Cole Schotz vs. Miles & Stockbridge vs. Venable LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Cole Schotz
Est. 1926
- Miles & Stockbridge
Est. 1932
- Venable LLP
Est. 1900
Est. 1926
Cole Schotz is a ~224-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Real Estate; Band 2 in Intellectual Property.
Est. 1932
Miles & Stockbridge is a ~200-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Insurance.
Est. 1900
Venable LLP is a mid-size firm of ~785 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy Litigation, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Construction. Operates from 18 offices worldwide.
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLP#69
- Cole Schotz#166
- Miles & Stockbridge#186
- Venable LLP#68
- Cole Schotz3 records
- Miles & Stockbridge5 records
- Venable LLP8 records
- Not Reported
- #166
- 3 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #186
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 5 records
- Vault rank
- #69
- Am Law rank
- #68
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 8 records
- Cole Schotz$225,000
- Miles & Stockbridge$225,000
- Venable LLP$215,000
- Cole Schotz$1.66M
- Miles & Stockbridge$1.18M
- Venable LLP$1.40M
- Cole Schotz$228.75M
- Miles & Stockbridge$164.59M
- Venable LLP$900.01M
Revenue per lawyer
- Cole Schotz$1.02M
- Miles & Stockbridge$857K
- Venable LLP$1.15M
- $225,000
- $1.66M
- $228.75M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.02M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.18M
- Firm revenue
- $164.59M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $857K
- First-Year Comp
- $215,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.40M
- Firm revenue
- $900.01M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.15M
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLP1,850
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLPNot Reported
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLPNot Reported
- Cole Schotz~200
- Miles & Stockbridge~200
- Venable LLP~800
Offices
- Cole Schotz9
- Miles & Stockbridge8
- Venable LLP18
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~200
- Offices
- 9
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~200
- Offices
- 8
- Billable target
- 1,850
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~800
- Offices
- 18
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLP84.6%
Class size
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLP27 (year not confirmed)
- Cole SchotzNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLPNot Reported
- Cole SchotzYes
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- Venable LLPNo
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Yes
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Not Reported
- Offer rate
- 84.6%
- Class size
- 27 (year not confirmed)
- 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
- Cole SchotzBand 1
- Miles & StockbridgeBand 1
- Venable LLPBand 3
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”.