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April 28, 2006
The 2006 AmLaw 100
The AmLaw 100 for 2005 is out.
Here are two different slices of the Top Quartile:
By percentage growth in revenue 2005 vs. 2004 (I actually give you the top 27 since the first two are not meaningful):
| 2005 Rank | 2004 Rank | Firm | 2005 Gross Revenue | Change From 2004 |
| 10 | 25 | Piper Rudnick | $890,500,000 | – |
| 74 | 117 | Edwards Angell | $278,500,000 | – |
| 34 | 49 | Ropes & Gray | $558,000,000 | 37.90% |
| 53 | 67 | Goodwin Procter | $415,000,000 | 37.20% |
| 30 | 42 | Pillsbury Winthrop | $574,000,000 | 32.70% |
| 29 | 40 | Dechert | $577,000,000 | 30.70% |
| 80 | 102 | Dickstein Shapiro | $257,500,000 | 30.70% |
| 45 | 55 | Kirkpatrick & Lockhart | $469,000,000 | 25.90% |
| 51 | 60 | LeBoeuf, Lamb | $440,000,000 | 23.40% |
| 12 | 15 | Greenberg Traurig | $860,500,000 | 20.90% |
| 83 | 97 | Troutman Sanders | $249,000,000 | 20.60% |
| 89 | 103 | Kramer Levin | $232,000,000 | 18.40% |
| 97 | 107 | Sutherland Asbill | $222,000,000 | 18.40% |
| 2 | 3 | Latham & Watkins | $1,412,500,000 | 17.10% |
| 9 | 9 | Kirkland & Ellis | $970,000,000 | 16.20% |
| 42 | 46 | Cadwalader | $483,000,000 | 16.10% |
| 15 | 16 | O’Melveny & Myers | $808,000,000 | 15.90% |
| 22 | 24 | Morrison & Foerster | $687,000,000 | 15.90% |
| 75 | 78 | Thelen Reid | $278,000,000 | 15.80% |
| 41 | 43 | Milbank, Tweed | $496,000,000 | 14.90% |
| 81 | 88 | Wilson Elser | $255,000,000 | 14.90% |
| 47 | 51 | Proskauer Rose | $453,500,000 | 14.80% |
| 77 | 83 | Sheppard, Mullin | $264,000,000 | 14.80% |
| 35 | 33 | Orrick | $554,000,000 | 14.50% |
| 72 | 74 | Jenner & Block | $287,500,000 | 13.40% |
| 63 | 64 | Covington & Burling | $380,000,000 | 12.60% |
| 25 | 28 | Foley & Lardner | $610,500,000 | 12.50% |
And by number of lawyers:
| 2005 Rank | 2004 Rank | Firm | 2005 Gross Revenue | Change From 2004 | Lawyers |
| 3 | 2 | Baker & McKenzie | $1,352,000,000 | 10.10% | 2,984 |
| 4 | 4 | Jones Day | $1,285,000,000 | 8.00% | 2,136 |
| 6 | 6 | White & Case | $1,046,000,000 | 9.80% | 1,744 |
| 1 | 1 | Skadden | $1,610,000,000 | 11.80% | 1,616 |
| 2 | 3 | Latham & Watkins | $1,412,500,000 | 17.10% | 1,615 |
| 5 | 5 | Sidley Austin | $1,124,000,000 | 9.20% | 1,454 |
| 12 | 15 | Greenberg Traurig | $860,500,000 | 20.90% | 1,334 |
| 8 | 7 | Mayer, Brown | $980,000,000 | 7.60% | 1,307 |
| 10 | 25 | Piper Rudnick | $890,500,000 | – | 1,303 |
| 16 | 14 | Morgan, Lewis | $804,500,000 | 11.20% | 1,176 |
| 28 | 27 | Holland & Knight | $581,500,000 | 5.50% | 1,168 |
| 7 | 8 | Weil, Gotshal | $1,016,500,000 | 11.90% | 1,066 |
| 17 | 13 | McDermott Will | $799,500,000 | 7.30% | 1,034 |
| 9 | 9 | Kirkland & Ellis | $970,000,000 | 16.20% | 983 |
| 15 | 16 | O’Melveny & Myers | $808,000,000 | 15.90% | 977 |
| 14 | 12 | Wilmer Cutler | $815,000,000 | 8.60% | 964 |
| 21 | 20 | Hogan & Hartson | $700,000,000 | 11.10% | 953 |
| 22 | 24 | Morrison & Foerster | $687,000,000 | 15.90% | 935 |
| 33 | 31 | Reed Smith | $562,500,000 | 11.70% | 913 |
| 25 | 28 | Foley & Lardner | $610,500,000 | 12.50% | 892 |
| 23 | 22 | Paul, Hastings | $667,000,000 | 9.50% | 871 |
| 30 | 42 | Pillsbury Winthrop | $574,000,000 | 32.70% | 862 |
| 36 | 32 | Fulbright & Jaworski | $539,000,000 | 9.70% | 858 |
| 13 | 11 | Shearman & Sterling | $835,000,000 | 7.70% | 842 |
| 45 | 55 | Kirkpatrick & Lockhart | $469,000,000 | 25.90% | 837 |
Let the (analysis) games begin!
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