How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP compare on vault rank?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: #1; O'Melveny & Myers LLP: #28.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP compare on am Law rank?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: #50; O'Melveny & Myers LLP: #57.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP compare on first-Year Comp?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: $225,000; O'Melveny & Myers LLP: $225,000+.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP compare on offices?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 4; O'Melveny & Myers LLP: 9.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP compare on summer class size?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 143 (year not confirmed); O'Melveny & Myers LLP: 60 (year not confirmed).

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP compare on summer offer rate?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 100%; O'Melveny & Myers LLP: 98.4%.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.

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Who Wins Each Category

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Category	Cravath	O'Melveny & Myers
Higher pay winsTie	$225,000	$225,000+Market base
Higher wins	$7.20M (wins this category)	$3.46M
Lower rank wins	#1 (wins this category)	#28
Lower rank wins	#50 (wins this category)	#57
Higher wins	$1.29B (wins this category)	$1.17B
More lawyers wins	572	778 (wins this category)
OfficesMore offices wins	4	9 (wins this category)
Nationwide, Chambers USA 2026More Band 1 tables wins	6 tables (wins this category)	2 tables
2L OpensEarlier date winsNot Comparable	Jan 4, 2027Summer 2028	Open nowSummer 2028: Texas joint 1L/2L and Intellectual Property summer programs
1L OpensEarlier date wins	No 1L Program	Open nowSummer 2027: Texas joint 1L/2L summer program

Sources: Vault 2027 and Am Law 200 FY2025 rankings, Chambers USA 2026, first-year pay as each firm or the market reports it, and program dates from firm career pages on the Job Board. Missing data reads Not Reported and never counts as a loss.

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Est. 1819
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Est. 1885

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Est. 1819

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a mid-size firm of ~572 attorneys, Vault #1 / Am Law #50. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel, and Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Est. 1885

O'Melveny & Myers LLP is a mid-size firm of ~778 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in ERISA Litigation, Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity), and Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets.

Rankings & prestige

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP#1
O'Melveny & Myers LLP#28

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP#50
O'Melveny & Myers LLP#57

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP15 records
O'Melveny & Myers LLP5 records

: #1
: #50
: 15 records

Vault rank: #28
Am Law rank: #57
Reported Chambers Band 1 records: 5 records

Compensation

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$225,000
O'Melveny & Myers LLP$225,000+

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$7.20M
O'Melveny & Myers LLP$3.46M

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$1.29B
O'Melveny & Myers LLP$1.17B

Revenue per lawyer

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$2.26M
O'Melveny & Myers LLP$1.50M

: $225,000
: $7.20M
: $1.29B
Revenue per lawyer: $2.26M

First-Year Comp: $225,000+
Profits Per Partner: $3.46M
Firm revenue: $1.17B
Revenue per lawyer: $1.50M

Work & scale

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot Reported
O'Melveny & Myers LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP7 years
O'Melveny & Myers LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP3.4:1
O'Melveny & Myers LLP2.2:1

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP~550
O'Melveny & Myers LLP~800

Offices

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP4
O'Melveny & Myers LLP9

: Not Reported
: 7 years
: 3.4:1
: ~550
Offices: 4

Billable target: Not Reported
Partnership track: Not Reported
US associates per partner: 2.2:1
Firm size (rounded to 50): ~800
Offices: 9

Summer Program

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP100%
O'Melveny & Myers LLP98.4%

Class size

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP143 (year not confirmed)
O'Melveny & Myers LLP60 (year not confirmed)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPRotation
O'Melveny & Myers LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPYes
O'Melveny & Myers LLPNo

: 100%
Class size: 143 (year not confirmed)
: Rotation
: Yes

Offer rate: 98.4%
Class size: 60 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work: Not Reported
Specific practice area: No

1L and 2L programs

1L program

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNo 1L summer program
O'Melveny & Myers LLP1L summer program

1L applications open

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot Reported
O'Melveny & Myers LLPOpen now

2L applications open

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPJan 4, 2027
O'Melveny & Myers LLPOpen now

2L deadline

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot announced
O'Melveny & Myers LLPJan 31, 2027

1L program: No 1L summer program
1L applications open: Not Reported
2L applications open: Jan 4, 2027
2L deadline: Not announced

1L program: 1L summer program
1L applications open: Open now
2L applications open: Open now
2L deadline: Jan 31, 2027

Chambers by practice, market and year

Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.

Shared rankings

Litigation: General Commercial · Nationwide · 2026Band 2 · The Elite

Intellectual Property: Patent · New York · 2026Band 4

Corporate Crime & Investigations · Nationwide · 2026Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Rank differences

AntitrustNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 4

Band 1

Band 4

Environment: Mainly TransactionalNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 3

Band 1

Band 3

Litigation: General CommercialNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Elite
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 4 · Elite

Band 1 · Elite

Band 4 · Elite

Litigation: SecuritiesNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 3

Band 1

Band 3

Media & Entertainment: CorporateNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 2

Band 1

Band 2

Securities: LitigationNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 2
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 4

Band 2

Band 4

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Highly Regarded
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 5 · Elite

Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Band 5 · Elite

Bankruptcy/RestructuringNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Highly Regarded
O'Melveny & Myers LLPBand 6 · Elite

Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Band 6 · Elite

Firm-only and additional rankings remain available on each firm profile so missing coverage is not mistaken for a head-to-head loss.

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Data sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown. Chambers record counts can span years and reporting coverage varies; missing years or markets are not compared. Current Chambers bands were checked against each firm’s Chambers profile on Sep 26, 2026; where Chambers splits a table, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm. Missing values read “Not Reported”.

More head-to-head comparisons

Firm data comes from each firm’s own publications, Chambers USA and Vault; see Cravath, Swaine & Moore and O'Melveny & Myers for sources and dates.