Snell & Wilmer vs. Mayer Brown LLP vs. Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Snell & Wilmer
Est. 1938
- Mayer Brown LLP
Est. 1881 · Chicago
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Est. 1912
Est. 1938
Snell & Wilmer is a mid-size firm of ~550 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Construction, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Intellectual Property. Operates from 18 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. 1912
A full-service firm with Upper Midwest roots and a broad corporate, finance, litigation, energy, and intellectual-property practice.
- Snell & WilmerNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLP#44
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Snell & Wilmer#109
- Mayer Brown LLP#27
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP#99
- Snell & Wilmer7 records
- Mayer Brown LLP14 records
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP14 records
- Not Reported
- #109
- 7 records
- Vault rank
- #44
- Am Law rank
- #27
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 14 records
- Vault rank
- Not Reported
- Am Law rank
- #99
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 14 records
- Snell & Wilmer$225,000
- Mayer Brown LLP$225,000
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$190,000
- Snell & Wilmer$1.56M
- Mayer Brown LLP$3.20M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$1.35M
- Snell & Wilmer$473.97M
- Mayer Brown LLP$2.17B
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$578.28M
Revenue per lawyer
- Snell & Wilmer$957K
- Mayer Brown LLP$1.25M
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP$1.02M
- $225,000
- $1.56M
- $473.97M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $957K
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $3.20M
- Firm revenue
- $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
- Snell & WilmerNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLP2,000
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Snell & WilmerNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Snell & WilmerNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLP1:1
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Snell & Wilmer~550
- Mayer Brown LLP~1,750
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP~600
Offices
- Snell & Wilmer18
- Mayer Brown LLP19
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP22
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~550
- Offices
- 18
- 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
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~600
- Offices
- 22
- Snell & Wilmer100%
- Mayer Brown LLPNot Reported
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
Class size
- Snell & WilmerNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLP69 (year not confirmed)
- Dorsey & Whitney LLP37 (year not confirmed)
- Snell & WilmerNot Reported
- Mayer Brown LLPFree market
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPNot Reported
- Snell & WilmerYes
- Mayer Brown LLPCase by Case
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPYes
- 100%
- Class size
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Yes
- 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
- 37 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- 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
- Snell & WilmerBand 3
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 1
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 1
- Snell & WilmerBand 1
- Mayer Brown LLPBand 2
- Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 2
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”.