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Vault 50 Law Firms

The Vault 50 covers the top tier of BigLaw firms by prestige, compiled annually by Vault from associate surveys. Each firm below links to a live profile with attorney counts, office distribution, partner and associate breakdowns, and practice area mix.

Live data on 80,092 attorneys across 50 firms, with office locations and partner and associate breakdowns. Updated weekly, last refreshed August 2026.

  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore

    New York, NY506
    #1 Vault#50 AmLaw
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    New York, NY275
    #2 Vault#46 AmLaw
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

    New York, NY1,702
    #3 Vault#5 AmLaw
  • Latham & Watkins

    Los Angeles, CA3,642
    #4 Vault#2 AmLaw
  • Sullivan & Cromwell

    New York, NY896
    #5 Vault#25 AmLaw
  • Kirkland & Ellis

    Chicago, IL4,033
    #6 Vault#1 AmLaw
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell

    New York, NY1,360
    #7 Vault#14 AmLaw
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    Los Angeles, CA2,250
    #8 Vault#4 AmLaw
  • Milbank

    New York, NY998
    #9 Vault#28 AmLaw
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

    New York, NY2,076
    #10 Vault#10 AmLaw
  • Sidley Austin

    Chicago, IL1,968
    #11 Vault#6 AmLaw
  • Covington & Burling

    Washington, DC1,475
    #12 Vault#30 AmLaw
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

    New York, NY1,344
    #13 Vault#13 AmLaw
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

    Los Angeles, CA1,162
    #14 Vault#20 AmLaw
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    New York, NY1,134
    #15 Vault#29 AmLaw
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

    New York, NY1,186
    #16 Vault#32 AmLaw
  • Williams & Connolly

    Washington, DC399
    #17 Vault#87 AmLaw
  • White & Case

    New York, NY2,837
    #18 Vault#9 AmLaw
  • Susman Godfrey

    Houston, TX195
    #19 Vault#92 AmLaw
  • Ropes & Gray

    Boston, MA1,579
    #20 Vault#7 AmLaw
  • Paul Hastings

    Los Angeles, CA1,370
    #21 Vault#22 AmLaw
  • Cooley

    Palo Alto, CA1,339
    #22 Vault#24 AmLaw
  • Debevoise & Plimpton

    New York, NY990
    #23 Vault#35 AmLaw
  • Ashurst Perkins Coie

    Seattle, WA1,523
    #24 Vault#51 AmLaw
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

    Washington, DC964
    #25 Vault#38 AmLaw
  • Jones Day

    Washington, DC2,375
    #26 Vault#15 AmLaw
  • Morrison & Foerster

    San Francisco, CA1,022
    #27 Vault#42 AmLaw
  • O'Melveny & Myers

    Los Angeles, CA814
    #28 Vault#57 AmLaw
  • Munger, Tolles & Olson

    Los Angeles, CA194
    #29 Vault#128 AmLaw
  • Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Washington, DC3,201
    #30 Vault#12 AmLaw
  • Goodwin Procter

    Boston, MA1,601
    #31 Vault#21 AmLaw
  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

    Washington, DC1,011
    #32 Vault#53 AmLaw
  • Proskauer Rose

    New York, NY970
    #33 Vault#41 AmLaw
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

    Palo Alto, CA1,073
    #34 Vault#37 AmLaw
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher

    New York, NY1,442
    #35 Vault#31 AmLaw
  • King & Spalding

    Atlanta, GA1,419
    #36 Vault#23 AmLaw
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

    Philadelphia, PA1,976
    #37 Vault#11 AmLaw
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

    Washington, D.C.1,036
    #38 Vault#36 AmLaw
  • Winston Taylor

    Chicago, IL1,366
    #39 Vault#49 AmLaw
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

    San Francisco, CA1,436
    #40 Vault#34 AmLaw
  • Clifford Chance

    London, UK2,959
    #41 Vault
  • DLA Piper

    Washington, D.C.5,372
    #42 Vault#3 AmLaw
  • Jenner & Block

    Chicago, IL543
    #43 Vault#81 AmLaw
  • Mayer Brown

    Chicago, IL1,398
    #44 Vault#27 AmLaw
  • Baker McKenzie

    Chicago, IL3,262
    #45 Vault#8 AmLaw
  • McDermott Will & Schulte

    Chicago, IL1,659
    #46 Vault#16 AmLaw
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

    New York, NY815
    #47 Vault#52 AmLaw
  • Holland & Knight

    Tampa, FL1,772
    #48 Vault#26 AmLaw
  • K&L Gates

    Pittsburgh, PA1,546
    #49 Vault#48 AmLaw
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    London, UK2,627
    #50 Vault

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