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Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon has approximately 554 attorneys across 18 offices. Founded in 1889.

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2026 summer class; 100% reported offer rate

$2.3M

Am Law #93

$643.4M

Rank #93; 554 attorneys

Not reported: First-Year Comp, Partnership Track, Vault 100.

  • Fellowship / ScholarshipOpen

    1L Scholars Institute (Feb 17 to 19, 2027)

    Kansas City

    Opens

    Opened Sep 1

    Deadline

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About Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Shook, Hardy & Bacon's practice includes product liability, mass tort, and complex litigation, with work involving healthcare, technology, environmental issues, insurance, and intellectual property. Its disputes often require engagement with technical or scientific evidence. That relationship between legal advocacy and scientific subject matter is a recurring feature of its published services.

Its toxic tort and exposure practice provides a concrete example. Matters can involve alleged contamination of air, land, or water, claims of personal injury or property damage, and questions about class certification. The firm describes developing factual, legal, medical, and environmental evidence for use before judges and juries.

For students, the practice demonstrates how litigation can depend on understanding expert evidence and the methods supporting it. The work is not limited to legal doctrine: the technical record and the explanation of causation may be central to a case. Shook's service materials show those issues across several categories of business

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and product disputes.

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Vault Practice Rankings

Practice Strength by Market

Every band below appears on this firm’s Chambers USA 2026 profile, checked September 26, 2026. Where Chambers splits a table into The Elite and Highly Regarded, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm.

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PracticeMarketRecognition, 2026

Construction

Missouri

Band 1

E-Discovery & Information Governance

Nationwide

Band 1

Environment

Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds

Band 1

Insurance

Missouri

Band 1

Intellectual Property

Missouri

Band 1

Litigation: General Commercial

Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds

Band 1

Litigation: Product Liability

Florida

Band 1

Litigation: Product Liability

Missouri

Band 1

Litigation: Product Liability

Pennsylvania

Band 1

Product Liability & Mass TortsThe Elite

Nationwide

Band 1

Product Liability: Automobile

Nationwide

Band 1

Product Liability: Tobacco

Nationwide

Band 1

Environment

Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds

Band 2

Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

Illinois

Band 2

Privacy & Data Security: Litigation

Nationwide

Band 2

Transportation: Road (Automotive)

Nationwide

Band 2

Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation

Nationwide

Band 3

Labor & Employment

Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds

Band 3

Litigation: General CommercialThe Elite

Florida

Band 3

Litigation: General Commercial

Illinois

Band 3

Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer

Nationwide

Band 4

Intellectual Property

Washington

Band 4

Litigation: General Commercial

Connecticut

Band 4

Litigation: General Commercial

Texas: Houston & Surrounds

Band 5

Privacy & Data SecurityHighly Regarded

Nationwide

Band 1

Litigation: General CommercialHighly Regarded

Nationwide

Band 2

Litigation: General CommercialHighly Regarded

California

Band 3

Life Sciences / FDA

Nationwide

Listed practice

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Firm Highlights

Revenue
$643.4MAm Law #93Source
Revenue Per Lawyer
$1.2MSource
Profits Per Partner
$2.3MSource

Attorneys by role

Partners
262

Summer Program

Program features

Total Summer Associates
338 1Ls, 25 2Ls. Class of 2026Source
Program Length
10 weeksSource

Pro Bono

Average Hours Per Attorney
50.3 hoursAm Law pro bono rank #41

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