Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP vs. Williams & Connolly LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
Who Wins Each Category
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| Category | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | Williams & Connolly |
|---|---|---|
| Higher pay wins | $235,000+ | $260,000 (wins this category) |
| Higher wins | $9.54M (wins this category) | $3.82M |
| Lower rank wins | #14 (wins this category) | #17 |
| Lower rank wins | #20 (wins this category) | #87 |
| Higher wins | $2.77B (wins this category) | $701.81M |
| More lawyers wins | 1,128 (wins this category) | 422 |
| OfficesMore offices wins | 33 (wins this category) | 3 |
| Nationwide, Chambers USA 2026More Band 1 tables wins | 3 tables | 4 tables (wins this category) |
| 2L OpensEarlier date winsNot Comparable | Not announcedSummer 2027 | Expected late fall 2026Summer 2028 |
| 1L OpensEarlier date wins | Expected early OctoberSummer 2027 | No 1L Program |
Sources: Vault 2027 and Am Law 200 FY2025 rankings, Chambers USA 2026, first-year pay as each firm or the market reports it, and program dates from firm career pages on the Job Board. Missing data reads Not Reported and never counts as a loss.
Full Comparison
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Est. 1986
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #14 / Am Law #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.
- #14
- #20
- 8 records
- Vault rank
- #17
- Am Law rank
- #87
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 8 records
- $235,000+
- $9.54M
- $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
- Not Reported
- 7 years
- Not Reported
- ~1,150
- Offices
- 33
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~400
- Offices
- 3
- 98.6%
- Class size
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- No
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 44 (2026)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- No
- 1L program
- No 1L summer program
- 1L applications open
- Expected early October
- 2L applications open
- Not announced
- 2L deadline
- Not announced
- 1L program
- No 1L summer program
- 1L applications open
- Not Reported
- 2L applications open
- Expected late fall 2026
- 2L deadline
- Not announced
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
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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, 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”.