Ropes & Gray LLP vs. McDermott Will & Schulte LLP vs. Nixon Peabody LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Ropes & Gray LLP
Est. 1865 · Boston
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Est. 1934
- Nixon Peabody LLP
Est. 1999 · Merger
Est. 1865 · Boston
Ropes & Gray LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #20 / Am Law #7, founded in Boston. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, and Capital Markets. Operates from 11 offices worldwide.
Est. 1934
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Am Law #16. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Corporate/M&A & Private Equity, Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism, and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation.
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.
- Ropes & Gray LLP#20
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP#46
- Nixon Peabody LLP#75
- Ropes & Gray LLP#7
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP#16
- Nixon Peabody LLP#88
- Ropes & Gray LLP26 records
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP23 records
- Nixon Peabody LLP10 records
- #20
- #7
- 26 records
- Vault rank
- #46
- Am Law rank
- #16
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 23 records
- Vault rank
- #75
- Am Law rank
- #88
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 10 records
- Ropes & Gray LLP$225,000
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLP$210,000
- Ropes & Gray LLP$7.05M
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP$5.17M
- Nixon Peabody LLP$1.90M
- Ropes & Gray LLP$3.74B
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP$2.99B
- Nixon Peabody LLP$688.28M
Revenue per lawyer
- Ropes & Gray LLP$2.52M
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP$1.79M
- Nixon Peabody LLP$1.07M
- $225,000
- $7.05M
- $3.74B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.52M
- First-Year Comp
- Not Reported
- Profits Per Partner
- $5.17M
- Firm revenue
- $2.99B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.79M
- First-Year Comp
- $210,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.90M
- Firm revenue
- $688.28M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.07M
- Ropes & Gray LLPNot Reported
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP2,000
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Ropes & Gray LLPNot Reported
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Ropes & Gray LLPNot Reported
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Ropes & Gray LLP~1,500
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP~1,700
- Nixon Peabody LLP~650
Offices
- Ropes & Gray LLP11
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP27
- Nixon Peabody LLP14
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~1,500
- Offices
- 11
- Billable target
- 2,000
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,700
- Offices
- 27
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~650
- Offices
- 14
- Ropes & Gray LLPNot Reported
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP99%
- Nixon Peabody LLP66.7%
Class size
- Ropes & Gray LLP160 (2026)
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLP75 (year not confirmed)
- Nixon Peabody LLP15 (2025)
- Ropes & Gray LLPNot Reported
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPNot Reported
- Nixon Peabody LLPNot Reported
- Ropes & Gray LLPYes
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPYes
- Nixon Peabody LLPCase by Case
- Not Reported
- Class size
- 160 (2026)
- Not Reported
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 99%
- Class size
- 75 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 66.7%
- Class size
- 15 (2025)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- 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
- Ropes & Gray LLPBand 1 · Elite
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 1 · Elite
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 4 · Elite
- Ropes & Gray LLPBand 1
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 3
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 1
- Ropes & Gray LLPBand 3
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 1
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 4
- Ropes & Gray LLPBand 2
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 1
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 4
- Ropes & Gray LLPBand 1
- McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 3
- Nixon Peabody LLPBand 3
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”.