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Pro Bono Rank Firm (Am Law 200 Rank) Am Law Pro Bono Score Average Pro Bono Hours Per Lawyer % of Lawyers With More Than 20 Hours
1 Covington & Burling (63) 115.2 156.6 73.7
2 Patterson Belknap (159) 105.6 119.3 91.8
3 Jenner & Block (73) 104.9 127.5 82.4
4 Debevoise & Plimpton (38) 103.5 140.8 66.3
5 Arnold & Porter (51) 101.5 130.0 73.1
6 Holland & Hart (151) 97.3 104.7 89.9
7 Wilmer (14) 95.2 126.9 63.5
8 DLA Piper US1 (11) 92.2 89.0 95.4
9 Hogan & Hartson (23) 91.7 92.1 91.3
10 Hughes Hubbard (104) 84.1 95.4 72.8
11 Heller Ehrman (46) 82.1 102.6 61.5
11 Robins, Kaplan (130) 82.1 95.5 68.8
13 Weil, Gotshal (9) 80.8 91.0 70.6
14 Gibson, Dunn (20) 80.7 94.0 67.4
15 Sonnenschein (57) 78.5 85.8 71.2
16 Goulston & Storrs (193) 77.8 92.6 63.0
17 Shearman & Sterling (17) 77.4 77.2 77.6
18 Milbank, Tweed (42) 76.6 77.5 75.7
19 Steptoe & Johnson (79) 74.9 89.0 60.8
20 Latham & Watkins (2) 74.8 93.6 56.0
21 Kilpatrick Stockton (88) 72.3 58.7 85.9
22 Morgan, Lewis (12) 70.4 67.1 73.7
23 Howrey (58) 70.0 94.8 45.3
24 Foley Hoag (161) 69.8 84.2 55.5
25 Michael Best (182) 69.5 64.7 74.4
26 Orrick (28) 67.6 69.1 66.0
27 Cleary Gottlieb (19) 67.0 82.5 51.4
28 LeBoeuf, Lamb (45) 65.8 66.9 64.6
29 Patton Boggs (96) 65.5 72.8 58.3
30 Nelson Mullins (131) 63.4 68.3 58.6
31 Bingham McCutchen (26) 63.0 77.2 48.9
32 Simpson Thacher (21) 62.9 81.6 44.3
33 Faegre & Benson (98) 62.4 60.8 63.9
34 Morrison & Foerster (22) 61.7 76.1 47.3
35 Fried, Frank (53) 61.6 78.7 44.4
36 Hunton & Williams (41) 61.4 62.6 60.2
37 Sutherland Asbill (94) 60.4 66.1 54.7
38 Crowell & Moring (122) 60.3 65.2 55.5
38 Paul, Weiss (35) 60.3 76.5 44.0
40 O’Melveny & Myers (15) 59.4 72.9 45.9
41 Schiff Hardin (124) 59.3 71.4 47.1
42 Alston & Bird (55) 59.2 63.7 54.7
43 Cravath (40) 59.0 74.9 43.2
44 Munger, Tolles (127) 58.2 70.2 46.2
45 Manatt, Phelps (112) 57.4 59.5 55.3
46 Skadden (1) 56.9 68.5 45.4
47 Dewey Ballantine (62) 56.8 65.6 48.0
48 Fulbright & Jaworski (34) 56.4 61.5 51.3
49 Ballard Spahr (100) 54.5 58.2 50.7
50 Saul Ewing (177) 54.4 39.6 69.2
51 Kaye Scholer (59) 54.2 70.6 37.7
52 Arent Fox (139) 54.1 58.9 49.3
53 Chadbourne & Parke (97) 54.0 62.1 45.9
54 Davis Polk (29) 53.7 69.0 38.3
55 Goodwin Procter (47) 53.1 63.2 43.1
56 Kramer Levin (91) 53.0 64.4 41.7
57 Mintz, Levin (92) 52.8 61.2 44.4
58 McDermott Will (16) 52.6 52.8 52.5
59 Irell & Manella (116) 52.2 69.1 35.2
60 Lowenstein Sandler (151) 51.8 60.3 43.3
61 Winston & Strawn (33) 51.2 56.1 46.3
62 Dickstein Shapiro (82) 51.1 54.7 47.5
63 White & Case (6) 50.0 57.8 42.2
64 Holland & Knight (32) 49.9 50.3 49.4
65 Kirkland & Ellis (7) 49.3 63.1 35.5
66 Dorsey & Whitney (72) 49.2 49.6 48.7
67 Carlton Fields (188) 48.9 41.1 56.8
68 Dechert (24) 48.1 54.9 41.4
69 Proskauer Rose (44) 47.8 57.1 38.4
70 Pepper Hamilton (95) 47.6 46.4 48.8
71 Sidley Austin (5) 47.3 56.8 37.9
72 Preston Gates2 (115) 46.7 44.9 48.5
73 Cooley Godward3 (71) 46.1 50.6 41.5
74 Stroock & Stroock (84) 45.3 51.9 38.8
75 Quarles & Brady (123) 44.9 41.7 48.2
76 Gibbons (199) 43.5 62.3 24.6
77 Fenwick & West (141) 42.3 49.2 35.4
78 Reed Smith (30) 41.5 41.2 41.9
79 Davis Wright (121) 41.0 45.1 36.8
80 Ropes & Gray (31) 40.8 53.2 28.5
81 King & Spalding (36) 40.1 34.5 45.6
