List of law firms by profits per partner

List of American law firms by profits per partner (PPP)

2012 Rank by Profits Per Partner^[1]

RANK BY PPP	FIRM	2012 PPP
1	Wachtell 79 equity partners, 64% profit margin	$4,975,000
2	Quinn Emanuel 121 equity partners, 63% profit margin	$4,435,000
3	Cahill 59 equity partners, 60% profit margin	$3,555,000
4	Sullivan & Cromwell 170 equity partners, 49% profit margin	$3,450,000
5	Cravath 83 equity partners, 47% profit margin	$3,435,000
6	Paul Weiss 129 equity partners, 49% profit margin	$3,350,000
7	Kirkland 325 equity partners, 55% profit margin	$3,250,000
8	Gibson Dunn 281 equity partners, 61% profit margin	$2,810,000
9	Boies Schiller 44 equity partners, 37% profit margin	$2,725,000
10	Cleary 193 equity partners, 46% profit margin	$2,685,000
11	Simpson Thacher 186 equity partners, 50% profit margin	$2,665,000
12	Cadwalader 55 equity partners, 31% profit margin	$2,650,000
13	Skadden 405 equity partners, 48% profit margin	$2,615,000
14	Davis Polk 159 equity partners, 41% profit margin	$2,455,000
15	Milbank 138 equity partners, 51% profit margin	$2,445,000
16	Latham 441 equity partners, 48% profit margin	$2,440,000
17	Weil 195 equity partners, 35% profit margin	$2,230,000
18	Schulte 84 equity partners, 48% profit margin	$2,105,000
19	Dechert 151 equity partners, 44% profit margin	$2,100,000
20	Paul Hastings 198 equity partners, 45% profit margin	$2,080,000
21	Debevoise 143 equity partners, 44% profit margin	$2,075,000
22	Willkie 133 equity partners, 52% profit margin	$2,070,000
23	O'Melveny 182 equity partners, 46% profit margin	$2,060,000
24	King & Spalding 170 equity partners, 41% profit margin	$1,985,000
25	Proskauer 165 equity partners, 41% profit margin	$1,850,000
26	Sidley 284 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$1,800,000
27	Hughes Hubbard 72 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$1,730,000
28	Alston 143 equity partners, 36% profit margin	$1,715,000
29	White & Case 278 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$1,700,000
30	Bingham 167 equity partners, 32% profit margin	$1,690,000
31	Kramer Levin 70 equity partners, 37% profit margin	$1,675,000
32	Wilson Sonsini 118 equity partners, 36% profit margin	$1,645,000
33	Orrick 124 equity partners, 23% profit margin	$1,630,000
34	Ropes 271 equity partners, 45% profit margin	$1,585,000
35	Morgan Lewis 360 equity partners, 45% profit margin	$1,550,000
36	Akin 174 equity partners, 35% profit margin	$1,540,000
37	Shearman 158 equity partners, 32% profit margin	$1,520,000
38	Goodwin Procter 193 equity partners, 41% profit margin	$1,515,000
39	Fragomen 59 equity partners, 26% profit margin	$1,505,000
40	Cooley 163 equity partners, 39% profit margin	$1,495,000
41	Jenner 110 equity partners, 42% profit margin	$1,490,000
41	Winston 178 equity partners, 35% profit margin	$1,490,000
43	Fish 103 equity partners, 38% profit margin	$1,485,000
44	Morrison & Foerster 265 equity partners, 39% profit margin	$1,470,000
44	Vinson 164 equity partners, 41% profit margin	$1,470,000
46	McDermott 190 equity partners, 33% profit margin	$1,460,000
46	Wilmer 296 equity partners, 40% profit margin	$1,460,000
48	Bracewell 88 equity partners, 39% profit margin	$1,450,000
49	Arnold & Porter 248 equity partners, 48% profit margin	$1,425,000
50	Baker Botts 183 equity partners, 43% profit margin	$1,360,000
50	Greenberg Traurig 300 equity partners, 33% profit margin	$1,360,000
52	Kaye Scholer 124 equity partners, 42% profit margin	$1,355,000
53	Fried Frank 134 equity partners, 40% profit margin	$1,315,000
54	DLA (verein) 462 equity partners, 25% profit margin	$1,310,000
54	Katten 146 equity partners, 39% profit margin	$1,310,000
56	Covington 238 equity partners, 46% profit margin	$1,265,000
56	Sheppard Mullin 98 equity partners, 28% profit margin	$1,265,000
58	Williams & Connolly 113 equity partners, 43% profit margin	$1,255,000
