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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
Latham & Watkins	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Reed Smith	Phil	*	*	*	*
Winston & Strawn	NYC	*	*	*	*
Cleary Gottlieb	DC	*	*	*	*
Hughes Hubbard & Reed	NYC	*	*	*	*
Morris, Manning & Martin	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Sutherland Asbill	DC	*	*	*	*
Akerman Senterfitt	Miami	*	*	*	*
Foley & Lardner	DC	*	*	*	*
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Goodwin Procter	NYC	*	*	*	*
Mayer Brown	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Seyfarth Shaw (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Dickstein Shapiro	DC	*	*	*	*
Katten Muchin Rosenman	NYC	*	*	*	*
Parker, Hudson	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Wachtell, Lipton	NYC	*	*	*	*
Proskauer Rose	Boston	*	*	*	*
Winstead (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Choate, Hall & Stewart	Boston	*	*	*	*
Holland & Knight	Miami	*	*	*	*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	Phil	*	*	*	*
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan	NYC	*	*	*	*
Fitzpatrick, Cella	NYC	*	*	*	*
Kramer Levin	NYC	*	*	*	*
Baker Botts	DC	*	*	*	*
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	DC	*	*	*	*
Locke Lord	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Seyfarth Shaw	Boston	*	*	*	*
Dechert	Phil	*	*	*	*
Karr Tuttle Campbell (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	NYC	*	*	*	*
Vinson & Elkins (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Pillsbury Winthrop	DC	*	*	*	*
Wilmerhale	DC	*	*	*	*
Carter Ledyard & Milburn	NYC	*	*	*	*
Holland & Knight	Boston	*	*	*	*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	DC	*	*	*	*
Stoel Rives (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Finnegan, Henderson	DC	*	*	*	*
K&L Gates (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Loeb & Loeb (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Seward & Kissel	NYC	*	*	*	*
Davis Wright Tremaine (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Jones Day	DC	*	*	*	*
O'Melveny & Myers	DC	*	*	*	*
Vedder Price	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Baker Botts (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Pillsbury Winthrop (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Wilmerhale	Boston	*	*	*	*
Cahill Gordon & Reindel	NYC	*	*	*	*
Hogan & Hartson	NYC	*	*	*	*
Miller Nash (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Steptoe & Johnson	DC	*	*	*	*
Epstein Becker & Green	NYC	*	*	*	*
K&L Gates	Boston	*	*	*	*
Gardere Wynne Sewell (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Locke Lord (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Davis Polk & Wardwell	NYC	*	*	*	*
Jones Day (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
O'Melveny & Myers (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Troutman Sanders	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Baker & Mckenzie	NYC	*	*	*	*
Willkie Farr & Gallagher	DC	*	*	*	*
Buchanan Ingersoll	Phil	*	*	*	*
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder	Boston	*	*	*	*
Mckenna Long & Aldridge	DC	*	*	*	*
Skadden, Arps (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Dunn Carney (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Kirkland & Ellis	NYC	*	*	*	*
Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Fulbright & Jaworski (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Dewey & Leboeuf	DC	*	*	*	*
Schnader Harrison	Phil	*	*	*	*
Crowell & Moring	DC	*	*	*	*
Jones Day	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Nixon Peabody	Boston	*	*	*	*
Thompson, Coe (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Arnall Golden Gregory	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Williams & Connolly	DC	*	*	*	*
Bracewell & Giuliani (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Haynes And Boone (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Mcguirewoods	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Skadden, Arps	NYC	*	*	*	*
Drinker Biddle & Reath	Phil	*	*	*	*
King & Spalding	DC	*	*	*	*
Paul, Hastings	DC	*	*	*	*
Latham & Watkins	DC	*	*	*	*
Rutan & Tucker (CM)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Cox Smith (SA)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Jackson Walker (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Stearns Weaver	Miami	*	*	*	*
Andrews Kurth (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Fried, Frank	NYC	*	*	*	*
Wildman, Harrold	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Blank Rome	NYC	*	*	*	*
Hanson, Bridgett (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Mcdermott Will & Emery	Boston	*	*	*	*
Sidley Austin	DC	*	*	*	*
Dorsey & Whitney (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Kilpatrick Stockton	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Paul, Hastings	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Latham & Watkins (SD)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Ropes & Gray	Boston	*	*	*	*
Womble Carlyle	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Covington & Burling	DC	*	*	*	*
Hunton & Williams	Miami	*	*	*	*
Moses & Singer	NYC	*	*	*	*
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	NYC	*	*	*	*
Alston & Bird	NYC	*	*	*	*
Fox Rothschild	Phil	*	*	*	*
White & Case	NYC	*	*	*	*
Bingham Mccutchen	NYC	*	*	*	*
Greenberg Traurig	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Mcdermott Will & Emery	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Sidley Austin	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Dla Piper Us	DC	*	*	*	*
Kelley Drye & Warren	DC	*	*	*	*
Patton Boggs (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Latham & Watkins (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Reed Smith	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Winston & Strawn	DC	*	*	*	*
