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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is devoted to business litigation and arbitration. Its international office network extends across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, while maintaining a…
First-year comp
$235,000+
Market rate
Profits per partner
$9.54M
Susman Godfrey focuses on complex commercial litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Its firm history emphasizes trial work and the development of alternative fee arrangements, an approach associated with…
$240,000+
$5.23M
Cooley's practice is closely associated with technology, life sciences and the investors that finance growing businesses. Its work includes company formation, venture financing, public offerings, acquisitions and…
$255,000+
$4.58M
Perkins Coie has been named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 22 consecutive years -- a streak no other law firm comes close to matching. Headquartered in Seattle and deeply embedded in the Pacific…
$1.99M
Morrison Foerster is an international law firm with offices in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Its practice serves clients on business legal matters across jurisdictions.
$225,000+
$3.29M
Arnold & Porter combines regulatory, litigation and transactional work, drawing on lawyers with experience in government, private practice and in-house legal departments. Its own firm overview describes teams working…
$1.65M
Wilson Sonsini's life sciences practice works with entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and public and private companies. Its team includes lawyers, patent agents, and scientific advisers, reflecting the technical…
$3.74M
Morgan Lewis combines litigation, transactional advice, and regulatory services across an international platform. Its published offering includes corporate finance and investment management, business disputes,…
$2.27M
Orrick organizes its practice around energy and infrastructure, technology and innovation, finance, and life sciences and health technology. Its international platform serves businesses and investors working in those…
$4.20M
DLA Piper combines an international legal practice with an industry-based approach to client work. Its materials describe legal teams working across markets and overlaying practice expertise with sector knowledge.…
$4.14M
Holland & Knight's services cover corporate transactions, finance, regulated industries, and disputes. Its finance offering includes commercial and asset-based lending, asset finance, fund finance, private credit,…
$2.51M
K&L Gates combines legal and public policy capabilities across an integrated international platform. Its firm overview describes interdisciplinary teams working across offices, while its practice materials show how…
$1.63M
BakerHostetler's practice addresses the legal risks that arise across a business, including transactions, disputes, privacy, intellectual property and regulatory issues. Its public materials organize some of this…
$215,000
Base salary
$2.48M
McGuireWoods' practice includes debt finance and government investigations, serving financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. Its financing work covers secured and unsecured credit arrangements,…
$2.68M
Fenwick focuses on technology and life sciences companies and the investors that support them. Its practice follows businesses through formation, financing, growth, public offerings, and strategic transactions. That…
$4.34M
Davis Wright Tremaine builds much of its practice around the industries its clients operate in. Its published areas of focus include media and entertainment, technology, food and beverage, healthcare, financial…
$1.39M
Fox Rothschild is a national firm whose practice combines a broad geographic network with office-level industry and client relationships. Its firm materials emphasize the connection between that larger platform and…
$205,000
$1.34M
Cozen O'Connor combines a broad business-law practice with a distinctive history in insurance-related disputes. Subrogation and recovery are particularly visible parts of the firm: that practice seeks recovery from…
$180,000 - $215,000
$1.29M
Seyfarth combines legal practice with a visible focus on the way legal services are organized and delivered. Its work includes employment matters, transactions, and disputes, while its public materials address…
$1.90M
Ballard Spahr combines litigation, transactions and regulatory advice with a substantial real-estate and finance practice. Its work includes development, land use, construction, housing, financing and disputes over…
$210,000
$1.00M
Littler focuses on labor and employment law for employers. Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1942, it advises businesses on workplace questions through both counseling and disputes work. Its services include…
$225,000
$1.02M
Dorsey & Whitney dates to 1912 and combines a US practice with offices in Canada, Europe, and Asia. Its recruiting materials describe a firm built around service to clients, colleagues, and communities. For students,…
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani began in San Francisco in 1974 and established offices in all 50 states in 2019. Its service offerings span insurance, commercial litigation, employment, environmental, banking and…
Jackson Lewis has focused on labor and employment law since 1958. Its services address both workplace disputes and the steps employers take to prevent them, including employment policies, wage and hour compliance,…