Pro Bono Report::National (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: A = Austin, CM = Costa Mesa, D = Dallas, FW = Fort Worth,
H = Houston, I = Irvine, LA = Los Angeles, NB = Newport Beach, P = Portland, R = Riverside, S = Seattle, SA = San Antonio,
SD = San Diego, SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| Firm |
Market | Associate
participation rate |
Partner
participation rate |
Minimum hours |
Average hours |
|
| Shearman & Sterling | NYC | 100% | 78% | 25 | 91 |
| Jenner & Block | Chicago | 100% | 73% | 50 | 210 |
| Troutman Sanders | NYC | 100% | 70% | 50 | 39 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Phil | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | DC | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Karr Tuttle Campbell (S) | NW | 100% | 100% | * | * |
| Blank Rome | NYC | 100% | 59% | * | * |
| Sutherland Asbill | Atlanta | 100% | 76% | 50 | 82 |
| Patterson | NYC | 100% | 100% | * | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | NorCal | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Troutman Sanders | Atlanta | 100% | 70% | * | 39 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | NYC | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Blank Rome | Phil | 100% | 72% | * | * |
| Sutherland Asbill | DC | 100% | 56% | 50 | 100 |
| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (LA) | SoCal | 99% | 77% | * | 109 |
| Dla Piper Us | NYC | 98% | 92% | 60 | * |
| Dla Piper Us (SD) | SoCal | 98% | 92% | 60 | * |
| Dla Piper Us (SV) | NorCal | 98% | 92% | 60 | * |
| Dla Piper Us | DC | 98% | 92% | 60 | * |
| Dla Piper Us | Chicago | 98% | 92% | 60 | * |
| Dla Piper Us | Boston | 98% | 92% | 60 | * |
| Skadden, Arps | DC | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | Chicago | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | NYC | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps (LA) | SoCal | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | Boston | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Patton Boggs | DC | 95% | 61% | 100 | 175 |
| Goodwin Procter | DC | 95% | 84% | * | * |
| Dewey & Leboeuf | DC | 95% | 50% | 50 | 156 |
| Patton Boggs (D) | Texas | 95% | 61% | 100 | 175 |
| Steptoe & Johnson | DC | 95% | 78% | * | 116 |
| Dewey & Leboeuf | NYC | 95% | 50% | 50 | 156 |
| Howrey | DC | 94% | 39% | * | * |
| Winston & Strawn | Chicago | 93% | 45% | 35 | * |
| Covington & Burling | DC | 93% | 74% | * | 150 |
| Winston & Strawn | NYC | 93% | 45% | 35 | * |
| Covington & Burling | NYC | 93% | 74% | * | 150 |
| Winston & Strawn | DC | 93% | 45% | 35 | * |
| Arnall Golden Gregory | Atlanta | 91% | 32% | * | * |
| Davis Wright Tremaine (S) | NW | 90% | 72% | 8 | 63 |
| Mayer Brown | Chicago | 90% | 53% | 60 | * |
| Nixon Peabody | NYC | 90% | 47% | 60 | 63 |
| Reed Smith | Phil | 90% | 70% | 60 | 128 |
| Davis Wright Tremaine (P) | NW | 90% | 72% | 8 | * |
| Nixon Peabody | DC | 90% | 47% | 60 | 63 |
| Nixon Peabody | Boston | 90% | 47% | 60 | 63 |
| Ballard Spahr | Phil | 89% | 68% | 50 | * |
| Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago | 89% | 50% | * | 64 |
| Hunton & Williams | DC | 89% | 77% | 50 | 63 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | Atlanta | 89% | 50% | * | 64 |
| Hunton & Williams | Atlanta | 89% | 77% | 50 | 63 |
| Foley & Lardner | Chicago | 89% | 81% | * | 72 |
| Foley & Lardner | Boston | 89% | 81% | * | 72 |
| Seyfarth Shaw (LA) | SoCal | 89% | 50% | * | 64 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | Boston | 89% | 50% | * | 64 |
| Crowell & Moring | DC | 89% | 48% | 50 | 80 |
| Hunton & Williams | Miami | 89% | 77% | 50 | 63 |
| Dorsey & Whitney (S) | NW | 89% | 47% | * | * |
| Foley & Lardner | DC | 89% | 81% | * | 72 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (LA) | SoCal | 89% | 77% | * | 115 |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman | NYC | 87% | 45% | 40 | * |
| Dechert | Phil | 87% | 78% | 25 | * |
| Hogan & Hartson | DC | 87% | 89% | 20 | 93 |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman | Chicago | 87% | 45% | 40 | * |
