Fish & Richardson P.C. vs. McCarter & English vs. DLA Piper LLP (US)
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Fish & Richardson P.C.
Est. 1878 · Boston
- McCarter & English
Est. 1865
- DLA Piper LLP (US)
Est. 2005 · Merger
Est. 1878 · Boston
Fish & Richardson P.C. is a ~400-attorney firm, founded in Boston. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property: Litigation, and Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Operates from 19 offices worldwide.
Est. 1865
McCarter & English is a ~370-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Environment. Operates from 12 offices worldwide.
Est. 2005 · Merger
DLA Piper LLP (US) is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Am Law #3. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Artificial Intelligence, Corporate/M&A, and Franchising. Operates from 89 offices worldwide.
- Fish & Richardson P.C.#84
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)#42
- Fish & Richardson P.C.#103
- McCarter & English#132
- DLA Piper LLP (US)#3
- Fish & Richardson P.C.7 records
- McCarter & English11 records
- DLA Piper LLP (US)22 records
- #84
- #103
- 7 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #132
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 11 records
- Vault rank
- #42
- Am Law rank
- #3
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 22 records
- Fish & Richardson P.C.$225,000
- McCarter & English$225,000
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$225,000+
- Fish & Richardson P.C.$2.03M
- McCarter & English$1.26M
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$4.14M
- Fish & Richardson P.C.$556.37M
- McCarter & English$334.00M
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$4.58B
Revenue per lawyer
- Fish & Richardson P.C.$950
- McCarter & English$903K
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$968K
- $225,000
- $2.03M
- $556.37M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $950
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.26M
- Firm revenue
- $334.00M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $903K
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000+
- Profits Per Partner
- $4.14M
- Firm revenue
- $4.58B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $968K
- Fish & Richardson P.C.Not Reported
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Fish & Richardson P.C.8 years
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Fish & Richardson P.C.0.5:1
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Fish & Richardson P.C.~400
- McCarter & English~350
- DLA Piper LLP (US)~4,750
Offices
- Fish & Richardson P.C.19
- McCarter & English12
- DLA Piper LLP (US)89
- Not Reported
- 8 years
- 0.5:1
- ~400
- Offices
- 19
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~350
- Offices
- 12
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~4,750
- Offices
- 89
- Fish & Richardson P.C.96%
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)96.9%
Class size
- Fish & Richardson P.C.33 (year not confirmed)
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)131 (2026)
- Fish & Richardson P.C.Free market
- McCarter & EnglishNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Fish & Richardson P.C.Yes
- McCarter & EnglishYes
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Yes
- 96%
- Class size
- 33 (year not confirmed)
- Free market
- Yes
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- Not Reported
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 96.9%
- Class size
- 131 (2026)
- 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.
Rank differences
- Fish & Richardson P.C.Band 1
- McCarter & EnglishBand 3
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 4
- Fish & Richardson P.C.Band 1
- McCarter & EnglishBand 3
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 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”.