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50 largest law firms: ranked by number of attorneys in L.A. County offices.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THE 50 largest law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County added 32 lawyers as a group last year. Twenty-five farms added lawyers to local offices, 20 reported fewer lawyers and five remained unchanged.

The nine largest law firms held their positions, with O'Melveny & Myers Myers can refer to: People
  • Myers, Alan, U.S. drummer (Devo)
  • Myers, Alan, translator
  • Myers, Amanda (born 1984) Green Party Candidate, Canadian
  • Myers, B. R, critic (“A Reader's Manifesto”)
  • Myers, Brett (born 1980), U.S.
 LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  remaining in the top spot despite shedding shedding,
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shedding

1. exfoliation of entire skin, called also ecdysis, exuviate.

2. falling out of haircoat.

3. putting animals into a shed.

4.
 16 lawyers. Los Angeles-based Munger Munger or Monghyr (both: mŭng`gĭr), city (1991 pop. 150,112), Bihar state, NE India, on the Ganges River. It is a district administrative center and a grain market, with important road, rail, and ferry connections.  Tolles & Olson Olson may refer to:
  • Olson (constructor), a former racing car constructor
  • Olson Software
  • Olson database, also known as zoneinfo database
  • Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
  • Olson (surname), people with the given name Olson
 LLP moved up three spots to No. 10 by adding 23 attorneys, including three partners to its local office, bringing its totals to 80 partners and 157 lawyers.

Three other firms added at least 15 lawyers to L.A. County offices. DLA Piper DLA Piper (known until 4 September 2006 as DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary) is the third largest law firm in the world by number of attorneys after Clifford Chance and Baker & McKenzie.  Rudnick Gray Cary Car·y  

A town of east-central North Carolina, an industrial suburb of Raleigh. Population: 98,000.
 US LLP joined the list at No. 39, adding 17 lawyers to L.A. offices. Reed Smith LLP Reed Smith LLP (named Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP in the UK) is a prestigious international law firm with more than 1500 attorneys located in 21 cities worldwide. , No. 28, and Manning & Marder Marder may refer to :
  • a series of German tank destroyers from World War Two:
  • Marder I
  • Marder II
  • Marder III
 Kass Ellrod Ramirez Ramirez may refer to:
  • Ramirez (Portugal), a Portuguese canned fish producer company
  • Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia), a character from the video game Skies of Arcadia
  • Ramirez (surname), people with the surname Ramirez:
 LLP, No. 24, moved up 11 and nine spots, respectively. The firms added 16 and 15 lawyers, respectively.

Akin AKIN American Kurdish Information Network  Gump n. 1. A dolt; a dunce.  Strauss Strauss (strous, Ger. shtrous), family of Viennese musicians.

Johann Strauss, 1804–49, learned to play the violin against his parents' wishes.
 Hauer Hauer is a surname, and may refer to:
  • Erwin Hauer
  • Franz Ritter von Hauer
  • Georg Hauer, (1484-1536)
  • Jakob Wilhelm Hauer, (1881-1962)
  • Jerome Hauer
  • Joseph Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and music theorist
  • Rutger Hauer, an actor
 & Feld Feld is a surname and may refer to:
  • Bernard T. Feld
  • Eliot Feld
  • Fritz Feld
  • Irvin Feld
  • Judy Feld Carr
  • Kenneth Feld
  • Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld)
  • Zieg Feld
  • Dart Feld
  • Feld-Tai reciprocity or Feld-Tai reciprocity theorem
 LLP, No. 33, fell eight spots as it shed shed

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shed hands
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 10 lawyers from its local office. Arnold & Porter porter: see beer.  LLP, No. 42, fell nine spots as it reported nine fewer lawyers than previously.

Overall, the 50 largest law firms in L.A. County employ 5,701 attorneys. The number of partners in L.A. County offices increased by 97 to 2,271.

--David Nusbaum Nusbaum is a village in the district Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated in the southern part of the Eifel. Links
  • Ortsgemeinde Nusbaum
Coordinates:  


THE PACESETTER

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

O'Melveny & Myers LLP remained the largest law firm in Los Angeles County with 91 partners and 337 attorneys in two local offices.

