Reath 97 107 103 114 113 38 11 36 11 1 James L. Sawyer 35. HeplerBroom 93 103 75 69 36. Taft Stettinius & Hollister 89 81 78 77 77 52 N/A 20 15 2 Paul Jenson 37. Johnson & Bell 87 83 103 105 34 21 30 2 0 William Johnson 38. Nixon Peabody 86 95 102 123 16 34 25 10 1 David R. Brown 38. Much Shelist 86 86 70 88 79 18 40 12 6 10 Mitchell S. Roth 40. McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & 85 83 83 81 81 38 28 16 3 0 Grantland G. Drutchas Berghoff 41. Marshall Gerstein & Borun 83 77 81 83 37 6 32 8 0 Jeffrey Sharp 42. Cassiday Schade 81 93 101 105 Surveys were sent to Illinois’200 largest firms according to Sullivan’s Law Directory, a sister product of Chicago Lawyer. Past years’numbers come from past Chicago Lawyer surveys. Since 2017, total lawyer counts for firms that did not provide that information have been provided by Sullivan’s. Asterisks indicate the firm has both equity and non-equity partners, but combined the numbers in their reporting. Blank spaces indicate information was not available. © 2018 Law Bulletin MediaTM. CHICAGO LAWYER MARCH 2018 •21 2018 LARGEST LAW FIRMS SURVEY Lawyers in Illinois Breakdown of Illinois Lawyers in 2018 Equity Non-Equity Firm and Ranking 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pa r t n e r s Pa r t n e r s Assoc. Counsel Other Managing partner, primary Illinois office 43. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr 80 80 87 91 29 19 15 17 0 Michael Gesas 43. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith 80 97 50 62 6 43 31 0 0 Danny Worker 45. Burke Warren MacKay & Serritella 79 75 72 70 46. Holland & Knight 78 89 95 100 105 21 18 19 7 13 Steven Elrod 46. Goldberg Kohn 78 80 80 83 76 45 N/A 30 3 0 Management Committee 48. Brinks Gilson & Lione 77 82 86 99 107 48 N/A 24 5 0 Gustavo Siller 48. Thompson Coburn 77 75 73 73 75 34 14 20 6 3 Todd Rowden 48. K&L Gates 77 77 103 110 21 15 39 2 0 Michael Martinez 51. Chuhak & Tecson 69 66 67 67 15 28 18 8 0 Andrew P. Tecson 52. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 67 59 47 50 62 29 1 36 1 0 Scott T. Schutte 52. Ropes & Gray 67 71 65 58 51 11 N/A 49 7 0 Neill Jakobe 54. Dykema Gossett 66 68 80 19 19 19 5 4 Michael Borders 55. Segal McCambridge Singer & 64 84 90 103 85 8 10 43 3 0 P. Mark Crane Mahoney 56. McAndrews Held & Malloy 63 72 69 76 45 1 15 1 1 Robert Surrette 57. Levenfeld Pearlstein 62 62 58 54 55 58. Faegre Baker Daniels 60 55 53 41 36 32 N/A 20 8 0 59. Clark Hill 58 64 59 7 19 14 18 0 Ray Koenig III 59. Clausen Miller 58 58 63 81 85 20 24 14 0 0 Dennis D. Fitzpatrick 59. Pretzel & Stouffer Chartered 58 68 59. Tr e s s l e r 58 54 65 74 94 9 19 15 15 0 Mark Banovetz, Jim Pinderski and Todd Schenk 59. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & 58 57 44 50 14 7 21 16 0 David Holmes Dicker 59. Simmons Hanly Conroy 58 55 53 57 62 44 N/A 11 3 0 Mike Angelides and Perry Browder 65. Banner & Witcoff 56 60 51 51 46 33 6 15 2 0 Charles L. Miller 65. Litchfield Cavo 56 55 67. Akerman 55 46 41 27 23 18 13 1 0 Scott Meyers 67. Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott 55 55 67. Leydig Voit & Mayer 55 55 70. Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA 53 46 71. Horwood Marcus & Berk Chtd 52 51 71. Duane Morris 52 49 52 48 37 15 14 20 3 0 David B. Yelin 73. Cozen O’Connor 51 51 54 60 53 18 10 13 6 4 Anne L. Blume 73. Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila 51 17 9 21 4 0 Ronald S. Safer and Patricia Brown Holmes 75. Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates 50 90 75. Lowis & Gellen 50 67 62 75. Nyhan Bambrick Kinzie & Lowry 50 50 47 38 48 11 30 9 0 0 William Lowry 78. BatesCarey 49 44 44 22 N/A 15 12 0 Robert J. Bates, Jr. 78. Codilis & Associates 49 55 78. Geraci Law 49 51 78. Harrison & Held 49 49 78. Laner Muchin 49 48 46 17 10 8 13 1 James J. Convery 83. Howard & Howard 48 48 63 50 45 34 N/A 8 5 1 Mark A. Davis Surveys were sent to Illinois’200 largest firms according to Sullivan’s Law Directory, a sister product of Chicago Lawyer. Past years’numbers come from past Chicago Lawyer surveys. Since 2017, total lawyer counts for firms that did not provide that information have been provided by Sullivan’s. Asterisks indicate the firm has both equity and non-equity partners, but combined the numbers in their reporting. Blank spaces indicate information was not available. © 2018 Law Bulletin MediaTM. 22 •CHICAGO LAWYER MARCH 2018 2018 LARGEST LAW FIRMS SURVEY JOB CATEGORIES Partners 52% Of Counsel 9% Associates 36% Other 3% EQUITY VS NON-EQUITY PARTNERS* Partners 66% Non-Equity 34% * Firms that combined equity and non-equity partners in their reporting are not included. THE Percent of Firms BREAKDOWN 90% Employing Of Counsel NEW PARTNERS Laterals 44% Promoted 56% NEW ASSOCIATES Laterals 52% Promoted 48% Graphics summarize responses submitted to the Chicago Lawyer 2018 Largest Law Firms Survey by the 100 largest rms in Illinois. Firms that did not provide this information are not included in these representations. © Law Bulletin Media CHICAGO LAWYER MARCH 2018 •23 2018 LARGEST LAW FIRMS SURVEY Lawyers in Illinois Breakdown of Illinois Lawyers in 2018 Equity Non-Equity Firm and Ranking 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Pa r t n e r s Pa r t n e r s Assoc.