{"id":130425,"date":"2025-08-13T15:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/13\/the-am-law-a-list-ranking-the-most-elite-law-firms-in-america-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:30:49","slug":"the-am-law-a-list-ranking-the-most-elite-law-firms-in-america-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/13\/the-am-law-a-list-ranking-the-most-elite-law-firms-in-america-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Am Law A-List: Ranking The Most Elite Law Firms In America (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another day, another ranking for lawyers to ogle in a search for meaning as they attempt to get through the day\u2019s billables. Such is the life of a Biglaw attorney, always on the hunt for confirmation that\u00a0their<\/em>\u00a0firm is the\u00a0best<\/em>\u00a0firm, the one that\u2019s hitting all of its essential metrics year after year. If that sounds like you (and you might as well admit it, it probably does), then you should check out the latest offering from the American Lawyer, the annual A-List ranking.<\/p>\n

Are you unfamiliar with this ranking? Here are all of the metrics that it measures to determine which Biglaw firms are the best of the best:<\/p>\n

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[The A-List] recognizes firms based on a combination of factors, both financial and cultural: revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, associate satisfaction, racial diversity and gender diversity (the percentage of equity partners who are women), with RPL and pro bono given double weight. Each metric measures Am Law 200 firms\u2019 relative performance\u2014a firm\u2019s score in a given category is based on its ranking among all 200 firms. Each category, as well as the overall score, is based on a 100-point scale.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That said, the full top 20 firms and their scores are listed at the\u00a0American Lawyer<\/a>, but we\u2019ve listed the top 10 firms here to satiate your rankings cravings (with the firms\u2019 total scores noted parenthetically):<\/p>\n

1. Munger Tolles & Olson (96.1)<\/p>\n

2. Ropes & Gray (90.7)<\/p>\n

3. WilmerHale (89.2)<\/p>\n

4. Jenner & Block (88.5)<\/p>\n

5. Morgan Lewis (87.7)<\/p>\n

6. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (86.4)<\/p>\n

7. O\u2019Melveny & Myers (85.4)<\/p>\n

8. Orrick (84.9)<\/p>\n

9. Covington & Burling (83.9)<\/p>\n

9. Debevoise & Plimpton (83.9)<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all of the firms that made this year\u2019s Am Law A-List.<\/p>\n

The 2025 A-List: Top 20 Firms<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The Am Law A-List: Ranking The Most Elite Law Firms In America (2025)<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another day, another ranking for lawyers to ogle in a search for meaning as they attempt to get through the day\u2019s billables. Such is the life of a Biglaw attorney, always on the hunt for confirmation that\u00a0their<\/em>\u00a0firm is the\u00a0best<\/em>\u00a0firm, the one that\u2019s hitting all of its essential metrics year after year. If that sounds like you (and you might as well admit it, it probably does), then you should check out the latest offering from the American Lawyer, the annual A-List ranking.<\/p>\n

Are you unfamiliar with this ranking? Here are all of the metrics that it measures to determine which Biglaw firms are the best of the best:<\/p>\n

\n

[The A-List] recognizes firms based on a combination of factors, both financial and cultural: revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, associate satisfaction, racial diversity and gender diversity (the percentage of equity partners who are women), with RPL and pro bono given double weight. Each metric measures Am Law 200 firms\u2019 relative performance\u2014a firm\u2019s score in a given category is based on its ranking among all 200 firms. Each category, as well as the overall score, is based on a 100-point scale.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That said, the full top 20 firms and their scores are listed at the\u00a0American Lawyer<\/a>, but we\u2019ve listed the top 10 firms here to satiate your rankings cravings (with the firms\u2019 total scores noted parenthetically):<\/p>\n

1. Munger Tolles & Olson (96.1)<\/p>\n

2. Ropes & Gray (90.7)<\/p>\n

3. WilmerHale (89.2)<\/p>\n

4. Jenner & Block (88.5)<\/p>\n

5. Morgan Lewis (87.7)<\/p>\n

6. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (86.4)<\/p>\n

7. O\u2019Melveny & Myers (85.4)<\/p>\n

8. Orrick (84.9)<\/p>\n

9. Covington & Burling (83.9)<\/p>\n

9. Debevoise & Plimpton (83.9)<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all of the firms that made this year\u2019s Am Law A-List.<\/p>\n

The 2025 A-List: Top 20 Firms<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n

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\"Staci
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another day, another ranking for lawyers to ogle in a search for meaning as they attempt to get through the day\u2019s billables. Such is the life of a Biglaw attorney, always on the hunt for confirmation that\u00a0their\u00a0firm is the\u00a0best\u00a0firm, the one that\u2019s hitting all of its essential metrics year after year. If that sounds like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Staci-Zaretsky-SWvnrf.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}