The firm posted revenues of $808 million for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, a $111 million increase over the previous year. Profits per partner rose to $1.6 million, from $1.3 million the previous year.

"We've we've  

Contraction of we have.

we've have
 been very strong in transactions," said Seth Aronson, managing partner of the L.A. office. In 2005, the firm represented clients in two major real estate mergers: Catellus
For the Christian saint with this name, see Catellus of Castellammare.


Catellus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Gerennus and was succeeded by his son Millus.
 in its $5 billion acquisition by ProLogis ProLogis is the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of industrial distribution facilities. The company operates in 81 markets across North America, Asia and Europe, with more than 400 million square feet owned, managed or under development. , and Macerich Macerich (NYSE: MAC) is a self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

It traces its antecedents to the MaceRich Real Estate Company founded in New York in 1964 by Mace Siegel and Richard Cohen, who combined their first names to
 in its $2.3 billion acquisition of Wilmorite Properties Wilmorite Properties, Inc is a commercial real estate company based in Rochester, New York.

J.P. Wilmot founded the company in 1950[1] and since then Wilmorite has developed retail, office, hotel, and residential real estate.
 Inc. and Wilmorite Holdings LP.

Joe Calabrese calabrese

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, managing partner of the Century City office expects the firm's media and entertainment transactional practice to remain strong in 2006. The firm is representing Warner Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) 
. Entertainment in its joint venture with CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast.  Corp. to form a fifth network, The CW, to be launched in the fall of 2006.

Lawyers in the L.A. offices are litigating many high profile clients around the country including Merck Merck may refer to:
  • Merck & Co., Inc. ( MSD, Merck Sharp & Dohme outside of the United States and Canada), the USA pharmaceutical company created from assets forfeited after World War I by:
 & Co. Inc. for its Vioxx Vi·oxx

A trademark for the drug rofecoxib.


Vioxx® Rofecoxib Pain management A COX-2 inhibitor used to manage osteoarthritic pain, acute pain in adults, primary dysmenorrhea.
See COX-2 inhibitor.
 litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
, Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC.  Corp. and Jeff Skilling Skil´ling

n. 1. A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
1. A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin.
, the embattled em·bat·tled  
adj.
1. Prepared or fortified for battle or engaged in battle: embattled troops; an embattled city.

2.
 former Enron Enron

A U.S. energy-trading and utilities company that housed one of the biggest accounting frauds in history. Enron's executives employed accounting practices that falsely inflated the company's revenues, which, at the height of the scandal, made the firm become the seventh
 chief executive.

O'Melveny increased the salary for new lawyers by $10,000, bringing its starting salary to $135,000.

--David Nusbaum
Rank    Firm (Ranking in 2005)                          L.A. County
        * name                                           Personnel
        * address                                    (current/year ago)
        * Web site                                      * attorneys
                                                         * partners
                                                     * equity partners

