Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP vs. Barnes & Thornburg LLP vs. Dentons US LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Est. 2020 · Merger
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Est. 1982 · Merger
- Dentons US LLP
Est. 2013 · Merger
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. 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. 2013 · Merger
Dentons US LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Am Law #18. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Cannabis Law, and Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS. Operates from 53 offices worldwide.
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP#85
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Dentons US LLP#62
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP#56
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP#78
- Dentons US LLP#18
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP22 records
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP19 records
- Dentons US LLP22 records
- #85
- #56
- 22 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #78
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 19 records
- Vault rank
- #62
- Am Law rank
- #18
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 22 records
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$225,000
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$105,000-$180,000
- Dentons US LLP$225,000+
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.61M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.43M
- Dentons US LLP$959K
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.19B
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$817.72M
- Dentons US LLP$2.91B
Revenue per lawyer
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.16M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.05M
- Dentons US LLP$506K
- $225,000
- $1.61M
- $1.19B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.16M
- First-Year Comp
- $105,000-$180,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.43M
- Firm revenue
- $817.72M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.05M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000+
- Profits Per Partner
- $959K
- Firm revenue
- $2.91B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $506K
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP1,900
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Dentons US LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Dentons US LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP0.8:1
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP0.5:1
- Dentons US LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP~1,200
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP~900
- Dentons US LLP~5,750
Offices
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP20
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP27
- Dentons US LLP53
- 1,900
- Not Reported
- 0.8:1
- ~1,200
- Offices
- 20
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- 0.5:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~900
- Offices
- 27
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~5,750
- Offices
- 53
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP98.5%
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Dentons US LLPNot Reported
Class size
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP72 (year not confirmed)
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP35 (year not confirmed)
- Dentons US LLP61 (year not confirmed)
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPFree market
- Dentons US LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPCase by Case
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNo
- Dentons US LLPYes
- 98.5%
- Class size
- 72 (year not confirmed)
- Not Reported
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 35 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Free market
- Specific practice area
- No
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 61 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Shared rankings
Rank differences
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 1
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 1
- Dentons US LLPBand 2
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 1
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 2
- Dentons US LLPBand 2
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 2
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 2
- Dentons US LLPBand 3
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 4
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 5
- Dentons US LLPBand 3
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 3
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 4
- Dentons US LLPBand 3
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 4 · Elite
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 2 · Highly Regarded
- Dentons US LLPBand 4 · Elite
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPBand 4 · Elite
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 3 · Highly Regarded
- Dentons US LLPBand 1 · 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”.