Barnes & Thornburg LLP vs. Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP vs. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Est. 1982 · Merger
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Est. 2020 · Merger
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Est. 1977
Est. 1982 · Merger
A national full-service firm with Midwestern roots and a broad mix of corporate, litigation, labor, real estate, IP, and government-services work.
Est. 2020 · Merger
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity. Operates from 20 offices worldwide.
Est. 1977
A labor and employment specialist with a large office network and an employer-side practice spanning counseling, disputes, and workplace policy.
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP#85
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP#78
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP#56
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.#77
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP19 records
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP22 records
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.12 records
- Not Reported
- #78
- 19 records
- Vault rank
- #85
- Am Law rank
- #56
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 22 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #77
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 12 records
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$105,000-$180,000
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$225,000
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.43M
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.61M
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.$1.20M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$817.72M
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.19B
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.$823.57M
Revenue per lawyer
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.05M
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.16M
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.$763K
- $105,000-$180,000
- $1.43M
- $817.72M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.05M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.61M
- Firm revenue
- $1.19B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.16M
- First-Year Comp
- Not Reported
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.20M
- Firm revenue
- $823.57M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $763K
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP1,900
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNot Reported
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP0.5:1
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP0.8:1
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP~900
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP~1,200
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.~1,100
Offices
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP27
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP20
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.60
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- 0.5:1
- ~900
- Offices
- 27
- Billable target
- 1,900
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- 0.8:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,200
- Offices
- 20
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,100
- Offices
- 60
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP98.5%
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
Class size
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP35 (year not confirmed)
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP72 (year not confirmed)
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPFree market
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNot Reported
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNo
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPCase by Case
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 35 (year not confirmed)
- Free market
- No
- Offer rate
- 98.5%
- Class size
- 72 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Not Reported
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Rank differences
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 1
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 2
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Band 2
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 5
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 4
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Band 2
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 3 · Highly Regarded
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 4 · Elite
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Band 3 · Highly Regarded
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”.