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Top BigLaw Firms for Environmental in Los Angeles

Every firm in our directory with a Los Angeles office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for environmental law in California, strongest band first. Paul Hastings LLP leads with Band 1, one of 3 firms in Band 1.

Ranked firms
16
Band 1 firms
3
Median first-year base
$225,000

16 ranked firms for environmental law in Los Angeles

#FirmChambers 2026First-year base2L summer applications
1Paul Hastings LLP

Vault #21

  • Band 1 · Environment · California
$225,000+Expected mid-December 2026
2Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Vault #37

  • Band 1 · Environment · California
$225,000+Nov 2, 2026
3Alston & Bird LLP

Vault #58

  • Band 1 · Environment · California
$225,000+Nov 1, 2026
4Latham & Watkins LLP

Vault #4

  • Band 2 · Environment · California
$225,000+Nov 1, 2026Deadline Jan 29, 2027
5Holland & Knight LLP

Vault #48

  • Band 2 · Environment · California
$225,000+See the job board
6Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Vault #8

  • Band 3 · Environment · California
$225,000+Nov 2, 2026Deadline Feb 5, 2027
7Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

Vault #24

  • Band 3 · Environment · California
$255,000+Expected early January 2027
8Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Vault #30

  • Band 3 · Environment · California
$225,000+Expected early January 2027
9King & Spalding LLP

Vault #36

  • Band 3 · Environment · California
$225,000+Expected early November 2026
10Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Vault #93

  • Band 3 · Environment · California
$225,000+See the job board
11Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Vault #32

  • Band 4 · Environment · California
$225,000+Expected early December 2026
12DLA Piper LLP (US)

Vault #42

  • Band 4 · Environment · California
$225,000+Expected early January 2027
13Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Vault #57

  • Band 4 · Environment · California
$235,000+Not announced
14Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Vault #60

  • Band 4 · Environment · California
$225,000+Oct 15, 2026
15Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Vault #66

  • Band 4 · Environment · California
$225,000+Not announced
16Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Vault #25

  • Band 5 · Environment · California
$225,000+Expected early November 2026

Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, California tables; Band 1 is the strongest, and a “Highly Regarded” band sits below every “Elite” band. Pay is each firm’s first-year base; summer dates come from each firm’s own page via the BigLaw job board. How rankings work

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