Covington & Burling LLP vs. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
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Est. 1919 · Washington
Covington & Burling LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #12 / AmLaw #30, founded in Washington, DC. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Corporate Crime & Investigations, Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia, and False Claims Act.
Est. 1946 · New York and Washington
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #16 / AmLaw #32, founded in New York and Washington, DC. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Antitrust: Cartel, and Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel.
- Vault rank
- #12
- AmLaw rank
- #30
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 24 records
- Vault rank
- #16
- AmLaw rank
- #32
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 13 records
- First-year comp
- $225,000
- Profits per partner
- $3.25M
- Firm revenue
- $2.06B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.57M
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $6.05M
- Firm revenue
- $1.95B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.76M
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- 8 years
- US associates per partner
- 2.5:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,300
- Offices
- 14
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- 8 years
- US associates per partner
- 2.3:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,100
- Offices
- 14
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- 118 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- -
- Specific practice area
- No
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- -
- How associates get work
- Centralized staffing
- Specific practice area
- No
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.
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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 “-”.
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