| Dechert | NYC | 87% | 78% | 25 | * |
| Reed Smith | NYC | 86% | 55% | 60 | 64 |
| Alston & Bird | Atlanta | 86% | 78% | * | 45 |
| Garvey Schubert Barer (S) | NW | 86% | 80% | 5 | 103 |
| Arent Fox | DC | 86% | 57% | * | 80 |
| Alston & Bird | DC | 86% | 78% | * | 45 |
| Alston & Bird | NYC | 86% | 78% | * | * |
| Sonnenschein Nath | NYC | 85% | 78% | 50 | * |
| Goodwin Procter | Boston | 85% | 66% | * | * |
| Sonnenschein Nath | Chicago | 85% | 78% | 50 | * |
| Cleary Gottlieb | DC | 85% | 36% | * | 111 |
| Proskauer Rose | Boston | 84% | 65% | 50 | * |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | NYC | 84% | 56% | 25 | * |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | NorCal | 84% | 56% | 25 | * |
| Proskauer Rose | NYC | 84% | 65% | 50 | * |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | NorCal | 84% | 56% | 25 | * |
| Reed Smith | Chicago | 84% | 41% | 60 | 107 |
| Carter Ledyard & Milburn | NYC | 83% | 69% | * | * |
| Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | 83% | 35% | 20 | 152 |
| Mayer Brown | NYC | 83% | 29% | 60 | * |
| Cleary Gottlieb | NYC | 83% | 45% | * | 126 |
| Venable Llp - Baltimore | DC | 83% | 59% | 50 | 53 |
| Foley Hoag | Boston | 83% | 71% | * | 110 |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | NYC | 82% | 86% | 50 | 96 |
| Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | NorCal | 82% | 59% | * | 160 |
| Carlton Fields | Miami | 82% | 69% | * | * |
| O'Melveny & Myers | DC | 81% | 71% | 50 | * |
| O'Melveny & Myers | NYC | 81% | 71% | 50 | 128 |
| Tonkon Torp (P) | NW | 81% | 56% | 50 | 50 |
| O'Melveny & Myers (SF) | NorCal | 81% | 71% | * | 128 |
| O'Melveny & Myers (LA) | SoCal | 81% | 71% | 50 | 128 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | DC | 80% | 63% | * | 122 |
| White & Case | NYC | 79% | 34% | * | 121 |
| Jackson Walker (D) | Texas | 79% | 48% | * | * |
| Kaye Scholer | NYC | 79% | 30% | * | 116 |
| Akin Gump | NYC | 78% | 58% | 60 | 115 |
| Vinson & Elkins (H) | Texas | 78% | 41% | * | 47 |
| Schiff Hardin | Chicago | 78% | 49% | * | * |
| Akin Gump | DC | 78% | 58% | 60 | 115 |
| Vinson & Elkins (D) | Texas | 78% | 41% | * | 47 |
| Akin Gump (D) | Texas | 78% | 58% | 60 | 115 |
| Mayer Brown | DC | 78% | 57% | 60 | * |
| Holland & Knight | NYC | 77% | 49% | 50 | * |
| Holland & Knight | Chicago | 77% | 49% | 50 | * |
| Holland & Knight | DC | 77% | 49% | 50 | * |
| Holland & Knight | Miami | 77% | 49% | 50 | * |
| Holland & Knight | Boston | 77% | 49% | 50 | * |
| Lane Powell (S) | NW | 76% | 76% | 100 | 49 |
| Locke Lord | Chicago | 76% | 31% | * | 33 |
| Locke Lord (D) | Texas | 76% | 31% | * | 33 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | NYC | 76% | 53% | * | 114 |
| Arnold & Porter | DC | 76% | 82% | * | * |
| Locke Lord (H) | Texas | 76% | 31% | * | 33 |
| Wiley Rein | DC | 76% | 38% | 50 | 49 |
| Miller Nash (P) | NW | 75% | 48% | 120 | * |
| Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg | Chicago | 75% | 44% | * | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | NYC | 73% | 46% | 60 | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | DC | 73% | 46% | 60 | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | Boston | 73% | 46% | 60 | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | Chicago | 73% | 46% | 60 | * |
| Womble Carlyle | Atlanta | 73% | 49% | 54 | * |
| Dickstein Shapiro | DC | 72% | 48% | 50 | 99 |
| Chadbourne & Parke | NYC | 72% | 35% | 20 | * |
| Edwards Angell | Boston | 71% | 39% | 60 | 32 |
| Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | NYC | 71% | 28% | 50 | 62 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | NYC | 69% | 33% | 20 | 117 |
| Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt (P) | NW | 69% | 58% | 50 | 21 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | NYC | 69% | 36% | * | * |
| King & Spalding | NYC | 68% | 32% | * | * |
| King & Spalding | DC | 68% | 32% | * | * |
| King & Spalding | Atlanta | 68% | 32% | * | * |
| Mintz, Levin | Boston | 68% | 39% | * | * |
| Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (P) | NW | 67% | 34% | 50 | * |
| Sidley Austin (LA) | SoCal | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Sidley Austin | NYC | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (S) | NW | 67% | 34% | 50 | * |
| Thompson & Knight (D) | Texas | 67% | 25% | * | * |
| Sidley Austin | DC | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Sidley Austin | Chicago | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Finnegan, Henderson | DC | 67% | 40% | * | * |
| Wilmerhale | DC | 66% | 72% | * | 168 |
| Fried, Frank | NYC | 66% | 52% | 50 | 69 |
| Wilmerhale | Boston | 66% | 72% | * | 168 |
| Wilmerhale | NYC | 66% | 72% | * | 168 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | DC | 66% | 39% | 20 | 146 |
| Morrison & Foerster (SF) | NorCal | 64% | 38% | 50 | * |
| Morrison & Foerster | NYC | 64% | 38% | 50 | * |
| Morrison & Foerster (SV) | NorCal | 64% | 38% | 50 | * |
| Morrison & Foerster (LA) | SoCal | 64% | 38% | 50 | * |
| Howard Rice (SF) | NorCal | 63% | 21% | 50 | * |
| Pillsbury Winthrop | DC | 62% | 30% | 20 | 62 |
| Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | NorCal | 62% | 30% | 20 | 62 |
| Pillsbury Winthrop | NYC | 62% | 30% | 20 | 62 |
| K&L Gates (S) | NW | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates | Boston | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| Bell, Boyd & Lloyd | Chicago | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates | DC | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates (D) | Texas | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| Stoel Rives (S) | NW | 60% | 23% | * | 31 |
| Stoel Rives (P) | NW | 60% | 23% | * | 31 |
| Bryan Cave | NYC | 59% | 67% | 50 | 45 |
| Gardere Wynne Sewell (D) | Texas | 59% | 31% | * | 30 |
| Haynes And Boone (D) | Texas | 57% | 35% | * | * |
| Ropes & Gray | NYC | 57% | 24% | * | * |
| Haynes And Boone (H) | Texas | 57% | 35% | * | * |
| Kramer Levin | NYC | 57% | 36% | * | * |
| White & Case | DC | 57% | 3% | * | 84 |
| Ropes & Gray | Boston | 57% | 24% | * | * |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel | NYC | 55% | 39% | * | 34 |
| Simpson Thacher | NYC | 53% | 38% | * | * |
| Baker Botts (H) | Texas | 51% | 17% | 60 | 74 |
| Wilson Sonsini (SV) | NorCal | 51% | 20% | 50 | 60 |
| Baker Botts | DC | 51% | 17% | 60 | 74 |
| Baker Botts (D) | Texas | 51% | 17% | 60 | 74 |
| Foster Pepper (S) | NW | 50% | 46% | 30 | * |
| Sheppard, Mullin (LA) | SoCal | 49% | 40% | 50 | 32 |
| Mcguirewoods | Chicago | 48% | 21% | * | 26 |
| Paul, Weiss | NYC | 48% | 46% | * | * |
| Mckenna Long & Aldridge | DC | 47% | 41% | * | 48 |
| Clark, Thomas, & Winters (A) | Texas | 47% | 37% | * | 31 |
| Mckenna Long & Aldridge | Atlanta | 47% | 41% | * | 48 |
| Loeb & Loeb (LA) | SoCal | 46% | 21% | * | * |
| Jones Day | DC | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| Jones Day (LA) | SoCal | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| Jones Day | Chicago | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| Loeb & Loeb | NYC | 46% | 21% | * | * |
| Jones Day | Atlanta | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| Jones Day | NYC | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| Jones Day (D) | Texas | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| Bullivant Houser Bailey (P) | NW | 44% | 26% | * | * |
| Fox Rothschild | Phil | 42% | 30% | * | * |
| White & Case | Miami | 42% | 28% | * | 101 |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore | NYC | 40% | 62% | * | 78 |
| Seward & Kissel | NYC | 40% | 30% | * | 18 |
| Fish & Richardson | Boston | 37% | 24% | 50 | * |
| Herrick, Feinstein | NYC | 28% | 7% | * | * |
