Best Law Firms in New York

Location, location, location. These rankings reveal the best law firms by region across the U.S.
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2015 Rank	2014 Rank	Change	Company	Score	Location
1	1	—	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	9.38	New York, NY
2	2	—	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	9.05	New York, NY
3	3	—	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	8.81	New York, NY
4	4	—	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	8.70	New York, NY
5	5	—	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates	8.55	New York, NY
6	6	—	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	8.31	New York, NY
7	7	—	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	8.15	New York, NY
8	9	▲	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	7.91	New York, NY
9	10	▲	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	7.88	New York, NY
10	8	▼	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	7.82	New York, NY
11	11	—	Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP	7.48	New York, NY
12	14	▲	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP	7.16	Los Angeles, CA
13	12	▼	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	7.13	Chicago, IL
14	13	▼	Latham & Watkins LLP	7.12	New York, NY
15	16	▲	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	6.94	Los Angeles, CA
16	15	▼	White & Case LLP	6.65	New York, NY
17	17	—	Shearman & Sterling LLP	6.49	New York, NY
18	18	—	Sidley Austin LLP	6.41	Chicago, IL
19	18	▼	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	6.35	New York, NY
20	19	▼	Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP	6.24	New York, NY
21	24	▲	Ropes & Gray LLP	6.22	Boston, MA
22	20	▼	Proskauer Rose LLP	6.21	New York, NY
23	22	▼	Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP	6.14	New York, NY
24	21	▼	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP	6.11	New York, NY
25	23	▼	Covington & Burling LLP	6.08	Washington, DC
26	25	▼	WilmerHale	6.04	Washington, DC
27	29	▲	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP	5.88	New York, NY
27	28	▲	Paul Hastings LLP	5.88	New York, NY
28	27	▼	Morrison & Foerster LLP	5.82	San Francisco, CA
29	26	▼	Clifford Chance US LLP	5.75	New York, NY