Clifford Chance Us	NYC	*	*	*	*
Hunton & Williams	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Morrison & Foerster	NYC	*	*	*	*
Sutherland Asbill	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Akin Gump (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Foley & Lardner	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Bingham Mccutchen (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Greenberg Traurig	NYC	*	*	*	*
Mayer Brown	DC	*	*	*	*
Shearman & Sterling	NYC	*	*	*	*
Dla Piper Us	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Kaye Scholer	NYC	*	*	*	*
Patterson	NYC	*	*	*	*
Weil, Gotshal & Manges	NYC	*	*	*	*
Pryor Cashman	NYC	*	*	*	*
Winston & Strawn	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Cleary Gottlieb	NYC	*	*	*	*
Howrey	DC	*	*	*	*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Sughrue Mion, P	DC	*	*	*	*
Foley & Lardner	Boston	*	*	*	*
Lane Powell (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Ballard Spahr	Phil	*	*	*	*
Goodwin Procter	Boston	*	*	*	*
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Seyfarth Shaw	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Dechert	NYC	*	*	*	*
Katten Muchin Rosenman	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Vinson & Elkins (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Proskauer Rose	NYC	*	*	*	*
Wilson Sonsini (SV)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Chadbourne & Parke	NYC	*	*	*	*
Holland & Knight	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	NYC	*	*	*	*
Stradley Ronon	Phil	*	*	*	*
Fish & Richardson	Boston	*	*	*	*
K&L Gates	DC	*	*	*	*
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	NYC	*	*	*	*
Loeb & Loeb	NYC	*	*	*	*
Seyfarth Shaw	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Debevoise & Plimpton	NYC	*	*	*	*
Jones Day	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Venable Llp - Baltimore	DC	*	*	*	*
Baker Botts (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Pillsbury Winthrop	NYC	*	*	*	*
Wilmerhale	NYC	*	*	*	*
Carlton Fields	Miami	*	*	*	*
Holland & Knight	DC	*	*	*	*
Mintz, Levin	Boston	*	*	*	*
Stoel Rives (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Farella Braun + Martel (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
K&L Gates (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Garvey Schubert Barer (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Locke Lord (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Sedgwick, Detert (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Davis Wright Tremaine (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Jones Day	NYC	*	*	*	*
O'Melveny & Myers	NYC	*	*	*	*
Ungaretti & Harris	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Baker & Mckenzie	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Perkins Coie Brown & Bain (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Willkie Farr & Gallagher	NYC	*	*	*	*
Bullivant Houser Bailey (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Hogan & Hartson	DC	*	*	*	*
Milbank, Tweed	NYC	*	*	*	*
Skadden, Arps	DC	*	*	*	*
Edwards Angell	Boston	*	*	*	*
Kirkland & Ellis	DC	*	*	*	*
Fulbright & Jaworski (H)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Linklaters	NYC	*	*	*	*
Schulte Roth & Zabel	NYC	*	*	*	*
Curtis, Mallet-prevost	NYC	*	*	*	*
Jones Day (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Nutter, Mcclennen & Fish	Boston	*	*	*	*
Tonkon Torp (P)	NW	*	*	*	*
Arnold & Porter	DC	*	*	*	*
Williams Kastner (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Bryan Cave	NYC	*	*	*	*
Herrick, Feinstein	NYC	*	*	*	*
Mckenna Long & Aldridge	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Skadden, Arps	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Drinker Biddle & Reath	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Kirkland & Ellis	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Paul, Weiss	NYC	*	*	*	*
Fulbright & Jaworski	NYC	*	*	*	*
Dewey & Leboeuf	NYC	*	*	*	*
Schiff Hardin	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Cravath, Swaine & Moore	NYC	*	*	*	*
Jenner & Block	Chicago	*	*	*	*
Nelson Mullins	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Thompson & Knight (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Arent Fox	DC	*	*	*	*
Wiley Rein	DC	*	*	*	*
Blank Rome	Phil	*	*	*	*
Haynes And Boone (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Mcdermott Will & Emery	NYC	*	*	*	*
Sidley Austin (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Dow Lohnes	DC	*	*	*	*
King & Spalding	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Paul, Hastings	NYC	*	*	*	*
Latham & Watkins (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Ropes & Gray	NYC	*	*	*	*
Covington & Burling	NYC	*	*	*	*
Hunton & Williams	DC	*	*	*	*
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Simpson Thacher	NYC	*	*	*	*
Alston & Bird	Atlanta	*	*	*	*
Fried, Frank	DC	*	*	*	*
White & Case	DC	*	*	*	*
Bingham Mccutchen	DC	*	*	*	*
Greenberg Traurig	Miami	*	*	*	*
Mcdermott Will & Emery	DC	*	*	*	*
Sidley Austin	NYC	*	*	*	*
Dla Piper Us	NYC	*	*	*	*
Kelly Hart & Hallman (FW)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Paul, Hastings (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Latham & Watkins	NYC	*	*	*	*
Riddell Williams (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks	Boston	*	*	*	*
Cooley Godward Kronish (SV)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Hunton & Williams (D)	Texas	*	*	*	*
Morrison & Foerster (SF)	NorCal	*	*	*	*
Akin Gump	DC	*	*	*	*
Akin Gump	NYC	*	*	*	*
Foster Pepper (S)	NW	*	*	*	*
Bingham Mccutchen	Boston	*	*	*	*
Greenberg Traurig	Boston	*	*	*	*
Mayer Brown	NYC	*	*	*	*
Sheppard, Mullin (LA)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Dla Piper Us (SD)	SoCal	*	*	*	*
Kelley Drye & Warren	NYC	*	*	*	*
Patton Boggs	DC	*	*	*	*
White & Case	Miami	*	*	*	*

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