Mayer Brown LLP vs. Dorsey & Whitney LLP vs. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Mayer Brown LLP
Est. 1881 · Chicago
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Est. 1912
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Est. 1909
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. 1912
A full-service firm with Upper Midwest roots and a broad corporate, finance, litigation, energy, and intellectual-property practice.
Est. 1909
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Vault #6 / Am Law #1. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Asset Management M&A, and Banking & Finance. Operates from 27 offices worldwide.
- Mayer Brown LLP#44
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP#6
- Mayer Brown LLP#27
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP#99
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP#1
- Mayer Brown LLP14 records
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP14 records
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP65 records
- #44
- #27
- 14 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #99
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 14 records
- Vault rank
- #6
- Am Law rank
- #1
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 65 records
- Mayer Brown LLP$225,000
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$190,000
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP$225,000
- Mayer Brown LLP$3.20M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$1.35M
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP$11.12M
- Mayer Brown LLP$2.17B
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$578.28M
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP$10.56B
Revenue per lawyer
- Mayer Brown LLP$1.25M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$1.02M
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP$2.55M
- $225,000
- $3.20M
- $2.17B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.25M
- First-Year Comp
- $190,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.35M
- Firm revenue
- $578.28M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.02M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $11.12M
- Firm revenue
- $10.56B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.55M
- Mayer Brown LLP2,000
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP6 years
- Mayer Brown LLP1:1
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP1.2:1
- Mayer Brown LLP~1,750
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP~600
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP~4,150
Offices
- Mayer Brown LLP19
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP22
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP27
- 2,000
- Not Reported
- 1:1
- ~1,750
- Offices
- 19
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~600
- Offices
- 22
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- 6 years
- US associates per partner
- 1.2:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~4,150
- Offices
- 27
- Mayer Brown LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPNot Reported
Class size
- Mayer Brown LLP69 (year not confirmed)
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP37 (year not confirmed)
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP957 (year not confirmed)
- Mayer Brown LLPFree market
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPFree market
- Mayer Brown LLPCase by Case
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPYes
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPYes
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 69 (year not confirmed)
- Free market
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 37 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 957 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Free market
- 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
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 1
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 1
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 2
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 4 · Highly Regarded
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 5 · Highly Regarded
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 1 · Elite
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 5 · Highly Regarded
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 5 · Highly Regarded
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 1 · Elite
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 4
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 3
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 1
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 4
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 4
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 1
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 2
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 2
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 3
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 3 · Highly Regarded
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 3 · Highly Regarded
- Kirkland & Ellis LLPBand 2 · Highly Regarded
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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”.