Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP vs. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP vs. Dorsey & Whitney 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
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Est. 2011 · Merger
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Est. 1912
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. 2011 · Merger
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is a mid-size firm of ~650 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Construction, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Intellectual Property. Operates from 22 offices worldwide.
Est. 1912
A full-service firm with Upper Midwest roots and a broad corporate, finance, litigation, energy, and intellectual-property practice.
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP#85
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP#97
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP#56
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP#95
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP#99
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP22 records
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP7 records
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP14 records
- #85
- #56
- 22 records
- Vault rank
- #97
- Am Law rank
- #95
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 7 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #99
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 14 records
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$225,000
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP$215,000
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$190,000
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.61M
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP$1.88M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$1.35M
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.19B
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP$630.11M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$578.28M
Revenue per lawyer
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP$1.16M
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP$1.07M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$1.02M
- $225,000
- $1.61M
- $1.19B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.16M
- First-Year Comp
- $215,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.88M
- Firm revenue
- $630.11M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.07M
- First-Year Comp
- $190,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.35M
- Firm revenue
- $578.28M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.02M
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP1,900
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNot Reported
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP0.8:1
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP~1,200
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP~650
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP~600
Offices
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP20
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP22
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP22
- 1,900
- Not Reported
- 0.8:1
- ~1,200
- Offices
- 20
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~650
- Offices
- 22
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~600
- Offices
- 22
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP98.5%
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
Class size
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP72 (year not confirmed)
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP38 (year not confirmed)
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP37 (year not confirmed)
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNot Reported
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPCase by Case
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPYes
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPYes
- 98.5%
- Class size
- 72 (year not confirmed)
- Not Reported
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 38 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 37 (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
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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”.