Alston & Bird LLP vs. Moore & Van Allen vs. McGuireWoods LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Alston & Bird LLP
Est. 1893
- Moore & Van Allen
Est. 1949
- McGuireWoods LLP
Est. 1834
Est. 1893
Alston & Bird LLP is a mid-size firm of ~960 attorneys, Am Law #44. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, and Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory. Operates from 13 offices worldwide.
Est. 1949
Moore & Van Allen is a ~355-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory, and Bankruptcy/Restructuring.
Est. 1834
McGuireWoods LLP is a mid-size firm of ~944 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Corporate/M&A. Operates from 22 offices worldwide.
- Alston & Bird LLP#58
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLP#68
- Alston & Bird LLP#44
- Moore & Van Allen#135
- McGuireWoods LLP#54
- Alston & Bird LLP20 records
- Moore & Van Allen7 records
- McGuireWoods LLP24 records
- #58
- #44
- 20 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #135
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 7 records
- Vault rank
- #68
- Am Law rank
- #54
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 24 records
- Alston & Bird LLP$225,000
- Moore & Van Allen$225,000
- McGuireWoods LLP$215,000
- Alston & Bird LLP$4.55M
- Moore & Van Allen$1.49M
- McGuireWoods LLP$2.68M
- Alston & Bird LLP$1.44B
- Moore & Van Allen$321.42M
- McGuireWoods LLP$1.21B
Revenue per lawyer
- Alston & Bird LLP$1.50M
- Moore & Van Allen$906K
- McGuireWoods LLP$1.29M
- $225,000
- $4.55M
- $1.44B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.50M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.49M
- Firm revenue
- $321.42M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $906K
- First-Year Comp
- $215,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $2.68M
- Firm revenue
- $1.21B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.29M
- Alston & Bird LLP2,000
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Alston & Bird LLPNot Reported
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Alston & Bird LLP1.1:1
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Alston & Bird LLP~950
- Moore & Van Allen~350
- McGuireWoods LLP~950
Offices
- Alston & Bird LLP13
- Moore & Van Allen5
- McGuireWoods LLP22
- 2,000
- Not Reported
- 1.1:1
- ~950
- Offices
- 13
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~350
- Offices
- 5
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~950
- Offices
- 22
- Alston & Bird LLP98.4%
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLP79.4%
Class size
- Alston & Bird LLP73 (year not confirmed)
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLP34 (2026)
- Alston & Bird LLPNot Reported
- Moore & Van AllenNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Alston & Bird LLPCase by Case
- Moore & Van AllenYes
- McGuireWoods LLPNo
- 98.4%
- Class size
- 73 (year not confirmed)
- Not Reported
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 79.4%
- Class size
- 34 (2026)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- No
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Rank differences
- Alston & Bird LLPBand 3
- Moore & Van AllenBand 1
- McGuireWoods LLPBand 1
- Alston & Bird LLPBand 1
- Moore & Van AllenBand 1
- McGuireWoods LLPBand 2
- Alston & Bird LLPBand 3
- Moore & Van AllenBand 2
- McGuireWoods LLPBand 1
- Alston & Bird LLPBand 5
- Moore & Van AllenBand 5
- McGuireWoods LLPBand 4
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”.