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Cooley LLP vs. Morrison & Foerster LLP

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Cooley LLP

Est. 1920

Cooley LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #22 / AmLaw #24. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Artificial Intelligence, Capital Markets, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity. Operates from 19 offices worldwide.

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Est. 1883

Morrison & Foerster LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, AmLaw #42. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Artificial Intelligence, Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia, and FCPA. Operates from 16 offices worldwide.

Rankings & prestige
Vault rank
#22
AmLaw rank
#24
Reported Chambers Band 1 records
24 records
Vault rank
#27
AmLaw rank
#42
Reported Chambers Band 1 records
15 records
Compensation
First-year comp
$255,000+
Profits per partner
$4.58M
Firm revenue
$2.37B
Revenue per lawyer
$1.82M
First-year comp
$225,000+
Profits per partner
$3.29M
Firm revenue
$1.54B
Revenue per lawyer
$1.51M
Work & scale
Billable target
1,950
Partnership track
-
US associates per partner
-
Firm size (rounded to 50)
~1,300
Offices
19
Billable target
1,950
Partnership track
-
US associates per partner
-
Firm size (rounded to 50)
~1,000
Offices
16
Summer program
Offer rate
98%
Class size
100 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work
-
Specific practice area
Case by Case
Offer rate
98.6%
Class size
78 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work
-
Specific practice area
Yes
Chambers by practice, market and year

Shared results are listed once. Green marks only a lower reported Chambers band for the same exact practice, market and year. Records with a missing year or market are not compared. Historical records are retained; individual ranking verification status is not available.

Shared rankings

Artificial Intelligence · Nationwide · 2026Band 1
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation · California · 2026Band 1
Privacy & Data Security · Nationwide · 2026Band 1 · The Elite
Privacy & Data Security: Litigation · Nationwide · 2026Band 1
Intellectual Property · Nationwide · 2026Band 2
Corporate/M&A · California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou · 2026Band 3 · The Elite
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) · Nationwide · 2026Band 3
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution · District of Columbia · 2026Band 3
International Trade: CFIUS Experts · Nationwide · 2026Band 3
Antitrust · District of Columbia · 2026Band 4
Banking & Finance · Nationwide · 2026Band 5
Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory · District of Columbia · 2026Band 5

Rank differences

Impact InvestingNationwide · 2026
Band 2
Band 1
Intellectual Property: Patent LitigationCalifornia · 2026
Band 3
Band 1
Intellectual Property: Patent ProsecutionCalifornia · 2026
Band 2
Band 1
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade SecretsCalifornia · 2026
Band 2
Band 1
Life SciencesMassachusetts · 2026
Band 1
Band 3
Life SciencesNationwide · 2026
Band 1
Band 2
Litigation: General CommercialCalifornia · 2026
Band 1 · Elite
Band 2 · Elite
Litigation: SecuritiesCalifornia · 2026
Band 1
Band 2
Startups & Emerging CompaniesNationwide · 2026
Band 1
Band 3
TechnologyCalifornia · 2026
Band 2
Band 1
TechnologyNationwide · 2026
Band 4
Band 1
Venture CapitalCalifornia · 2026
Band 1
Band 2

Firm-only and additional rankings remain available on each firm profile so missing coverage is not mistaken for a head-to-head loss.

Data sources: Vault 2027, AmLaw 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown. Chambers record counts can span years and reporting coverage varies; missing years or markets are not compared. Current Chambers bands were checked against each firm’s Chambers profile on Sep 26, 2026; where Chambers splits a table, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm. Missing values shown as “-”.