www.americanlawyer.com JULY 2008 THE HONOR ROLL Compiled by Claire Duffett The most important and labor-intensive Ranking the Firms matters handled by the top ten firms in this year’s pro bono rankings. This chart lists the nation’s 200 highest-grossing firms, ranked by their pro bono score on the most recent Am Law 200 survey. Half of the most important • Asylum cases, including one on score comes from the average number of pro bono hours per lawyer, while no. 1 behalf of a Ugandan woman who was assaulted af- the other half represents the percentage of lawyers who perform more than ter rejecting an arranged marriage. 20 hours of pro bono work. Calculations are based on U.S. offices only. We firm most hours • Dedicated almost 6,300 hours to a define pro bono as legal services donated to organizations or individuals that JENNER & class action on behalf of residents of public housing could not otherwise afford them. We do not include work done by paralegals BLOCK projects in New Orleans who were evacuated after or summer associates, nor time spent on bar association work, on nonlegal Hurricane Katrina. The suit accuses federal, state, work for charities, or on boards of nonprofit organizations. Only work that and local agencies of forcing the residents out of public housing with- protects civil or public rights or addresses the needs of people with limited out providing adequate alternatives. Appeals are pending in the U.S. means qualifies as pro bono for these purposes. A score of 0 indicates that Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. pro bono numbers were not submitted. 2007 Pro Bono Pro Am Law Average Pro % of Lawyers Pro Am Law Average Pro % of Lawyers Bono Firm Pro Bono Bono Hours With More Bono Firm Pro Bono Bono Hours With More Rank (Am Law 200 Rank) Score Per Lawyer Than 20 Hours Rank (Am Law 200 Rank) Score Per Lawyer Than 20 Hours 11 Jenner & & Block Block (79) (79) 133.8133.8 174.8174.8 92.892.8 36 Goulston & Storrs (187) 69.5 77.0 61.9 2 Covington & Burling (61) 111.6 152.9 70.2 37 Nelson Mullins (139) 69.4 77.7 61.0 3 Patterson Belknap (160) 110.7 125.7 95.6 38 Michael Best (182) 64.5 58.4 70.6 4 Holland & Hart (153) 104.0 112.4 95.7 39 Manatt, Phelps (111) 63.1 66.4 59.7 5 Arnold & Porter (55) 103.9 132.4 75.5 40 Bingham McCutchen (30) 62.1 70.9 53.4 6 Hughes Hubbard (103) 101.2 121.8 80.7 41 Sidley Austin (5) 62.0 79.1 45.0 7 Debevoise & Plimpton (33) 96.8 130.9 62.8 42 Alston & Bird (54) 61.4 63.9 59.0 8 Dechert (25) 91.6 85.0 98.1 43 Patton Boggs (85) 60.7 67.5 53.9 9 Robins, Kaplan (135) 89.4 101.6 77.3 44 Akin Gump (29) 60.0 69.0 51.1 10 Milbank, Tweed (38) 88.1 86.8 89.4 44 Schiff Hardin (114) 60.0 74.3 45.7 11 Shearman & Sterling (19) 87.4 90.8 84.1 46 Fulbright & Jaworski (37) 59.5 70.0 49.1 12 LeBoeuf, Lamb1 (49) 86.4 111.0 61.8 47 Hunton & Williams (35) 58.8 58.0 59.6 13 Wilmer (17) 85.8 112.9 58.7 47 McDermott Will (14) 58.8 59.8 57.9 14 Hogan & Hartson (24) 85.5 86.6 84.4 47 Simpson Thacher (16) 58.8 73.3 44.3 15 Heller Ehrman (56) 85.4 107.5 63.3 50 Dewey Ballantine3 (66) 58.6 69.8 47.3 16 DLA Piper US2 (11) 84.9 79.4 90.4 51 Davis Polk (26) 58.2 71.1 45.4 17 Orrick (27) 84.2 93.5 74.9 51 Irell & Manella (118) 58.2 74.1 42.3 18 Howrey (59) 83.4 