Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Goodwin Procter LLP
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Est. 1819
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a mid-size firm of ~572 attorneys, Vault #1 / AmLaw #50. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel, and Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel.
Est. 1912 · Boston
Goodwin Procter LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, AmLaw #21, founded in Boston, Massachusetts. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory, Capital Markets, and Corporate/M&A. Operates from 10 offices worldwide.
- Vault rank
- #1
- AmLaw rank
- #50
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 15 records
- Vault rank
- #31
- AmLaw rank
- #21
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 18 records
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $7.20M
- Firm revenue
- $1.29B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.26M
- First-year comp
- $255,000+
- Profits per partner
- $4.24M
- Firm revenue
- $2.72B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.63M
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- 7 years
- US associates per partner
- 3.3:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~550
- Offices
- 3
- Billable target
- 1,950
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,650
- Offices
- 10
- Offer rate
- 100%
- Class size
- 143 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Rotation
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 100%
- Class size
- 67 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Centralized staffing
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
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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Firm data comes from each firm’s own publications, Chambers USA and Vault; see Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Goodwin Procter for sources and dates.