Manatt, Phelps & Phillips vs. King & Spalding LLP vs. Buchalter
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Est. 1965
- King & Spalding LLP
Est. 1885
- Buchalter
Est. 1933
Est. 1965
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is a ~291-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Healthcare; Band 2 in Litigation: Appellate and Media & Entertainment: Music. Operates from 12 offices worldwide.
Est. 1885
King & Spalding LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Am Law #23. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Accountant and Auditor Liability, Antitrust, and Banking & Finance. Operates from 26 offices worldwide.
Est. 1933
Buchalter is a mid-size firm of ~602 attorneys. Operates from 15 offices worldwide.
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLP#36
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips#106
- King & Spalding LLP#23
- Buchalter#117
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips1 record
- King & Spalding LLP25 records
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Not Reported
- #106
- 1 record
- Vault rank
- #36
- Am Law rank
- #23
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 25 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #117
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- Not Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips$225,000
- King & Spalding LLP$225,000
- Buchalter$225,000
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips$2.96M
- King & Spalding LLP$7.26M
- Buchalter$1.07M
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips$509.70M
- King & Spalding LLP$2.48B
- Buchalter$409.44M
Revenue per lawyer
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips$1.75M
- King & Spalding LLP$1.79M
- Buchalter$680K
- $225,000
- $2.96M
- $509.70M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.75M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $7.26M
- Firm revenue
- $2.48B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.79M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.07M
- Firm revenue
- $409.44M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $680K
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLPNot Reported
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLPNot Reported
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLP1:1
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips~300
- King & Spalding LLP~1,400
- Buchalter~600
Offices
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips12
- King & Spalding LLP26
- Buchalter15
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~300
- Offices
- 12
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- 1:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,400
- Offices
- 26
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~600
- Offices
- 15
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLP100%
- BuchalterNot Reported
Class size
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLP107 (year not confirmed)
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLPNot Reported
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsNot Reported
- King & Spalding LLPCase by Case
- BuchalterNot Reported
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Offer rate
- 100%
- Class size
- 107 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Not Reported
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Rank differences
- Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsBand 2
- King & Spalding LLPBand 4
- BuchalterBand 5
Firm-only and additional rankings remain available on each firm profile so missing coverage is not mistaken for a head-to-head loss.
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Data sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 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 read “Not Reported”.