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Top BigLaw Firms for Privacy / Data Security

Advising on privacy laws, data breach response, compliance programs and privacy issues in deals and products. A fast-growing area. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 54 firms in our directory nationwide for privacy and data security, 11 of them in Band 1.

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Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Morrison & Foerster LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  2. 2.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  3. 3.Baker & Hostetler LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare; Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  4. 4.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  5. 5.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare; Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  6. 6.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation; Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  7. 7.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  8. 8.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation; Band 3 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  9. 9.Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  10. 10.Davis Wright Tremaine LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  11. 11.Polsinelli PCFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  12. 12.Ashurst Perkins Coie LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  13. 13.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security; Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  14. 14.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation; Band 3 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  15. 15.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare; Band 3 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  16. 16.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation; Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  17. 17.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare; Band 3 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  18. 18.Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.Band 2 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation; Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  19. 19.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  20. 20.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  21. 21.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.First-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  22. 22.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  23. 23.Venable LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 2 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  24. 24.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation; Band 4 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  25. 25.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare; Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  26. 26.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  27. 27.Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  28. 28.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  29. 29.Baker McKenzie LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  30. 30.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  31. 31.Boies Schiller Flexner LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
  32. 32.Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBand 3 · Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
  33. 33.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 (The Elite) · Privacy & Data Security
  34. 34.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  35. 35.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  36. 36.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  37. 37.Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  38. 38.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  39. 39.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  40. 40.Linklaters LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  41. 41.Fenwick & West LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  42. 42.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  43. 43.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  44. 44.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  45. 45.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  46. 46.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  47. 47.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  48. 48.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  49. 49.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  50. 50.Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  51. 51.Fox Rothschild LLPFirst-year base $205,000Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  52. 52.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  53. 53.Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security
  54. 54.Jackson Lewis P.C.Band 3 (Highly Regarded) · Privacy & Data Security

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Who tends to thrive

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  • Those who like rule-heavy advisory work
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