116.1 50.8 53 Proskauer Rose (39) 57.5 61.1 54.0 19 Foley Hoag (158) 83.3 100.1 66.5 54 Ballard Spahr (98) 56.6 60.0 53.2 20 Cravath (43) 81.0 115.6 46.5 55 Lowenstein Sandler (138) 56.2 70.0 42.3 20 Gibson, Dunn (20) 81.0 96.7 65.4 56 White & Case (6) 55.9 69.0 42.8 22 Latham & Watkins (2) 78.5 97.1 60.0 57 Saul Ewing (181) 54.8 42.5 67.2 23 Weil, Gotshal (10) 76.5 87.2 65.7 58 Cooley (57) 54.6 65.0 44.2 24 Morrison & Foerster (21) 75.3 93.8 56.8 59 Faegre & Benson (94) 54.2 55.7 52.6 25 Morgan, Lewis (12) 74.7 73.5 76.0 60 Pepper Hamilton (88) 53.7 65.3 42.2 26 O’Melveny & Myers (18) 73.9 89.7 58.2 61 Dorsey & Whitney (73) 52.8 53.7 51.8 27 Dickstein Shapiro (91) 73.6 86.6 60.5 62 Kirkland & Ellis (7) 52.4 67.5 37.3 28 Munger, Tolles (125) 73.4 88.6 58.3 63 Schulte Roth (67) 52.1 52.2 52.0 29 Sonnenschein (58) 73.2 79.9 66.6 64 Arent Fox (127) 52.0 55.3 48.7 30 Skadden (1) 71.9 87.4 56.5 65 Sutherland Asbill (93) 50.7 55.1 46.2 31 Kilpatrick Stockton (100) 71.2 58.2 84.2 66 Crowell & Moring (113) 50.6 51.4 49.8 32 Paul, Weiss (36) 71.0 93.0 49.1 67 Goodwin Procter (42) 50.5 61.5 39.5 33 Steptoe & Johnson (77) 70.8 67.9 73.7 68 Carlton Fields (179) 49.8 44.3 55.2 34 Cleary Gottlieb (21) 70.4 87.9 52.9 69 Quarles & Brady (127) 49.4 59.1 39.7 35 Fried, Frank (51) 69.9 97.6 42.1 70 Reed Smith (23) 48.9 51.2 46.7 1 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae merged with Dewey Ballantine in October 2007 to form Dewey & LeBoeuf. The numbers presented throughout reflect the separate entities. 2 DLA Piper is structured as a set of alliances, so the results reflect the U.S. operation only. 3 Dewey Ballantine merged with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in October 2007 to form Dewey & LeBoeuf. The numbers presented throughout reflect the separate entities. Pro Am Law Average Pro % of Lawyers Pro Am Law Average Pro % of Lawyers Bono Firm Pro Bono Bono Hours With More Bono Firm Pro Bono Bono Hours With More Rank (Am Law 200 Rank) Score Per Lawyer Than 20 Hours Rank (Am Law 200 Rank) Score Per Lawyer Than 20 Hours 71 Fenwick & West (141) 48.6 54.1 43.1 136 Jackson Walker (150) 22.9 21.4 24.4 72 Sullivan & Cromwell (13) 48.4 59.4 37.3 137 Haynes and Boone (101) 22.2 21.7 22.7 73 Kaye Scholer (62) 48.2 56.8 39.6 138 Thelen Reid (76) 22.0 23.4 20.6 74 Kramer Levin (90) 47.5 55.1 40.0 139 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost (193) 21.7 29.0 14.5 75 Chadbourne & Parke (97) 47.4 57.0 37.8 139 Duane Morris (71) 21.7 18.7 24.8 76 Sullivan & Worcester (194) 46.7 41.3 52.1 139 McKee Nelson (134) 21.7 20.6 22.8 77 Snell & Wilmer (119) 46.6 43.2 49.9 142 Adams and Reese (195) 21.2 23.1 19.2 78 King & Spalding (40) 46.5 43.2 49.7 143 Baker & Daniels (174) 20.9 18.5 23.2 79 Paul, Hastings (15) 46.3 51.6 41.0 144 Baker, Donelson (124) 19.2 16.1 22.3 79 Ropes & Gray (31) 46.3 59.4 33.2 144 Bracewell & Giuliani (112) 19.2 16.4 22.0 81 Holland & Knight (41) 45.5 51.2 39.9 144 Luce, Forward (191) 19.2 13.0 25.5 82 Mintz, Levin (92) 44.8 50.9 38.7 147 Finnegan, Henderson (86) 19.1 21.2 17.1 83 Stroock & Stroock (88) 44.6 48.6 40.7 148 Greenberg Traurig (8) 18.9 19.4 18.4 84 Winston & Strawn (34) 44.4 48.1 40.7 149 Chapman and Cutler (171) 18.7 15.2 22.1 85 Vinson & Elkins (45) 43.6 46.3 40.8 150 Fragomen, Del Rey (109) 17.1 20.9 13.3 86 Gibbons (199) 43.5 62.2 24.7 151 Sedgwick, Detert (136) 16.8 17.8 15.9 87 Foley & Lardner (32) 42.5 38.9 46.1 152 Andrews Kurth (107) 16.6 16.0 17.1 88 Dinsmore & Shohl (183) 42.0 44.6 39.4 153 Sheppard, Mullin (78) 16.4 14.1 18.7 89 Pillsbury Winthrop (46) 41.7 48.4 35.1 154 Husch & Eppenberger5 (176) 15.8 14.0 17.6 90 Davis Wright (117) 41.1 41.7 40.5 155 Wolf, Block (145) 15.3 15.5 15.1 91 Brown Rudnick (161) 40.4 34.6 46.2 156 Epstein Becker (126) 15.2 11.5 18.9 92 Cahill Gordon (99) 40.1 44.1 36.2 157 Locke Liddell6 (110) 15.1 11.4 18.7 93 McCarter & English (123) 39.6 49.4 29.7 157 McGuireWoods (68) 15.1 15.3 14.9 94 Perkins Coie (69) 39.1 39.6 38.6 157 Vedder, Price (144) 15.1 11.2 19.0 95 Dykema Gossett (151) 38.8 33.1 44.5 160 Thompson Hine (137) 14.4 12.6 16.1 96 Choate, Hall (159) 38.2 43.4 33.0 161 Miller, Canfield (163) 14.2 13.1 15.3 97 Frost Brown (169) 38.1 34.3 41.8 161 Stinson Morrison7 (168) 14.2 19.5 8.8 97 Squire, Sanders (53) 38.1 52.3 23.9 163 Blackwell Sanders8 (173) 14.0 14.2 13.8 99 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (28) 38.0 34.7 41.4 163 Fox Rothschild (140) 14.0 10.4 17.6 99 McKenna Long (105) 38.0 33.5 42.5 165 Gardere Wynne (147) 13.9 11.5 16.4 101 Venable (80) 37.8 39.9 35.7 165 Townsend and Townsend (162) 13.9 12.5 15.4 102 Bryan Cave (60) 37.4 39.6 35.2 167 Fish & Richardson (72) 13.3 12.8 13.8 102 Buchanan Ingersoll (96) 37.4 46.6 28.3 168 Kenyon & Kenyon (180) 13.1 13.8 12.3 104 Jones Day (4) 37.1 42.8 31.4 169 Kasowitz, Benson (133) 13.0 13.6 12.5 105 Baker Botts (49) 37.0 40.1 33.8 170 Polsinelli Shalton (190) 12.8 16.3 9.4 105 Kelley Drye (103) 37.0 42.0 32.0 171 Akerman Senterfitt (106) 12.6 12.2 12.9 105 Mayer Brown (9) 37.0 39.8 34.1 172 Moore & Van Allen (151) 12.4 9.4 15.3 108 Wilson Sonsini (52) 36.8 44.1 29.4 173 Morris, Manning (198) 12.1 9.8 14.3 109 Willkie Farr (44) 36.1 35.7 36.5 174 Thacher Proffitt (131) 11.7 10.8 12.5 110 Troutman Sanders (75) 36.0 29.9 42.0 175 Thompson & Knight (122) 11.2 9.1 13.4 111 Blank Rome (84) 35.9 32.9 38.9 176 Williams Mullen (164) 10.6 10.1 11.0 112 Katten Muchin (63) 34.3 38.0 30.5 177 Stevens & Lee (191) 9.9 11.8 8.1 112 Nixon Peabody (64) 34.3 29.0 39.6 178 Kutak Rock (148) 9.6 7.9 11.3 114 Cozen O’Connor (114) 34.0 29.2 38.9 179 Loeb & Loeb (120) 9.1 8.4 9.8 115 Cadwalader (47) 33.5 35.0 32.1 180 Ice Miller (185) 8.3 6.3 10.3 116 Vorys, Sater (154) 33.0 48.4 17.5 181 Ogletree, Deakins (149) 8.1 8.1 8.1 117 Bell, Boyd (174) 32.7 26.9 38.4 182 Lathrop & Gage (196) 6.5 8.2 4.8 118 Thompson Coburn (167) 32.2 34.5 29.8 183 Winstead (156) 6.1 4.9 7.2 119 Womble Carlyle (94) 29.9 33.3 26.6 184 Littler Mendelson (87) 5.9 6.0 5.9 120 Baker & Hostetler (83) 29.5 32.7 26.3 185 Hinshaw & Culbertson (143) 5.4 5.1 5.7 120 Baker & McKenzie (3) 29.5 34.7 24.4 186 Gordon & Rees (164) 3.1 2.3 3.9 122 Holme Roberts (189) 28.8 36.0 21.7 187 Fitzpatrick, Cella (197) 0.9 1.0 0.8 122 Seyfarth Shaw (65) 28.8 26.3 31.4 200 Allen Matkins (157) 0.0 0.0 0.0 122 Shook, Hardy (82) 28.8 28.6 29.0 200 Bradley Arant (176) 0.0 0.0 0.0 122 Sills Cummis (199) 28.8 31.0 26.7 200 Dow, Lohnes (186) 0.0 0.0 0.0 126 Porter Wright (176) 28.5 33.4