Associate Billable Hours::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 | Average billable hours |
Minimum billable hours |
|
| Clifford Chance Us | NYC | * | 50 |
| Karr Tuttle Campbell (S) | NW | * | 1400 |
| Reed Smith | Chicago | * | 1700 |
| Reed Smith | Phil | * | 1700 |
| Arnold & Porter | DC | * | 1800 |
| Hogan & Hartson | DC | * | 1800 |
| Moses & Singer | NYC | * | 1800 |
| Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks | Boston | * | 1800 |
| Miller Nash (P) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Davis Wright Tremaine (S) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Davis Wright Tremaine (P) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Stoel Rives (S) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Riddell Williams (S) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Stoel Rives (P) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Dunn Carney (P) | NW | * | 1800 |
| Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt (P) | NW | 1400 | 1800 |
| Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | NorCal | 1527 | 1800 |
| Troutman Sanders | Atlanta | 1595 | 1800 |
| Tonkon Torp (P) | NW | 1605 | 1800 |
| Garvey Schubert Barer (S) | NW | 1626 | 1800 |
| Foster Pepper (S) | NW | 1652 | 1800 |
| Womble Carlyle | Atlanta | 1771 | 1800 |
| Parker, Hudson | Atlanta | 1926 | 1800 |
| Wiley Rein | DC | 1964 | 1800 |
| Patterson | NYC | * | 1850 |
| Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (S) | NW | * | 1850 |
| Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | NorCal | * | 1850 |
| Fox Rothschild | Phil | * | 1850 |
| Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (P) | NW | * | 1850 |
| Bullivant Houser Bailey (P) | NW | * | 1850 |
| Pryor Cashman | NYC | * | 1850 |
| Nixon Peabody | Boston | * | 1850 |
| Lane Powell (S) | NW | * | 1850 |
| Dorsey & Whitney (S) | NW | * | 1850 |
| Foley & Lardner | Boston | 1527 | 1850 |
| Foley & Lardner | Chicago | 1653 | 1850 |
| Foley & Lardner | DC | 1701 | 1850 |
| Kelly Hart & Hallman (FW) | Texas | 1825 | 1880 |
| Holland & Knight | Boston | * | 1900 |
| Latham & Watkins (LA) | SoCal | * | 1900 |
| Akerman Senterfitt | Miami | * | 1900 |
| Latham & Watkins (SF) | NorCal | * | 1900 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago | * | 1900 |
| Sughrue Mion, P | DC | * | 1900 |
| Ballard Spahr | Phil | * | 1900 |
| Choate, Hall & Stewart | Boston | * | 1900 |
| Seyfarth Shaw (LA) | SoCal | * | 1900 |
| Latham & Watkins | NYC | * | 1900 |
| Fish & Richardson | Boston | * | 1900 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | Boston | * | 1900 |
| Holland & Knight | Chicago | * | 1900 |
| Bryan Cave | NYC | * | 1900 |
| Nutter, Mcclennen & Fish | Boston | * | 1900 |
| Holland & Knight | DC | * | 1900 |
| Holland & Knight | Miami | * | 1900 |
| Seyfarth Shaw | Atlanta | * | 1900 |
| Latham & Watkins (SD) | SoCal | * | 1900 |
| Latham & Watkins | DC | * | 1900 |
| Latham & Watkins | Chicago | * | 1900 |
| Cox Smith (SA) | Texas | 1584 | 1900 |
| Nelson Mullins | Atlanta | 1732 | 1900 |
| Arnall Golden Gregory | Atlanta | 1733 | 1900 |
| Mckenna Long & Aldridge | Atlanta | 1761 | 1900 |
| Mckenna Long & Aldridge | DC | 1761 | 1900 |
| Loeb & Loeb (LA) | SoCal | 1769 | 1900 |
| Loeb & Loeb | NYC | 1769 | 1900 |
| Crowell & Moring | DC | 1814 | 1900 |
| Thompson, Coe (D) | Texas | 1855 | 1900 |
| Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | NYC | 1900 | 1900 |
| Stradley Ronon | Phil | 1929 | 1900 |
| Finnegan, Henderson | DC | * | 1920 |
| Morris, Manning & Martin | Atlanta | 1732 | 1920 |
| Mintz, Levin | Boston | * | 1925 |
| Jackson Walker (D) | Texas | * | 1950 |
| Steptoe & Johnson | DC | * | 1950 |
| Kilpatrick Stockton | Atlanta | * | 1950 |
| Sutherland Asbill | DC | * | 1950 |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Chicago | * | 1950 |
| Pillsbury Winthrop | NYC | * | 1950 |
| Mcguirewoods | Chicago | * | 1950 |
| Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | NorCal | * | 1950 |
| Schnader Harrison | Phil | * | 1950 |
| Dechert | Phil | * | 1950 |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Phil | * | 1950 |
