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Rank

Company

Job growth

What Makes it so great

U.S. employees

19

Arnold & Porter

–3%

Staffers get 12 weeks paid maternity leave and profit sharing of 7.5% of salary. The less you make, the less you pay for health-insurance premiums.

1,272

31

Alston & Bird

0%

Both the legal and nonlegal staff get super benefits, including 90 days of paid maternity leave, coverage of fertility treatments, and concierge services.

1,762

41

Bingham McCutchen

0%

They're proud of their elite grads: 72 from nearby Harvard Law, 24 from Yale, and 20 from Stanford. They all start at $160,000 a year.

1,652

55

Perkins Coie

6%

They value fun at this law firm. At 2007's Lawyerpalooza battle of the bands, the Perkins Coie rock & rollers brought down the house (and took home the top prize).

1,629

66

Nixon Peabody

9%

The law firm excels on policies for GLBT employees (a 100% rating from the Human Rights Campaign); it targets 3% of billable hours annually for pro bono work.

1,728