| Wachtell, Lipton | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Epstein Becker & Green | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins (SV) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski (D) | Texas | * | * | * | * |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Akerman Senterfitt | Miami | * | * | 50 | * |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Parker, Hudson | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins (SD) | SoCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Curtis, Mallet-prevost | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Dow Lohnes | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Kilpatrick Stockton | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Vedder Price | Chicago | * | * | 35 | * |
| Latham & Watkins (LA) | SoCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Morris, Manning & Martin | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Baker & Mckenzie (SF) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Fragomen, Del Rey | NYC | * | * | 20 | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | NorCal | * | * | * | * |
| Kelley Drye & Warren | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Baker & Mckenzie | NYC | * | * | 60 | * |
| Boies, Schiller & Flexner | DC | * | * | * | 141 |
| Williams & Connolly | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Clifford Chance Us | NYC | * | * | 50 | * |
| Klarquist Sparkman (P) | NW | * | * | * | * |
| Nutter, Mcclennen & Fish | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Stearns Weaver | Miami | * | * | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | DC | * | * | 25 | * |
| Wildman, Harrold | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Andrews Kurth (H) | Texas | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Christensen, Glaser (LA) | SoCal | * | * | * | * |
| Riddell Williams (S) | NW | * | * | * | * |
| Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Nelson Mullins | Atlanta | * | * | 45 | * |
| Sughrue Mion, P | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | NorCal | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins | DC | * | * | 60 | * |
| Moses & Singer | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski (H) | Texas | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins (SF) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Pryor Cashman | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Miami | * | * | * | * |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Phil | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins | NYC | * | * | 60 | * |
| Fried, Frank | DC | * | * | 50 | * |
| Buchanan Ingersoll | Phil | * | * | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Kelley Drye & Warren | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Ungaretti & Harris | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins | Chicago | * | * | 60 | * |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Hughes Hubbard & Reed | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Baker & Mckenzie | Chicago | * | * | 60 | * |
| Bracewell & Giuliani (H) | Texas | * | * | 150 | * |
| Goulston & Storrs | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Williams Kastner (S) | NW | * | * | * | * |
| Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Goodwin Procter | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Schnader Harrison | Phil | * | * | * | * |
| Rutan & Tucker (CM) | SoCal | * | * | * | * |
| Swift, Currie | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Milbank, Tweed | NYC | * | * | 20 | * |
| Fitzpatrick, Cella | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Linklaters | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Choate, Hall & Stewart | Boston | * | * | * | 106 |
| Hogan & Hartson | NYC | * | * | 20 | * |
| Paul, Hastings (LA) | SoCal | * | * | * | * |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | NYC | * | * | * | 85 |
| Bilzin Sumberg | Miami | * | * | * | 19 |
This chart reports pro bono participation rates and hours for associates at all law offices.
An asterisk indicates that the firm did not provide this information. We treated missing data as if it were zero.
The chart includes all firms with 0 attorneys in their National offices. See
How We Did This for more on our data gathering process.
Bold denotes the most prestigious law firms in the country, according to vault's 2007 regional rankings