Latham & Watkins LLP vs. Mayer Brown LLP vs. Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Latham & Watkins LLP
Est. 1934 · Los Angeles
- Mayer Brown LLP
Est. 1881 · Chicago
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Est. 1982 · Merger
Est. 1934 · Los Angeles
Latham & Watkins LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Vault #4 / Am Law #2, founded in Los Angeles, CA. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Antitrust: Cartel, and Appellate Law. Operates from 34 offices worldwide.
Est. 1881 · Chicago
Mayer Brown LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Am Law #27, founded in Chicago, IL. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS, and Capital Markets: Securitization: RMBS. Operates from 19 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.
- Latham & Watkins LLP#4
- Mayer Brown LLP#44
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Latham & Watkins LLP#2
- Mayer Brown LLP#27
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP#78
- Latham & Watkins LLP96 records
- Mayer Brown LLP14 records
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP19 records
- #4
- #2
- 96 records
- Vault rank
- #44
- Am Law rank
- #27
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 14 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #78
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 19 records
- Latham & Watkins LLP$225,000
- Mayer Brown LLP$225,000
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$105,000-$180,000
- Latham & Watkins LLP$8.65M
- Mayer Brown LLP$3.20M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.43M
- Latham & Watkins LLP$8.30B
- Mayer Brown LLP$2.17B
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$817.72M
Revenue per lawyer
- Latham & Watkins LLP$2.23M
- Mayer Brown LLP$1.25M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.05M
- $225,000
- $8.65M
- $8.30B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.23M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $3.20M
- Firm revenue
- $2.17B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.25M
- First-Year Comp
- $105,000-$180,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.43M
- Firm revenue
- $817.72M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.05M
- Latham & Watkins LLP1,900
- Mayer Brown LLP2,000
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Latham & Watkins LLPNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Latham & Watkins LLP2.7:1
- Mayer Brown LLP1:1
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP0.5:1
- Latham & Watkins LLP~3,700
- Mayer Brown LLP~1,750
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP~900
Offices
- Latham & Watkins LLP34
- Mayer Brown LLP19
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP27
- 1,900
- Not Reported
- 2.7:1
- ~3,700
- Offices
- 34
- Billable target
- 2,000
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- 1:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,750
- Offices
- 19
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- 0.5:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~900
- Offices
- 27
- Latham & Watkins LLP100%
- Mayer Brown LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
Class size
- Latham & Watkins LLP398 (year not confirmed)
- Mayer Brown LLP69 (year not confirmed)
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP35 (year not confirmed)
- Latham & Watkins LLPNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLPFree market
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPFree market
- Latham & Watkins LLPNo
- Mayer Brown LLPCase by Case
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNo
- 100%
- Class size
- 398 (year not confirmed)
- Not Reported
- No
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 69 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Free market
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 35 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Free market
- Specific practice area
- No
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Shared rankings
Rank differences
- Latham & Watkins LLPBand 2
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 3
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 5
- Latham & Watkins LLPBand 2
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 3
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 4
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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”.