RANKING OF US LAW FIRMS LOBBYING EARNING PRACTICES

Source: The National Law Journal (2015) https://www.wilmerhale.com/uploadedFiles/Shared_Content/Editorial/News/Documents/2015-10-19-national-law-journal-the-influence-50.pdf

Some firms have redrawn and expanded in recent years their public-policy departments to comingle lobbyists, litigation and regulatory lawyers. In many firms influence work includes public-policy advocacy done by lawyers that is not disclosed to the US Federal Government. It includes a host of other activities including but not limited to strategic consulting, public relations, political intelligence, political law, state attorneys general counselling, grasstops and grassroots organzing and counseling clients on government investigations.

Ranking 2015

1. King & Spalding
2. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
3. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
4. K&L Gates
5. Covington & Burling
6. Hogan Lovells
7. Holland & Knight
8. Dentons
9. Manatt, Phelps & Philips
10. DLA Piper
11. Squire Patton Boggs
12. Alston Bird
13. Greenberg Traurig
14. McGuireWoods
15. McKenna, Long & Aldridge
16. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
17. McDermott Will & Emery
18. Venable
19. Arnold & Porter
20. Arent Fox
21. Wiley Rein
22. Steptoe & Johnson LLP
23. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
24. Polsinelli

There is a big spread between Number 1 and Number 24 in terms of generated earnings (from $ 117 million down to $ 11 million)