| Winstead (D) | Texas | * | 1950 |
| Pillsbury Winthrop | DC | * | 1950 |
| Edwards Angell | Boston | * | 1950 |
| Thompson & Knight (D) | Texas | * | 1950 |
| Sutherland Asbill | Atlanta | * | 1950 |
| Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | NorCal | * | 1950 |
| Epstein Becker & Green | NYC | * | 1950 |
| Goodwin Procter | NYC | 1485 | 1950 |
| Goodwin Procter | Boston | 1615 | 1950 |
| Arent Fox | DC | 1725 | 1950 |
| Ungaretti & Harris | Chicago | 1731 | 1950 |
| Wildman, Harrold | Chicago | 1742 | 1950 |
| Buchanan Ingersoll | Phil | 1746 | 1950 |
| Sheppard, Mullin (LA) | SoCal | 1749 | 1950 |
| Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | NorCal | 1791 | 1950 |
| Carlton Fields | Miami | 1798 | 1950 |
| Rutan & Tucker (CM) | SoCal | 1866 | 1950 |
| Patton Boggs | DC | 1909 | 1950 |
| Dickstein Shapiro | DC | 1983 | 1950 |
| Patton Boggs (D) | Texas | 2014 | 1950 |
| Hogan & Hartson | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman | Chicago | * | 2000 |
| Kelley Drye & Warren | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Mayer Brown | DC | * | 2000 |
| Locke Lord | Chicago | * | 2000 |
| Kelley Drye & Warren | DC | * | 2000 |
| Kaye Scholer | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Baker & Mckenzie | Chicago | * | 2000 |
| Dechert | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Jenner & Block | Chicago | * | 2000 |
| Dewey & Leboeuf | DC | * | 2000 |
| Baker & Mckenzie | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Dewey & Leboeuf | NYC | * | 2000 |
| Locke Lord (D) | Texas | * | 2000 |
| Schiff Hardin | Chicago | * | 2000 |
| Bracewell & Giuliani (H) | Texas | * | 2000 |
| Locke Lord (H) | Texas | * | 2000 |
| Mayer Brown | Chicago | * | 2000 |
| Curtis, Mallet-prevost | NYC | 1518 | 2000 |
| Gardere Wynne Sewell (D) | Texas | 1688 | 2000 |
| White & Case | DC | 1740 | 2000 |
| Vedder Price | Chicago | 1786 | 2000 |
| White & Case | NYC | 1810 | 2000 |
| Baker Botts (H) | Texas | 1811 | 2000 |
| Baker Botts (D) | Texas | 1811 | 2000 |
| Baker Botts | DC | 1811 | 2000 |
| Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg | Chicago | 1831 | 2000 |
| White & Case | Miami | 1918 | 2000 |
| Wilmerhale | DC | 1991 | 2000 |
| Wilmerhale | NYC | 1991 | 2000 |
| Wilmerhale | Boston | 1991 | 2000 |
| Linklaters | NYC | * | 2200 |
| The following firms did not reveal their minimum billable hours, if any |
| Kramer Levin | NYC | 1557 | * |
| K&L Gates | DC | 1595 | * |
| K&L Gates (S) | NW | 1595 | * |
| K&L Gates (D) | Texas | 1595 | * |
| K&L Gates | Boston | 1595 | * |
| Bell, Boyd & Lloyd | Chicago | 1595 | * |
| Seward & Kissel | NYC | 1600 | * |
| Herrick, Feinstein | NYC | 1740 | * |
| Covington & Burling | DC | 1750 | * |
| Dla Piper Us | NYC | 1753 | * |
| Dla Piper Us | DC | 1753 | * |
| Dla Piper Us | Chicago | 1753 | * |
| Dla Piper Us (SD) | SoCal | 1753 | * |
| Blank Rome | NYC | 1813 | * |
| Blank Rome | Phil | 1813 | * |
| Winston & Strawn | NYC | 1900 | * |
| Winston & Strawn | Chicago | 1900 | * |
| Winston & Strawn | DC | 1900 | * |
| Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | 1922 | * |
| Kirkland & Ellis | NYC | 1922 | * |
| Kirkland & Ellis | DC | 1922 | * |
| Andrews Kurth (H) | Texas | 1950 | * |
| King & Spalding | DC | 2006 | * |
| King & Spalding | Atlanta | 2100 | * |
| Akin Gump | NYC | * | * |
| Akin Gump | DC | * | * |
| Akin Gump (D) | Texas | * | * |
| Alston & Bird | Atlanta | * | * |
| Alston & Bird | NYC | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | NorCal | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | DC | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | Boston | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | NYC | * | * |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel | NYC | * | * |
| Carter Ledyard & Milburn | NYC | * | * |
| Chadbourne & Parke | NYC | * | * |
| Cleary Gottlieb | DC | * | * |
| Cleary Gottlieb | NYC | * | * |
| Covington & Burling | NYC | * | * |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore | NYC | * | * |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | NYC | * | * |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | NYC | * | * |