  1     O'Melveny & Myers LLP (3) (1)                     337/353
        400 S. Hope St.                                    91/93
        Los Angeles 90071                                 N/A/N/A
        omm.com
  2     Latham & Watkins LLP (2)                          293/290
        633 W. Fifth St., Suite 4000                       99/95
        Los Angeles 90071                                 WND/WND
        lw.com
  3     Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (3)                    225/230
        333 S. Grand Ave.                                  76/75
        Los Angeles 90071                                  76/75
        gibsondunn.com
  4     Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP (4)           203/210
        221 N. Figueroa St., Suite 1200                   128/120
        Los Angeles 90012                                  28/NA
        lbbslaw.com
  5     Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (5)         192/186
        333 S. Hope St., 48th Floor                        66/66
        Los Angeles 90071                                  54/56
        sheppardmullin.com
  6     Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP (6)           179/175
        515 S. Flower St.                                  51/53
        Los Angeles 90071                                  44/46
        paulhastings.com
  7     Irell & Manella LLP (7)                           169/178
        1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900                64/67
        Los Angeles 90067                                  64/67
        irell.com
  8     Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges            168/167
        LLP (8)                                            50/47
        865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor                    50/47
        Los Angeles 90017
        quinnemanuel.com
  9     Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP (9)                  163/165
        11355 W. Olympic Blvd.                             80/86
        Los Angeles 90064                                  31/NA
        manatt.com
 10     Munger Tolles & Olson LLP (13)                    157/134
        355 S. Grand Ave., 35th Floor                      80/77
        Los Angeles 90071                                  80/77
        mto.com
 11     Sidley Austin LLP (10)                            157/158
        555 W. Fifth St.                                   63/56
        Los Angeles 90013                                  NA/NA
        sidley.com
 12     Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP (11)          150/145
        1900 Avenue of the Stars, Seventh Floor            67/66
        Los Angeles 90067                                  NA/NA
        jmbm.com
 13     Jones Day (12)                                    130/138
        555 S. Flower St., 50th Floor                      42/39
        Los Angeles 90071                                  NA/NA
        jonesday.com
 14     Christensen Miller Fink Jacobs Glaser             128/128
        Weil & Shapiro LLP (14)                            28/28
        10250 Constellation Blvd., 19th Floor              NA/NA
        Los Angeles 90067
        chrismill.com
 15     Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (15)              125/125
        11377 W. Olympic Blvd.                             64/59
        Los Angeles 90034                                  64/59
        msk.com
 16     Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP             118/119
        (16)                                               31/29
        300 S. Grand Ave.                                  31/29
        Los Angeles 90071
        skadden.com
 17     Greenberg Glusker (18)                            115/115
        1900 Avenue of the Stars, 21st Floor               59/56
        Los Angeles 90067                                  53/53
        ggfirm.com
 18     Loeb & Loeb LLP (22)                              112/103
        10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200               56/52
        Los Angeles 90067                                  18/21
        loeb.com
 19     Kirkland & Ellis LLP (19)                         111/114
        777 S. Figueroa St.                                49/45
        Los Angeles 90017                                  NA/NA
        kirkland.com
 20     Morrison & Foerster LLP (17)                      111/117
        555 W. Fifth St., Suite 3500                       43/43
        Los Angeles 90013                                  43/43
        mofo.com
 21     Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (20)                       103/103
        725 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2800                    42/39
        Los Angeles 90017                                  NA/NA
        pillsburywinthrop.com
 22     Bingham McCutchen LLP (21)                        101/104
        355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 4400                      37/39
        Los Angeles 90071                                  NA/NA
        bingham.com
 23     Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine &                       95/88
        Regenstreif LLP (26)                               28/27
        1100 Glendon Ave., 14th Floor                      28/27
        Los Angeles 90024
        linerlaw.com
 24     Manning & Marder Kass Ellrod Ramirez LLP           94/79
        (33)                                               23/18
        660 S. Figueroa St., 23rd Floor                    NA/NA
        Los Angeles 90017
        mmker.com
 25     Greenberg Traurig LLP (28)                         93/85
        2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 400 East                 43/38
        Santa Monica 90404                                 NA/NA
        gtlaw.com
