Law offices of law firms

Courtesy of VAULT RANKINGS -information source credit goes to vault rankings

2012 RANK	2011 RANK	CHANGE	FIRM	PRESTIGE SCORE	LOCATION
1	1		Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	9.139	New York, NY
2	2		Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	8.735	New York, NY
3	3		Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	8.443	New York, NY
4	4		Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates	8.430	New York, NY
5	5		Davis Polk & Wardwell	8.121	New York, NY
6	6		Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	7.877	New York, NY
7	7		Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	7.858	New York, NY
8	9		Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	7.766	New York, NY
9	11		Kirkland & Ellis LLP	7.496	Chicago, IL
10	10		Covington & Burling LLP	7.382	Washington, DC
11	15		Latham & Watkins LLP	7.335	New York, NY
12	13		Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	7.324	New York, NY
13	12		Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	7.177	New York, NY
13	8		Williams & Connolly LLP	7.177	Washington, DC
14	14		Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP	7.172	Los Angeles, CA
15	16		Sidley Austin LLP	7.087	Chicago, IL
16	19		Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP	6.868	Los Angeles, CA
17	23		Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP	6.842	New York, NY
18	20		White & Case LLP	6.829	New York, NY
19	18		Jones Day	6.826	Washington, DC
20	21		Arnold & Porter LLP	6.692	Washington, DC
21	17		WilmerHale	6.543	Washington, DC
22	24		O'Melveny & Myers LLP	6.537	Los Angeles, CA
23	26		Morrison & Foerster LLP	6.506	San Francisco, CA
24	22		Shearman & Sterling LLP	6.478	New York, NY
25	25		Ropes & Gray LLP	6.473	Boston, MA

NR=Not rated (insufficient sample size or score below published rankings)