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 | * |
| Blank Rome | Phil | 100% | 72% | * | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | DC | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Karr Tuttle Campbell (S) | NW | 100% | 100% | * | * |
| Sutherland Asbill | DC | 100% | 56% | 50 | 100 |
| Patterson | NYC | 100% | 100% | * | * |
| Troutman Sanders | Atlanta | 100% | 70% | * | 39 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | NorCal | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | NYC | 100% | 94% | 20 | * |
| Blank Rome | NYC | 100% | 59% | * | * |
| Sutherland Asbill | Atlanta | 100% | 76% | 50 | 82 |
| 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 (LA) | SoCal | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | Boston | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | DC | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | Chicago | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Skadden, Arps | NYC | 96% | 61% | * | * |
| Dewey & Leboeuf | NYC | 95% | 50% | 50 | 156 |
| Patton Boggs | DC | 95% | 61% | 100 | 175 |
| Steptoe & Johnson | DC | 95% | 78% | * | 116 |
| Goodwin Procter | DC | 95% | 84% | * | * |
| Dewey & Leboeuf | DC | 95% | 50% | 50 | 156 |
| Patton Boggs (D) | Texas | 95% | 61% | 100 | 175 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ballard Spahr | Phil | 89% | 68% | 50 | * |
| 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 |
| Arent Fox | DC | 86% | 57% | * | 80 |
| Alston & Bird | DC | 86% | 78% | * | 45 |
| Alston & Bird | NYC | 86% | 78% | * | * |
| Garvey Schubert Barer (S) | NW | 86% | 80% | 5 | 103 |
| Alston & Bird | Atlanta | 86% | 78% | * | 45 |
| Sonnenschein Nath | Chicago | 85% | 78% | 50 | * |
| Goodwin Procter | Boston | 85% | 66% | * | * |
| Sonnenschein Nath | NYC | 85% | 78% | 50 | * |
| Cleary Gottlieb | DC | 85% | 36% | * | 111 |
| Reed Smith | Chicago | 84% | 41% | 60 | 107 |
| 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 | * |
| 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% | * | * |
| Tonkon Torp (P) | NW | 81% | 56% | 50 | 50 |
| O'Melveny & Myers | DC | 81% | 71% | 50 | * |
| O'Melveny & Myers | NYC | 81% | 71% | 50 | 128 |
| 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% | * | * |
| Vinson & Elkins (D) | Texas | 78% | 41% | * | 47 |
| Akin Gump (D) | Texas | 78% | 58% | 60 | 115 |
| Mayer Brown | DC | 78% | 57% | 60 | * |
| Akin Gump | DC | 78% | 58% | 60 | 115 |
| 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 |
| Arnold & Porter | DC | 76% | 82% | * | * |
| Locke Lord | Chicago | 76% | 31% | * | 33 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | NYC | 76% | 53% | * | 114 |
| Locke Lord (D) | Texas | 76% | 31% | * | 33 |
| Wiley Rein | DC | 76% | 38% | 50 | 49 |
| Locke Lord (H) | Texas | 76% | 31% | * | 33 |
| Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg | Chicago | 75% | 44% | * | * |
| Miller Nash (P) | NW | 75% | 48% | 120 | * |
| 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 | * |
| Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | NYC | 71% | 28% | 50 | 62 |
| Edwards Angell | Boston | 71% | 39% | 60 | 32 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | NYC | 69% | 36% | * | * |
| Kirkland & Ellis | NYC | 69% | 33% | 20 | 117 |
| Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt (P) | NW | 69% | 58% | 50 | 21 |
| King & Spalding | NYC | 68% | 32% | * | * |
| King & Spalding | DC | 68% | 32% | * | * |
| King & Spalding | Atlanta | 68% | 32% | * | * |
| Mintz, Levin | Boston | 68% | 39% | * | * |
| Sidley Austin | Chicago | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Finnegan, Henderson | DC | 67% | 40% | * | * |
| Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (P) | NW | 67% | 34% | 50 | * |
| Sidley Austin (LA) | SoCal | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Sidley Austin | NYC | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Thompson & Knight (D) | Texas | 67% | 25% | * | * |
| Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (S) | NW | 67% | 34% | 50 | * |
| Sidley Austin | DC | 67% | 32% | 60 | 112 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | DC | 66% | 39% | 20 | 146 |
| Wilmerhale | DC | 66% | 72% | * | 168 |
| Fried, Frank | NYC | 66% | 52% | 50 | 69 |
| Wilmerhale | Boston | 66% | 72% | * | 168 |
| Wilmerhale | NYC | 66% | 72% | * | 168 |
| 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 |
| Bell, Boyd & Lloyd | Chicago | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates (S) | NW | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates | Boston | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates | DC | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| K&L Gates (D) | Texas | 61% | 48% | 50 | 36 |
| Stoel Rives (P) | NW | 60% | 23% | * | 31 |
| Stoel Rives (S) | NW | 60% | 23% | * | 31 |