 26     Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP (23)          90/94
        1620 26th St., Fourth Floor North Tower            60/54
        Santa Monica 90404                                 NA/NA
        agsk.com
 27     Buchalter Nemer (24)                               90/89
        1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1500                    39/38
        Los Angeles 90017                                  30/31
        buchalter.com
 28     Reed Smith LLP (39)                                87/71
        355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2900                      35/30
        Los Angeles 90071                                  17/15
        reedsmith.com
 29     McDermott Will & Emery (32)                        86/79
        2049 Century Park East, 34th Floor                 61/59
        Los Angeles 90067                                  NA/NA
        mwe.com
 30     Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP (31)                    85/81
        2049 Century Park East, 28th Floor                 40/40
        Los Angeles 90067                                  NA/NA
        coxcastle.com
 31     Seyfarth Shaw LLP (30)                             84/82
        2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300                 29/27
        Los Angeles 90067                                  22/NA
        seyfarth.com
 32     Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (27)                    81/87
        300 S. Grand Ave., 22nd Floor                      31/33
        Los Angeles 90071                                 WND/WND
        morganlewis.com
 33     Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (25)            79/89
        2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400                 33/34
        Los Angeles 90067                                  24/NA
        akingump.com
 34     Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP            78/76
        (35)                                               41/37
        515 S Figueroa St., Seventh Floor                  41/37
        Los Angeles 90071
        allenmatkins.com
 35     Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP (29)                   78/82
        1 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2000                       58/56
        Los Angeles 90017                                  NA/NA
        mpglaw.com
 36     Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (49)                 78/70
        2029 Century Park East, Suite 1800                 12/11
        Los Angeles 90067                                  12/11
        stroock.com
 37     Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (38)                      74/74
        555 S. Flower St., 41st Floor                      32/31
        Los Angeles 90071                                  NA/NA
        fulbright.com
 38     Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (41)             73/69
        601 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1500                    34/30
        Los Angeles 90017                                  16/15
        sonnenschein.com
 39     DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP                 72/55
        550 S. Hope St., Suite 2300                        30/21
        Los Angeles 90071                                  NA/NA
        dlapiper.com
 40     Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo (47)            71/64
        17871 Park Plaza Drive, Suite 200                  25/20
        Cerritos 90703                                    WND/WND
        aalrr.com
 41     Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP (37)             71/75
        601 S. Figueroa St., 30th Floor                    16/15
        Los Angeles 90017                                  16/15
        milbank.com
 42     Arnold & Porter LLP (34)                           68/77
        777 S. Figueroa St.                                27/29
        Los Angeles 90017                                  29/27
        aporter.com
 43     Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (36)                    68/75
        2029 Century Park East, Suite 2600                 32/36
        Los Angeles 90067                                 WND/WND
        kattenlaw.com
 44     Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold LLP (43)            68/67
        801 S. Figueroa St., 18th Floor                    21/18
        Los Angeles 90017                                  NA/NA
        sdma.com
 45     Weston Benshoof Rocheforl Rubalcava &              67/65
        MacCuish LLP (44)                                  39/33
        333 S. Hope St., 16th Floor                        NA/NA
        Los Angeles 90071
        wbcounsel.com
 46     Holland & Knight LLP (45)                          66/65
        633 W. Fifth St., 21st Floor                       30/25
        Los Angeles 90071                                   9/NA
        hklaw.com
 47     Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP                         65/67
        350 S. Grand Ave., 25th Floor                      24/23
        Los Angeles 90071                                  NA/NA
        mayerbrownrowe.com
 48     White & Case LLP                                   65/59
        633 W. Fifth St., 19th Floor                       18/18
        Los Angeles 90071                                  NA/NA
        whitecase.com
 49     Bryan Cave LLP                                     64/58
        120 Broadway                                       26/24
        Santa Monica 90401                                N/A/N/A
        bryancave.com
 50     Kaye Scholer LLP (46)                              64/65
        1999 Avenue of the Stars, 17th Floor               18/19
        Los Angeles 90067                                  18/19
        kayescholer.com

