McGuireWoods LLP vs. Barnes & Thornburg LLP vs. Miles & Stockbridge
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- McGuireWoods LLP
Est. 1834
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Est. 1982 · Merger
- Miles & Stockbridge
Est. 1932
Est. 1834
McGuireWoods LLP is a mid-size firm of ~944 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Corporate/M&A. Operates from 22 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. 1932
Miles & Stockbridge is a ~200-attorney firm. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Insurance.
- McGuireWoods LLP#68
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLP#54
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP#78
- Miles & Stockbridge#186
- McGuireWoods LLP24 records
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP19 records
- Miles & Stockbridge5 records
- #68
- #54
- 24 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #78
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 19 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #186
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 5 records
- McGuireWoods LLP$215,000
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$105,000-$180,000
- Miles & Stockbridge$225,000
- McGuireWoods LLP$2.68M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.43M
- Miles & Stockbridge$1.18M
- McGuireWoods LLP$1.21B
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$817.72M
- Miles & Stockbridge$164.59M
Revenue per lawyer
- McGuireWoods LLP$1.29M
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP$1.05M
- Miles & Stockbridge$857K
- $215,000
- $2.68M
- $1.21B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.29M
- 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
- $1.18M
- Firm revenue
- $164.59M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $857K
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP0.5:1
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLP~950
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP~900
- Miles & Stockbridge~200
Offices
- McGuireWoods LLP22
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP27
- Miles & Stockbridge8
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~950
- Offices
- 22
- 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)
- ~200
- Offices
- 8
- McGuireWoods LLP79.4%
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNot Reported
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
Class size
- McGuireWoods LLP34 (2026)
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP35 (year not confirmed)
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNot Reported
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPFree market
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- McGuireWoods LLPNo
- Barnes & Thornburg LLPNo
- Miles & StockbridgeNot Reported
- 79.4%
- Class size
- 34 (2026)
- Not Reported
- No
- 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
- Not Reported
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Not Reported
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”.