Snell & Wilmer vs. Dentons US LLP vs. Buchalter
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
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Est. 1938
Snell & Wilmer is a ~496-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Construction, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Intellectual Property. Operates from 16 offices worldwide.
Est. 2013 · Merger
Dentons US LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Am Law #18. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Cannabis Law, and Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS. Operates from 54 offices worldwide.
Est. 1933
Buchalter is a mid-size firm of ~602 attorneys. Operates from 15 offices worldwide.
- Not Reported
- #109
- 7 records
- Vault rank
- #62
- Am Law rank
- #18
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 22 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #117
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- Not Reported
- $225,000
- $1.56M
- $473.97M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $957K
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000+
- Profits Per Partner
- $959K
- Firm revenue
- $2.91B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $506K
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.07M
- Firm revenue
- $409.44M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $680K
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~500
- Offices
- 16
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~5,750
- Offices
- 54
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~600
- Offices
- 15
- 100%
- Class size
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Yes
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 61 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- 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
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”.