59	Finnegan Henderson 104 equity partners, 35% profit margin	$1,160,000
60	Mayer Brown 264 equity partners, 28% profit margin	$1,150,000
61	Pillsbury 163 equity partners, 32% profit margin	$1,100,000
62	Hogan Lovells (verein) 513 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$1,095,000
63	Baker & McKenzie (verein) 725 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$1,090,000
64	Reed Smith 300 equity partners, 32% profit margin	$1,080,000
65	Locke Lord 151 equity partners, 38% profit margin	$1,065,000
66	Dickson Minto 15 equity partners,	$1,060,000
67	Sutherland 98 equity partners, 33% profit margin	$1,045,000
68	Perkins Coie 165 equity partners, 28% profit margin	$1,015,000
69	Steptoe 148 equity partners, 40% profit margin	$980,000
70	Foley & Lardner 164 equity partners, 24% profit margin	$955,000
71	Holland & Knight 173 equity partners, 27% profit margin	$950,000
72	McGuireWoods 186 equity partners, 29% profit margin	$945,000
73	Baker & Hostetler 147 equity partners, 27% profit margin	$930,000
74	McKenna 97 equity partners, 26% profit margin	$930,000
75	Crowell 101 equity partners, 27% profit margin	$925,000
76	Jones Day 859 equity partners, 46% profit margin	$915,000
77	Seyfarth 194 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$910,000
78	K&L Gates 253 equity partners, 21% profit margin	$900,000
79	Shook 120 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$900,000
80	Duane Morris 127 equity partners, 26% profit margin	$875,000
81	Kilpatrick Townsend 160 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$860,000
82	Pepper Hamilton 157 equity partners, 37% profit margin	$845,000
83	Venable 159 equity partners, 36% profit margin	$845,000
84	Hunton 226 equity partners, 33% profit margin	$825,000
85	Squire Sanders (verein) 132 equity partners, 14% profit margin	$800,000
86	Dentons (verein) 198 equity partners, 22% profit margin	$785,000
87	NortonRoseFulbright 314 equity partners, 42% profit margin	$780,000
88	Haynes and Boone 137 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$775,000
89	Nixon Peabody 166 equity partners, 29% profit margin	$775,000
90	Blank Rome 140 equity partners, 32% profit margin	$750,000
91	Bryan Cave 222 equity partners, 27% profit margin	$745,000
92	Patton Boggs 105 equity partners, 24% profit margin	$735,000
93	Lewis Brisbois 91 equity partners, 19% profit margin	$720,000
94	Drinker 188 equity partners, 34% profit margin	$715,000
95	Faegre 252 equity partners, 40% profit margin	$700,000
96	Troutman 190 equity partners, 36% profit margin	$700,000
97	Edwards Wildman 69 equity partners, 14% profit margin	$685,000
98	Jackson Lewis 206 equity partners, 35% profit margin	$605,000
99	Ogletree 136 equity partners, 23% profit margin	$535,000
100	Dorsey 218 equity partners, 36% profit margin	$515,000

2010 rank by PPP (top 10)

Rank by PPP	Name	Equity partners	Profit Margin	2010 PPP	Change in PPP from 2009
1	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	84	63%	$4,343,000	−0.2%
2	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	94	62%	$3,620,000	15.7%
3	Sullivan & Cromwell	166	50%	$3,250,000	9.1%
4	Cahill Gordon & Reindel	61	61%	$3,230,000	27.4%
5	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	87	47%	$3,170,000	16.8%
6	Kirkland & Ellis	280	53%	$3,075,000	23.2%
7	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	121	49%	$3,050,000	15.3%
8	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	177	51%	$2,640,000	9.3%
9	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	191	47%	$2,605,000	18.4%
10	Boies, Schiller & Flexner	41	34%	$2,560,000	−11.1%

See also

• List of 100 largest law firms (2015)
• List of largest Chinese law firms (2014)
• List of largest UK law firms (2015)

References

1. American Lawyer Magazine, AmLaw 100 2013 http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202489912232&The_2013_Am_Law_100&slreturn=20130807145226