| Gardere Wynne Sewell (D) | Texas | 59% | 31% | * | 30 |
| Bryan Cave | NYC | 59% | 67% | 50 | 45 |
| 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 | DC | 51% | 17% | 60 | 74 |
| Baker Botts (D) | Texas | 51% | 17% | 60 | 74 |
| Wilson Sonsini (SV) | NorCal | 51% | 20% | 50 | 60 |
| Baker Botts (H) | 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 | Atlanta | 47% | 41% | * | 48 |
| Mckenna Long & Aldridge | DC | 47% | 41% | * | 48 |
| Clark, Thomas, & Winters (A) | Texas | 47% | 37% | * | 31 |
| Jones Day (D) | Texas | 46% | 34% | * | * |
| 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% | * | * |
| 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% | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings (LA) | SoCal | * | * | * | * |
| Wachtell, Lipton | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Choate, Hall & Stewart | Boston | * | * | * | 106 |
| Hogan & Hartson | NYC | * | * | 20 | * |
| Sughrue Mion, P | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Akerman Senterfitt | Miami | * | * | 50 | * |
| Epstein Becker & Green | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski (D) | Texas | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins (SV) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Parker, Hudson | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Vedder Price | Chicago | * | * | 35 | * |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins (SD) | SoCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Curtis, Mallet-prevost | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Buchanan Ingersoll | Phil | * | * | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Dow Lohnes | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Kilpatrick Stockton | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Fragomen, Del Rey | NYC | * | * | 20 | * |
| Latham & Watkins (LA) | SoCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Morris, Manning & Martin | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Baker & Mckenzie | Chicago | * | * | 60 | * |
| Bracewell & Giuliani (H) | Texas | * | * | 150 | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | NorCal | * | * | * | * |
| Kelley Drye & Warren | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Williams & Connolly | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Stearns Weaver | Miami | * | * | * | * |
| Klarquist Sparkman (P) | NW | * | * | * | * |
| Wildman, Harrold | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Clifford Chance Us | NYC | * | * | 50 | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Nutter, Mcclennen & Fish | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | DC | * | * | 25 | * |
| Swift, Currie | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Christensen, Glaser (LA) | SoCal | * | * | * | * |
| Bilzin Sumberg | Miami | * | * | * | 19 |
| Riddell Williams (S) | NW | * | * | * | * |
| Nelson Mullins | Atlanta | * | * | 45 | * |
| Fulbright & Jaworski (H) | Texas | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins | DC | * | * | 60 | * |
| Moses & Singer | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | NYC | * | * | * | 85 |
| Fulbright & Jaworski | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins (SF) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Pryor Cashman | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Ungaretti & Harris | Chicago | * | * | * | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Miami | * | * | * | * |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Phil | * | * | * | * |
| Fried, Frank | DC | * | * | 50 | * |
| Latham & Watkins | NYC | * | * | 60 | * |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Baker & Mckenzie (SF) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Greenberg Traurig | Atlanta | * | * | * | * |
| Kelley Drye & Warren | DC | * | * | * | * |
| Latham & Watkins | Chicago | * | * | 60 | * |
| Williams Kastner (S) | NW | * | * | * | * |
| Hughes Hubbard & Reed | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Baker & Mckenzie | NYC | * | * | 60 | * |
| Boies, Schiller & Flexner | DC | * | * | * | 141 |
| Goulston & Storrs | Boston | * | * | * | * |
| Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | NorCal | * | * | 60 | * |
| Goodwin Procter | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Schnader Harrison | Phil | * | * | * | * |
| Andrews Kurth (H) | Texas | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Rutan & Tucker (CM) | SoCal | * | * | * | * |
| Paul, Hastings | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Milbank, Tweed | NYC | * | * | 20 | * |
| Fitzpatrick, Cella | NYC | * | * | * | * |
| Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | NorCal | * | * | * | * |
| Linklaters | NYC | * | * | * | * |
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