Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP vs. Nixon Peabody LLP vs. Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Est. 1863 · San Francisco
- Nixon Peabody LLP
Est. 1999 · Merger
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Est. 2013
Est. 1863 · San Francisco
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Am Law #34, founded in San Francisco, CA. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs, Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS, and Capital Markets:...
Est. 1999 · Merger
Nixon Peabody LLP is a mid-size firm of ~644 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Corporate/Commercial, Corporate/M&A, and Healthcare. Operates from 14 offices worldwide.
Est. 2013
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Am Law #19. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, and E-Discovery & Information Governance. Operates from 48 offices worldwide.
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP#40
- Nixon Peabody LLP#75
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP#57
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP#34
- Nixon Peabody LLP#88
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP#19
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP17 records
- Nixon Peabody LLP10 records
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP19 records
- #40
- #34
- 17 records
- Vault rank
- #75
- Am Law rank
- #88
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 10 records
- Vault rank
- #57
- Am Law rank
- #19
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 19 records
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP$225,000+
- Nixon Peabody LLP$210,000
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP$235,000
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP$4.20M
- Nixon Peabody LLP$1.90M
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP$2.06M
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP$1.78B
- Nixon Peabody LLP$688.28M
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP$2.84B
Revenue per lawyer
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP$1.75M
- Nixon Peabody LLP$1.07M
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP$844K
- $225,000+
- $4.20M
- $1.78B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.75M
- First-Year Comp
- $210,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.90M
- Firm revenue
- $688.28M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.07M
- First-Year Comp
- $235,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $2.06M
- Firm revenue
- $2.84B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $844K
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP1,900
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP9 years
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP1.4:1
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPNot Reported
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP~1,000
- Nixon Peabody LLP~650
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP~3,000
Offices
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP27
- Nixon Peabody LLP14
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP48
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- 1.4:1
- ~1,000
- Offices
- 27
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~650
- Offices
- 14
- Billable target
- 1,900
- Partnership track
- 9 years
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~3,000
- Offices
- 48
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP100%
- Nixon Peabody LLP66.7%
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP96%
Class size
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLP15 (2025)
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP127 (year not confirmed)
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPFree market
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPYes
- Nixon Peabody LLPCase by Case
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPCase by Case
- 100%
- Class size
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 66.7%
- Class size
- 15 (2025)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- 96%
- Class size
- 127 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Free market
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Shared rankings
Rank differences
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBand 1
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 1
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPBand 2
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBand 1
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 1
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPBand 2
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBand 1
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 4
- Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPBand 2
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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”.