List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner


This is a list of American law firms by profits per partner in 2020.
Rank by PPPFirm2020 PPPEquity partnersProfit margin
1Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz$6,330,0008561%
2Kirkland & Ellis$5,195,00045056%
3Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison$4,699,00015352%
4Sullivan & Cromwell$4,653,00016452%
5Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan$4,556,00015757%
6Davis Polk & Wardwell$4,514,00016050%
7Simpson Thacher & Bartlett$4,417,00019152%
8Cravath, Swaine & Moore$4,414,0008547%
9Weil, Gotshal & Manges$4,028,00016845%
10Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom$3,919,00033450%
11Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy$3,874,00015857%
12Cahill Gordon & Reindel$3,836,0006463%
13Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson$3,790,00010451%
14Latham & Watkins$3,780,00051452%
15Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher$3,760,00032661%
16Debevoise & Plimpton$3,702,00013849%
17Paul Hastings$3,418,00018650%
18Boies, Schiller & Flexner$3,365,0005243%
19Willkie Farr & Gallagher$3,169,00014854%
20Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton$3,066,00018146%
21Schulte Roth & Zabel$3,045,0007650%
22Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft$3,009,0004630%
23Dechert$3,002,00015441%
24King & Spalding$3,000,00019043%
25Sidley Austin$2,820,00031338%
26Ropes & Gray$2,817,00025638%
27Vinson & Elkins$2,798,00012544%
28Proskauer Rose$2,750,00016946%
29Goodwin Procter$2,607,00023045%
30Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$2,599,00017941%
31White & Case$2,598,00033239%
32Cooley$2,535,00022843%
33Shearman & Sterling$2,460,00013534%
34Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati$2,420,00013835%
35Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy$2,345,0005920%
36O'Melveny & Myers$2,317,00017147%
37Winston & Strawn$2,314,00015034%
38WilmerHale$2,313,00024448%
39Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe$2,274,00011723%
40Alston & Bird$2,251,00015341%
41Fenwick & West$2,169,0008238%
42Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel$2,163,0006937%
43Morrison & Foerster$2,048,00018132%
44Fish & Richardson$2,027,0009943%
45McDermott Will & Emery$2,007,00020635%
46DLA Piper $1,951,00042226%
47Katten Muchin Rosenman$1,854,00013136%
48Mayer Brown$1,812,00027634%
49Greenberg Traurig$1,803,00031134%
50Covington & Burling$1,801,00030947%