The Top 46 Law Firms that Represent Corporate America
Incisive Media researched the Fortune 100 to find out which law firms they used in 2008 in each of the following practice areas:
- Corporate transactions
- Torts and negligence
- Commercial law and contracts litigation
- Employment and labor litigation
- Intellectual property.
The 46 law firms that were mentioned most often are listed below. The list organized by the largest companies can be found here. You can buy the entire list of who-counsels-whom from Incisive Media for $900.
| TOTAL MENTIONS | |
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| Firm | Number of Mentions |
| Morgan, Lewis | 24 |
| Littler Mendelson | 23 |
| Ogletree Deakins | 20 |
| Jones Day | 17 |
| K&L Gates | 17 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 17 |
| McGuireWoods | 17 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | 17 |
| King & Spalding | 16 |
| Foley & Lardner | 15 |
| Hunton & Williams | 15 |
| TORTS AND NEGLIGENCE | |
|---|---|
| Firm | Number of Mentions |
| Watkins & Eager | 7 |
| Baker, Donelson | 5 |
| King & Spalding | 5 |
| Barfield & Associates | 4 |
| Bryan Cave | 4 |
| Campbell Campbell | 4 |
| Forman Perry | 4 |
| Frost Brown | 4 |
| Miles & Stockbridge | 4 |
| Page, Mannino | 4 |
| Tucker Ellis | 4 |
| CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS | |
|---|---|
| Firm | Number of Mentions |
| Cleary Gottlieb | 11 |
| Wachtell | 11 |
| Hogan & Hartson | 8 |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | 8 |
| Blake, Cassels | 7 |
| Davis Polk | 7 |
| Allens Arthur | 6 |
| Baker & McKenzie | 6 |
| Jones Day | 6 |
| Pinhiero Neto | 6 |
| Skadden | 6 |
| Weil, Gotshal | 6 |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus | 5 |
| Simpson Thacher | 5 |
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | |
|---|---|
| Firm | Number of Mentions |
| Baker Botts | 9 |
| Fish & Richardson | 9 |
| Foley & Lardner | 9 |
| K&L Gates | 9 |
| Cantor Colburn | 8 |
| Alston & Bird | 7 |
| Howrey | 7 |
| King & Spalding | 7 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 7 |
| COMMERCIAL LAW AND CONTRACTS | |
|---|---|
| Firm | Number of Mentions |
| Reed Smith | 6 |
| Morgan, Lewis | 5 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 4 |
| Stein & Rotman | 4 |
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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT |
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Firm |
Number of Mentions |
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Littler Mendelson |
22 |
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Ogletree Deakins |
18 |
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Seyfarth Shaw |
15 |
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Morgan, Lewis |
13 |
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McGuireWoods |
10 |
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Jackson Lewis |
9 |
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Akin Gump |
6 |
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Hunton & Williams |
6 |
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Potter Minton |
8 |
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Foley & Lardner |
7 |
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Fulbright & Jaworski |
7 |
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Sidley Austin |
7 |
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(Corporate Counsel, August 2009) |
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