Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP vs. Williams & Connolly LLP
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Est. 1986
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #14 / AmLaw #20. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff, Antitrust: Plaintiff, and Bankruptcy Litigation. Operates from 33 offices worldwide.
Est. 1967
Williams & Connolly LLP is a ~422-attorney firm, Vault #17. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Accountant and Auditor Liability, Appellate Law, and Law Firm Defense.
- Vault rank
- #14
- AmLaw rank
- #20
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 8 records
- Vault rank
- #17
- AmLaw rank
- #87
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 8 records
- First-year comp
- $235,000+
- Profits per partner
- $9.54M
- Firm revenue
- $2.77B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.45M
- First-year comp
- $260,000
- Profits per partner
- $3.82M
- Firm revenue
- $701.81M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.66M
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- 7 years
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,150
- Offices
- 33
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~400
- Offices
- 1
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- -
- How associates get work
- -
- Specific practice area
- No
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- -
- 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 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Williams & Connolly for sources and dates.