America's Best Corporate Lawyers 2003
from July/August 2003
In our third annual survey, 2,000 board members identified the law firms they most admire, nationally and in 50 metropolitan areas. The 20 national champions are ranked below. A look at some attorneys who have done noteworthy work behind the scenes -the human faces of corporate law - follows. The report on which firms won most-admired status city by city begins on page 44.
The Top 20 Firms
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Last Years Rank
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| 1. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom , New York |
1
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| 2. Cravath Swaine & Moore , New York |
2
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| 3. Sullivan & Cromwell , New York |
3
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| 4. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz , New York |
4
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| 5. Jones Day , Cleveland |
6
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| 6. Baker & McKenzie , Chicago |
7
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| 7. Davis Polk & Wardwell , New York |
5
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| 8. Kirkland & Ellis , Chicago |
9
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| 9. Latham & Watkins , Los Angeles |
8
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| 10. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher , Los Angeles |
10
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| 11. Weil Gotshal & Manges , New York |
11
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12 (tie). Shearman & Sterling
,
New York
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati , Palo Alto |
13
15 |
| 14. O'Melveny & Myers , Los Angeles |
14
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| 15. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld , Dallas |
12
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| 16. Fulbright & Jaworski , Houston |
17
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| 17. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood , Chicago |
18
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18. Arnold & Porter
,
Washington, D.C.
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18
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| 19. Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison , New York |
16
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| 20. Covington & Burling , Washington, D.C. |
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