Paul Hastings LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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Est. 1951
Paul Hastings LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #21 / AmLaw #22. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt. Operates from 24 offices worldwide.
Est. 1885
O'Melveny & Myers LLP is a mid-size firm of ~778 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in ERISA Litigation, Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity), and Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets.
- Vault rank
- #21
- AmLaw rank
- #22
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 21 records
- Vault rank
- #28
- AmLaw rank
- #57
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 5 records
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $8.33M
- Firm revenue
- $2.68B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.11M
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $3.46M
- Firm revenue
- $1.17B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.50M
- Billable target
- 2,000
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- 2.4:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,500
- Offices
- 24
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- 2.2:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~800
- Offices
- 9
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- 131 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Centralized staffing
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- 60 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- -
- 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.
Shared rankings
Rank differences
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 Paul Hastings and O'Melveny & Myers for sources and dates.