How do Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP compare on vault rank?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: #3; Susman Godfrey LLP: #19.

How do Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP compare on am Law rank?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: #5; Susman Godfrey LLP: #92.

How do Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP compare on first-Year Comp?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: $225,000; Susman Godfrey LLP: $240,000.

How do Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP compare on summer class size?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: 190 (2026); Susman Godfrey LLP: 35 (year not confirmed).

How do Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP compare on summer offer rate?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: 99.4%; Susman Godfrey LLP: 85.7%.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP

Q: How do Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Susman Godfrey LLP compare on offices?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: 21; Susman Godfrey LLP: 4.

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	Skadden	Susman Godfrey
Higher pay wins	$225,000	$240,000 (wins this category)
Higher wins	$7.01M (wins this category)	$5.23M
Lower rank wins	#3 (wins this category)	#19
Lower rank wins	#5 (wins this category)	#92
Higher wins	$4.07B (wins this category)	$650.41M
More lawyers wins	1,756 (wins this category)	226
OfficesMore offices wins	21 (wins this category)	4
Nationwide, Chambers USA 2026More Band 1 tables wins	14 tables (wins this category)	1 table
2L OpensSummer 2028Earlier date winsNot Comparable	Opened Nov 2, 2026	Not announced
1L OpensEarlier date wins	Opened Nov 2, 2026Summer 2027	Not Reported

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.

Full Comparison

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Est. 1948 · New York
Susman Godfrey LLP
Est. 1980

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Est. 1948 · New York

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #3 / Am Law #5, founded in New York, NY. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Asset Management M&A, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity.

Susman Godfrey LLP

Est. 1980

Susman Godfrey LLP is a ~226-attorney firm, Vault #19. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff, and Antitrust: Plaintiff.

Rankings & prestige

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP#3
Susman Godfrey LLP#19

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP#5
Susman Godfrey LLP#92

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP40 records
Susman Godfrey LLP7 records

: #3
: #5
: 40 records

Vault rank: #19
Am Law rank: #92
Reported Chambers Band 1 records: 7 records

Compensation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$225,000
Susman Godfrey LLP$240,000

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$7.01M
Susman Godfrey LLP$5.23M

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$4.07B
Susman Godfrey LLP$650.41M

Revenue per lawyer

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$2.32M
Susman Godfrey LLP$2.88M

: $225,000
: $7.01M
: $4.07B
Revenue per lawyer: $2.32M

First-Year Comp: $240,000
Profits Per Partner: $5.23M
Firm revenue: $650.41M
Revenue per lawyer: $2.88M

Work & scale

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
Susman Godfrey LLPNot Reported

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
Susman Godfrey LLP6 years

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
Susman Godfrey LLPNot Reported

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP~1,750
Susman Godfrey LLP~250

Offices

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP21
Susman Godfrey LLP4

: Not Reported
: Not Reported
: Not Reported
: ~1,750
Offices: 21

Billable target: Not Reported
Partnership track: 6 years
US associates per partner: Not Reported
Firm size (rounded to 50): ~250
Offices: 4

Summer Program

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP99.4%
Susman Godfrey LLP85.7%

Class size

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP190 (2026)
Susman Godfrey LLP35 (year not confirmed)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
Susman Godfrey LLPNot Reported

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNo
Susman Godfrey LLPNo

: 99.4%
Class size: 190 (2026)
: Not Reported
: No

Offer rate: 85.7%
Class size: 35 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work: Not Reported
Specific practice area: No

1L and 2L programs

1L program

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNo 1L summer program
Susman Godfrey LLP1L fellowship

1L applications open

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPOpened Nov 2
Susman Godfrey LLPNot Reported

2L applications open

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPOpened Nov 2
Susman Godfrey LLPNot announced

2L deadline

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot announced
Susman Godfrey LLPNot announced

1L program: No 1L summer program
1L applications open: Opened Nov 2
2L applications open: Opened Nov 2
2L deadline: Not announced

1L program: 1L fellowship
1L applications open: Not Reported
2L applications open: Not announced
2L deadline: Not announced

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 · New York · 2026Band 1 · The Elite

Rank differences

Litigation: General CommercialNationwide · 2026

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1 · Elite
Susman Godfrey LLPBand 2 · Elite

Band 1 · Elite

Band 2 · 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 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Susman Godfrey for sources and dates.