GENDER EQUALITY Top five offices San Francisco Hq | New York | Los Angeles | Palo Alto, Ca | Washington, D.C. Total attorneys 984 Major departments/practices Corporate | Litigation | Environmental Intellectual Property First-year salary $125,000 2001 summer associates 130 2001 fall first-years 89 Who to call Jane Cooperman, Senior Recruiting Manager, 415-268-7665 Web site [...]

TECHNOLOGY Top five offices Washington, D.C. Hq | New York | McLean, Va | London | Los Angeles Total attorneys 473 Major departments/practices Technology/Outsourcing | Regulatory First-year salary $125,000 2001 summer associates 48 2001 fall first-years 27 Who to call Kathy Kelly, chief recruiting officer, 202-663-8394 Web site http://www.pillsburylaw.com/ Sure, there are firms more closely [...]

LOCATION Top five offices Seattle Hq | Portland | Bellevue, Wa | San Francisco | Los Angeles Total attorneys 412 93 in Portland Major departments/practices Corporate/Finance | Litigation | Environmental | Employment First-year salary $85,000 2001 summer associates 26 7 in Portland 2001 fall first-years 21 7 in Portland Who to call Leslie Dustin, Recruiting [...]

RESULTS Offices New York Total attorneys 187 Major departments/practices Corporate/M&A | Complex Commercial Litigation First-year pay $140,000 2001 summer associates 24 2001 fall first-years 7 Who to call Ruth Ivey, Recruiting Director, 212-403-1374 Web site Wlrk.Com If your bottom line is the bottom line-that is, if your main concern is pure, unadulterated excellence-consider Wachtell, Lipton. [...]

DIVERSITY Arnold & Porter Top five offices Washington, D.C. Hq | New York | Los Angeles | Denver | London Total attorneys 662 Major departments/practices Corporate/Finance | Regulatory | Litigation | Intellectual Property First-year salary $125,000 2001 summer associates 105 2001 fall first-years 105 Who to call Lisa Pavia, Attorney Recruitment Manager, 202-942-5059 Web site [...]

GLOBAL PRESENCE Top five offices New York Hq | London | Menlo Park, Ca | Hong Kong | Tokyo Total attorneys 656 Major departments/practices Corporate | Tax | Litigation First-year salary $125,000 2001 summer associates 102 2001 fall first-years 95 Who to call Bonnie Hurry, Director of Recruiting and Legal Staff Services, 212-450-4143 Web site [...]

WORK/LIFE BALANCE Faegre & Benson Top five offices Minneapolis Hq | Denver | Boulder | Frankfurt | Des Moines Total attorneys 442 Major departments/practices Corporate/M&A | Restructuring | Litigation First-year salary $90,000 2001 summer associates 47 2001 fall first-years 25 Who to call Joanne Jaensch, Director of Legal Personnel Services, 612-766-7000 Web site faegre.com Shocking [...]

Which firms stand out when it comes to work-life balance? Global presence? Diversity? Technology? Herewith, a guide to firms that excel in particular areas. One of them might be right for you. A cynic may ask: What, pray tell, is a “smart firm”? One that employs only card-carrying Mensa members? Or embeds client-seeking microchips in [...]

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A good headhunter can help you make a wise lateral move. Here’s how. Stewart Marks wasn’t unhappy with his job when a headhunter from New York City’s Howard-Sloan Legal Search called him in March 1999. But Marks went ahead and took the call. A fourth-year corporate associate at a Los Angeles–based firm, Marks had been [...]