| Dow Lohnes | DC | * | * |
| Fitzpatrick, Cella | NYC | * | * |
| Fried, Frank | NYC | * | * |
| Fried, Frank | DC | * | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski | NYC | * | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski (H) | Texas | * | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski (D) | Texas | * | * |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | DC | * | * |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | NYC | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Chicago | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Boston | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Miami | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | NYC | * | * |
| Haynes And Boone (D) | Texas | * | * |
| Haynes And Boone (H) | Texas | * | * |
| Hinckley, Allen & Snyder | Boston | * | * |
| Howrey | DC | * | * |
| Hughes Hubbard & Reed | NYC | * | * |
| Hunton & Williams | Atlanta | * | * |
| Hunton & Williams | DC | * | * |
| Hunton & Williams (D) | Texas | * | * |
| Hunton & Williams | Miami | * | * |
| Jones Day | Atlanta | * | * |
| Jones Day | Chicago | * | * |
| Jones Day | DC | * | * |
| Jones Day | NYC | * | * |
| Jones Day (D) | Texas | * | * |
| Jones Day (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| Mayer Brown | NYC | * | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | Chicago | * | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | DC | * | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | NYC | * | * |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery | Boston | * | * |
| Milbank, Tweed | NYC | * | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | DC | * | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Phil | * | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | NYC | * | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | NorCal | * | * |
| Morrison & Foerster | NYC | * | * |
| Morrison & Foerster (SF) | NorCal | * | * |
| Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (D) | Texas | * | * |
| O'Melveny & Myers (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| O'Melveny & Myers | DC | * | * |
| O'Melveny & Myers | NYC | * | * |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | NorCal | * | * |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | NorCal | * | * |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | NYC | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | Atlanta | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | NYC | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | DC | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| Paul, Weiss | NYC | * | * |
| Proskauer Rose | NYC | * | * |
| Proskauer Rose | Boston | * | * |
| Ropes & Gray | Boston | * | * |
| Ropes & Gray | NYC | * | * |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel | NYC | * | * |
| Shearman & Sterling | NYC | * | * |
| Sidley Austin | NYC | * | * |
| Sidley Austin (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| Sidley Austin | Chicago | * | * |
| Sidley Austin | DC | * | * |
| Simpson Thacher | NYC | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps (LA) | SoCal | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | NYC | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | Chicago | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | DC | * | * |
| Stearns Weaver | Miami | * | * |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | NYC | * | * |
| Venable Llp - Baltimore | DC | * | * |
| Vinson & Elkins (H) | Texas | * | * |
| Vinson & Elkins (D) | Texas | * | * |
| Wachtell, Lipton | NYC | * | * |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | NYC | * | * |
| Williams & Connolly | DC | * | * |
| Williams Kastner (S) | NW | * | * |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | DC | * | * |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | NYC | * | * |
| Wilson Sonsini (SV) | NorCal | * | * |
This chart reports the average annual billable hours and the minimum annual billable hour expectations 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