Rank      Financials                       Specialties
         (2005/2004)                     (partial list)
        * revenues (1)
        * profits-per-
         partner (2)

  1       $808/$697       antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
        $1,615/$1,310      ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                               venture capital, white-collar crime
  2      1,413/1,206      antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
         1,602/1,403       ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                          venture capital, white-collar crime, private
                                             equity
  3        746/693         appellate, media and entertainment, public
         1,635/1,516       policy, telecommunications, government con-
                            tracts, global finance, legal malpractice
                          defense, environmental and natural resources,
                                land use, consumer class actions
  4        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                             tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology
  5        264/233        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           785/685           ment, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation, real estate, tax,
                          white-collar crime, finance, government con-
                                      tracts, construction
  6        667/609        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
         1,325/1,175       ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                           tual property, labor and employment, litiga
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                               venture capital, white-collar crime
  7        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
                            estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
                                       white-collar crime
  8        193/160                         litigation
         1,960/1,920
  9        196/181        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
          1,033/920        ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                              venture capital, white-collar crime,
                                           advertising
 10        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, intellectual property,
                             labor and employment, litigation, real
                            estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
                                       white-collar crime
 11      1,124/1,030      antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                           white-collar crime, public finance, product
                                            liability
 12        WND/WND         bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, envi-
           WND/WND        ronmental, health care, intellectual proper-
                           ty, labor and employment, litigation, m&a,
                              real estate, tax, technology, venture
                                  capital, sports, hospitality
 13        WND/WND         antitrust, corporate, entertainment, health
           WND/WND           care, intellectual property, labor and
                          employment, litigation, m&a, tax, technology,
                          venture capital, white-collar crime, biotech-
                                             nology
 14        WND/WND        antitrust, corporate, entertainment, environ-
           WND/WND        mental, litigation, real estate, tax, estate
                                           and probate
 15        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND        ment, environmental, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
                            estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
                                       white-collar crime
 16        WND/WND        corporate, labor and employment, litigation,
           WND/WND         real estate, tax, corporate restructuring,
                          banking and institutional investing, employee
                                    benefits and compensation
 17        WND/WND            bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment,
           WND/WND         environmental, intellectual property, labor
                             and employment, litigation, real estate
 18        146/122        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
          $926/$725        ment, environmental, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
                           estate, tax, technology, white-collar crime
 19        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                               venture capital, white-collar crime
 20        687/593        antitrust, corporate, entertainment, environ-
          1,050/940         mental, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
                            tax, technology, venture capital, white-
                                collar crime, financial services,
                                          transactions
 21       $574/$433       antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmen-
          $765/$780       tal, intellectual property, labor and employ-
                            ment, litigation, m&a, real estate, tax,
                            technology, venture capital, white-collar
                                          crime, retail
 22        593/566        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmen-
           WND/WND        tal, intellectual property, labor and employ-
                            ment, litigation, m&a, real estate, tax,
                             technology, private equity, affordable
                           housing, finance, estate, Japanese practice
 23        WND/WND        bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, intel-
           WND/WND        property, litigation, m&a, real estate, tax,
                              white-collar crime, ERISA litigation
 24        WND/WND        litigation, insurance defense, general civil
           WND/WND         litigation, workers' compensation defense,
                          police civil liability, construction defense,
                                             sports
 25        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation; m&a, real
                          estate, tax, technology, media entertainment
                                    litigation, Asia practice
 26        WND/WND        bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, health
           WND/WND           care, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
                                tax, technology, venture capital
 27         95/90         bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, health
           WND/WND           care, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
                                tax, technology, venture capital
 28        563/504        bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, health
           800/662           care, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation. m&a, real estate,
                                tax, technology, venture capital
 29        WND/WND        bankruptcy, corporate, health care, intellec-
           WND/WND          tual property, litigation, tax, labor and
                                 business crimes, private client
 30        WND/WND            bankruptcy, environmental, labor and
           WND/WND          employment, litigation, real estate, tax
 31        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                               venture capital, white-collar crime
 32        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
                          tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
                           venture capital, white-collar crime, energy
 33       $618/$612       antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND         ment, environmental, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
                                 estate, tax, white-collar crime
 34        129/114        bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, health
          $675/$580          care, intellectual property, labor and
                           employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
                                tax, technology, venture capital
 35        WND/WND        bankruptcy, corporate, health care, intellec-
           WND/WND        tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
                            tion, m&a, real estate, tax, appellate,
                                       trusts and estates
 36        257/238        entertainment, litigation, real estate, tax,
          WND/1,060                    white-collar crime
 37        WND/WND           corporate, environmental, health care,
           WND/WND        intellectual property, labor and employment,
                                  litigation, real estate, tax
 38        448/441        bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, health
           800/720           care, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation, real estate, tax,
                                   venture capital, franchise
 39       1,500/WND       antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmen-
           WND/WND          tal, health care, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
                            estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
                                       white-collar crime
 40        WND/WND        bankruptcy, corporate, labor and employment,
           WND/WND                litigation, real estate, tax
 41        WND/WND        bankruptcy, corporate, litigation, m&a, real
           WND/WND            estate, tax, venture capital, project
                            finance, corporate finance, restructuring
 42        WND/WND        antitrust, corporate, intellectual property,
           WND/WND           labor and employment, litigation, real
                           estate, tax, technology, white-collar crime
 43        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND          ment, health care, intellectual property,
                           labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
                           estate, technology, venture capital, white-
                                collar crime, trusts and estates
 44        WND/WND          antitrust, entertainment, environmental,
           WND/WND        intellectual property, labor and employment,
                               litigation, real estate, technology
 45        WND/WND           corporate, environmental, intellectual
           WND/WND         property, labor and employment, litigation,
                           real estate, construction, insurance, land
                                               use
 46        WND/WND            bankruptcy, corporate, environmental,
           WND/WND        intellectual property, labor and employment,
                           litigation, m&a, real estate, Indian Law,
                                     private wealth services
 47        WND/WND         bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, labor
           WND/WND        and employment, litigation, real estate, tax
 48        WND/WND        antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
           WND/WND           ment, intellectual property, labor and
                            employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
                            tax, technology, venture capital, white-
                              collar crime, energy, project finance
 49        WND/WND            bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment,
           WND/WND        intellectual property, labor and employment,
                            litigation, m&a, real estate, technology,
                              venture capital, international trade
 50        WND/WND            bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment,
           WND/WND        intellectual property, litigation, m&a, real
                            estate, tax, product liability, corporate
                                finance, project finance, finance

