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After Six Years, New #1 Law Firm Emerges in Vault Guide; Wachtell Tops in Prestige Ranking; Winston & Strawn Best for Quality of Life.


Business Editors/Legal Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2003

Today Vault vault, ceiling over a room, formed in any one of a variety of curved shapes. Nature of Vaults


A vault is generally composed of separate units of material, such as bricks, tiles, or blocks of stone, so shaped or cut that when assembled they form a
, Inc. (http://www.Vault.com) officially releases the Vault Guide to the Top 100 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.
, 6th Edition, a 744-pp. "insider" guidebook to the leading law firms in America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. . In the book, attorneys across the country tell all and give their frank perspective on everything from corporate culture to pay.

The book also includes the results of Vault's exclusive Associate Survey of 11,908 lawyers, who ranked the nation's top firms in prestige on a 1-10 scale. This year's survey was conducted spring 2003.

Says Vault founder Mark Oldman Mark Stanford Oldman (1969- ) is an American entrepreneur and wine personality.

In 1997, Oldman founded Vault.com, formerly Vault Reports, a popular recruitment company. He is co-president and director of Vault.
, "Vault's Top 100 Law Firms guidebook remains the only updated insider guide to law firms, and we're we're  

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 grateful to the nearly 12,000 lawyers across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  who participated in this year's extensive Vault survey."


Prestige Rank             Law Firm
-------------             --------
1.                        Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

2.                        Cravath, Swaine & Moore

3.                        Sullivan & Cromwell

4.                        Davis Polk & Wardwell

5.                        Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

6.                        Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

7.                        Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

8.                        Covington & Burling

9.                        Latham & Watkins

10.                       Weil, Gotshal & Manges


The Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, 6th ed., also includes exclusive rankings of firms by practice area, as well as rankings of the best firms for quality of life and diversity. It is available in bookstores nationwide or can be ordered by visiting Vault's bookstore at: http://www.vault.com/nr/law_rankings/law_rankings2004.jsp?ch_id=242

About Vault, Inc.

Vault, Inc. is the leading media company focused on careers. Vault is celebrated for its online resource, www.vault.com, which offers recruiting services for employers, detailed "inside" information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries, as well as the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of expert-moderated message boards for professionals. Offline, Vault offers over 80 nationally-distributed print books, a syndicated newspaper column, and a personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 resume review and career coaching service for job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er
n.
One who seeks employment.
. Vault was founded in 1997 by Hussam Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman.
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