81 Sullivan & Cromwell (13) 40.1 43.8 36.4
83 Choate, Hall (162) 40.0 53.3 26.6
84 Cozen O’Connor (109) 39.7 32.9 46.5
85 Venable (87) 39.5 41.8 37.3
86 Drinker Biddle4 (99) 39.0 43.9 34.1
87 Cahill Gordon (92) 38.6 40.1 37.0
87 Willkie Farr (49) 38.6 42.1 35.1
89 Perkins Coie (69) 38.2 40.7 35.7
90 Vinson & Elkins (43) 37.7 39.8 35.7
91 Paul, Hastings (18) 37.6 41.1 34.1
92 Frost Brown (167) 36.7 32.9 40.4
93 Dykema Gossett (149) 36.4 29.8 43.1
94 Porter Wright (165) 36.3 43.5 29.1
95 Troutman Sanders (74) 35.9 30.3 41.5
96 Snell & Wilmer (113) 35.4 33.6 37.2
97 McCarter & English (120) 35.0 44.5 25.4
98 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart5 (50) 34.5 32.7 36.3
99 Bryan Cave (61) 34.4 35.3 33.4
100 Akin Gump (25) 34.3 35.4 33.3
101 Pillsbury Winthrop (37) 34.1 37.1 31.1
102 Jones Day (4) 34.0 39.7 28.2
103 Day, Berry6 (168) 33.6 28.3 39.0
103 Vorys, Sater (146) 33.6 49.3 17.8
105 Wilson Sonsini (56) 33.1 39.7 26.5
106 Mayer, Brown (8) 33.0 38.9 27.0
107 Shook, Hardy (82) 32.7 36.5 28.9
108 Baker Botts (48) 32.6 33.4 31.9
108 Nixon Peabody (65) 32.6 31.7 33.5
110 Powell Goldstein (168) 32.5 32.2 32.8
111 McKenna Long (107) 32.3 30.9 33.7
112 Thompson Coburn (173) 32.0 33.9 30.1
113 Wiley Rein (64) 31.9 34.7 29.1
114 Edwards Angell (75) 31.7 32.4 31.1
115 Buchanan Ingersoll7 (86) 31.4 37.7 25.1
116 Katten Muchin (60) 31.1 34.1 28.2
117 Womble Carlyle (89) 30.9 33.7 28.1
118 Baker & McKenzie (3) 29.9 34.7 25.1
119 Foley & Lardner (27) 29.8 26.5 33.0
119 Kelley Drye (111) 29.8 36.4 23.3
121 Bell, Boyd (176) 29.7 23.5 35.8
122 Gardner Carton8 (182) 29.4 25.7 33.1
123 Blank Rome (81) 29.2 25.6 32.7
124 Schulte Roth (68) 28.8 32.8 24.7
125 Squire, Sanders (54) 27.8 39.7 15.9
126 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost (196) 27.1 28.6 25.7
127 Wildman, Harrold (200) 26.8 25.4 28.2
128 Gardere Wynne (142) 26.2 12.5 39.8
128 Lord, Bissell (147) 26.2 28.9 23.4
130 Stoel Rives (143) 26.1 25.6 26.6
131 Thelen Reid9 (102) 25.8 27.6 24.0
132 Baker & Hostetler (77) 25.6 28.9 22.3
133 Haynes and Boone (105) 25.4 28.0 22.8
133 Thacher Proffitt (125) 25.4 28.2 22.6
135 Cadwalader (39) 25.1 26.0 24.2
136 Boies, Schiller (106) 24.6 30.1 19.1
137 McGuireWoods (67) 24.1 25.7 22.5
138 Bradley Arant (181) 23.4 21.4 25.4
139 Jackson Walker (157) 23.0 21.7 24.3
140 Barnes & Thornburg (134) 22.6 20.5 24.8
141 Quinn Emanuel (78) 21.5 20.1 22.9
142 Wolf, Block (145) 19.6 19.9 19.3
143 Husch & Eppenberger (175) 19.4 19.9 18.8
144 Brown Raysman9 (178) 19.1 17.8 20.4
145 Greenberg Traurig (10) 18.8 20.5 17.1
145 Seyfarth Shaw (66) 18.8 16.9 20.6
147 Duane Morris (70) 18.7 15.9 21.5
148 Thompson Hine (136) 18.4 17.4 19.3
149 Kasowitz, Benson (160) 17.8 21.2 14.4
149 Sheppard, Mullin (76) 17.8 16.5 19.1
151 Sedgwick, Detert (136) 17.6 19.5 15.6
152 Luce, Forward (193) 17.5 15.2 19.8
153 Finnegan, Henderson (85) 17.4 16.7 18.1
154 Chapman and Cutler (180) 17.0 15.1 18.8
155 Bracewell & Giuliani (119) 16.9 16.0 17.9
156 Baker, Donelson (128) 16.5 15.7 17.3
157 Baker & Daniels (172) 16.0 13.2 18.7
158 Moore & Van Allen (153) 15.9 12.2 19.7
159 Stinson Morrison10 (173) 15.0 21.3 8.7
160 McKee Nelson (118) 14.7 14.1 15.3
161 Miller, Canfield (154) 14.6 13.4 15.9
162 Loeb & Loeb (129) 14.5 14.8 14.1