Rank        Profile        Executive Director    Managing Partner(s)
           * offices        or Administrator     * name
        (county/total)                           * phone
            * year
          established
        * headquarters

  1          2/13            Bruce Boulware      Seth Aronson
             1885                                Joseph Calabrese
              N/A                                (213) 430-6000
  2          1/22            Eric Goldreich      John Clair
             1934                                (213) 485-1234
              N/A
  3          2/13              Charles E.        Peter Ziegler
             1872              Woodhouse         Marjorie Lewis
          Los Angeles                            (213) 229-7000
  4          1/11             Les Sullivan       Timothy R. Graves
             1979                                (213) 250-1800
          Los Angeles
  5           2/9           Robert L. Zuber      Tracey Kennedy
             1927                                Linda Michaelson
          Los Angeles                            (213) 620-1780
  6          1/17              Tim Wright        Greg Nitzkowski
             1951                                (213) 683-6000
          Los Angeles
  7           1/2            Jeanne Walker       David Siegel
             1936                                (310) 277-1010
          Los Angeles
  8           1/5             David Henri        John B. Quinn
             1986                                (213) 443-3000
          Los Angeles
  9           1/7             Edith Gould        Paul H. Irving
             1965                                (310) 312-4000
          Los Angeles
 10           1/2          Thomas B. Edwards     Mark B. Helm
             1962                                Bart H. Williams
          Los Angeles                            (213) 683-9100
 11          1/15            Carol Phillips      Moshe Kupietzky
             1980                                (213) 896-6000
              N/A
 12           1/2            Mark Verbecken      Bruce Jeffer
             1981                                (310) 203-8080
          Los Angeles
 13          1/30            Lisa Y. Takata      Rick L. McKnight
             1973                                (213) 489-3939
              WND
 14           1/1               Ed Getz          Terry Christensen
             1988                                (310) 553-3000
          Los Angeles
 15           1/2            Jerry Kaufman       Thomas Lambert
             1908                                (310) 312-2000
          Los Angeles
 16          1/22                 N/A            Rand S. April
             1983                                (213) 687-5000
           New York
 17           1/1            Renate De Leon      Norman H. Levine
             1959                                (310) 553-3610
          Los Angeles
 18           1/4            Jerome C. Post      Mickey Mayerson
             1908                                (310) 282-2000
         New York/Los
            Angeles
 19           1/7            Cynthia Barnes      Jeffrey S. Davidson
             1989                                (213) 680-8400
              N/A

 20          2/19                 N/A            A. Max Olson
             1974                                (213) 892-5200
              N/A
 21          2/16             Ruth Brazer        Sheryl E. Stein
             1929          Denise D. Behrens     Christopher J. McNevin
              N/A                                (213) 488-7100
 22          1/11             Toni Conrad        Richard J. Welch
             1929                                (213) 680-6400
            Boston
 23           1/2            Candia Shaffer      Stuart A. Liner
             1996                                (310) 500-3500
          Los Angeles
 24           1/5             Kurt F. Yoe        Steven Manning
             1994                                John Marder
          Los Angeles                            (213) 624-6900
 25          1/28             Anne Stowell       Jeff E. Scott
             2000                                Thomas S. Loo
              N/A                                (310) 586-7700
 26           1/1            Richard Jones       Bruce Friedman
             1952                                (310) 907-1000
         Santa Monica
 27           1/4              Rick Cohen        Rick Cohen
             1948                                (213) 891-0700
          Los Angeles
 28          2/18            John V. Purins      Peter Kennedy
             1990                                (213) 457-8000
              N/A
 29           1/9          Murray E. Heltzer     Gordon Greenberg
             1987                                Robert Mallory
            Chicago                              (310) 277-4110
 30           1/3             Edward Brose       N/A
             1968                                (310) 277-4222
          Los Angeles
 31          1/10                 N/A            Kenwood C. Youmans
             1974                                (310) 277-7200
            Chicago
 32          1/19             Natasha von        David Schrader
             1976               Rathjen          (213) 612-2500
         Philadelphia
 33          1/15           John T. Singsank     David C. Allen
             1997                                (310) 229-1000
              N/A
 34           2/6          Michael E. Palmer     Brian C. Leck
             1977                                (213) 622-5555
          Los Angeles
 35           1/6            Robert W. Muse      R. Joseph De Briyn
             1954                                (213) 629-7600
          Los Angeles
 36           1/3            Judi Ciasulli       Michael Perlis
             1975                                Julia Strickland
           New York                              (310) 556-5800
 37          1/12            Lynne Stevens       Peter Mason
             1989                                (213) 892-9200
            Houston
 38           1/9          Sharon A. Atkinson    Edwin B. Reeser III
             1990                                (213) 623-9300
            Chicago
 39          2/58           Carol M. Bostick     Michael E. Meyer
             2005                                (213) 330-7700
              N/A
 40           1/5          Marilyn O. Phillip    Steven D. Atkinson
             1979                                (562) 653-3200
           Cerritos
 41          1/10           Erica S. Tamblyn     Kenneth J. Baronsky
             1987                                (213) 892-4000
           New York
 42           1/8             T. Alburtus        John J. Quinn
             1991                                (213) 243-4000
        Washington D.C.
 43           1/8                 N/A            Gail M. Title
             1989                                (310) 788-4400
            Chicago
 44          1/10            Kathy M. Whang      Michael R. Davisson
             1979                                (213) 426-6900
         San Francisco
 45           1/2            Wayne Mitchell      Ed Casey
             1984                                (213) 576-1000
          Los Angeles
 46          1/24           Arlene D. Martin     Bruce S. Ross
             2000                                (213) 896-2400
        Lakeland, Fla.
 47          1/13            Connie Kislow       Louis P. Eatman
             1985                                (213) 229-9500
            Chicago
 48          1/39             Betty Archer       Richard K. Smith
             1986                                (213) 620-7700
           New York
 49          1/13                 N/A            Jeffrey A. Modisett
             1979                                (310) 576-2100
           St. Louis
 50           1/9              Aurel Van         Michael D. Fernhoff
             1988              Iderstine         (310) 788-1000
           New York

NA--Not Available

N/A--Not Applicable

WND--Would Not Disclose

(1) Firmwide revenues in millions.

(2) Firmwide profits-per-partner in thousands.

(3) Fiscal year ended Jan. 31.

(4) Management committee.

Note: The information on this list was provided by representatives of
the fimrs themselves. Law firms are ranked by the number of attorneys
and the number of parnters in Los Angeles County offices, respectively.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and
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