162 Vedder, Price (154) 14.5 11.1 17.9
164 Andrews Kurth (103) 14.3 16.9 11.6
164 Blackwell Sanders (179) 14.3 14.5 14.1
166 Epstein Becker (126) 14.0 10.5 17.5
166 Townsend and Townsend (138) 14.0 14.3 13.7
168 Kenyon & Kenyon (164) 13.9 14.1 13.7
169 Locke Liddell (110) 13.8 11.3 16.2
169 Thompson & Knight (117) 13.8 10.9 16.8
171 Kutak Rock (156) 12.4 12.8 12.0
172 Ice Miller (187) 12.2 10.2 14.3
173 Fox Rothschild (148) 12.1 9.2 15.1
174 Williams Mullen (185) 11.4 10.3 12.6
175 Morris, Manning (198) 9.4 8.9 9.9
176 Stevens & Lee (184) 8.1 8.2 8.1
177 Fragomen, Del Rey (133) 7.5 5.6 9.4
178 Akerman Senterfitt (108) 7.3 6.5 8.1
178 Ogletree, Deakins (162) 7.3 6.4 8.2
180 Winstead (150) 6.6 5.9 7.4
181 Littler Mendelson (101) 6.2 5.9 6.5
182 Fish & Richardson (80) 5.5 4.7 6.3
183 Adams and Reese (186) 4.9 4.5 5.3
184 Fitzpatrick, Cella (195) 4.2 2.5 5.8
185 Hinshaw & Culbertson (143) 3.2 3.5 2.9
186 Jackson Lewis (131) 1.0 0.4 1.6
200 Allen Matkins (157) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Brown Rudnick (168) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Dinsmore & Shohl (191) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Dow, Lohnes (190) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Gordon & Rees (171) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Honigman Miller (166) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Jeffer, Mangels (188) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Jenkens & Gilchrist (140) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Knobbe, Martens (192) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Lathrop & Gage (197) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Lewis Brisbois (134) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Wachtell (52) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Williams & Connolly (113) 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Wilson Elser (90) 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 DLA Piper is structured as a set of alliances, so the results that are presented here and throughout the package are for the U.S. operation only.
2 Preston Gates & Ellis merged with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in January 2007 to form Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis.
3 Cooley Godward merged with Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in October 2006. Cooley’s results do not include Kronish’s pro bono work.
4 Drinker Biddle & Reath merged with Gardner Carton & Douglas in January 2007.
5 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart merged with Preston Gates & Ellis in January 2007 to form Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis.
6 Day, Berry & Howard merged with Pitney Hardin in January 2007 to form Day Pitney.
7 Buchanan Ingersoll merged with Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling in July 2006.
8 Gardner Carton & Douglas merged with Drinker Biddle & Reath in January 2007.
9 Thelen Reid & Priest merged with Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner in December 2006 to form Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner.
10 Stinson Morrison Hecker’s figures are based on calendar year 2006 because its fiscal year ended April 30, 2007, which was past our reporting deadline.