Top BigLaw Firms for Commercial Litigation in Boston
Every firm in our directory with a Boston office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for commercial litigation in Massachusetts, strongest band first. Ropes & Gray LLP leads with Band 1, one of 3 firms in Band 1.
- Ranked firms
- 22
- Band 1 firms
- 3
- Median first-year base
- $225,000
22 ranked firms for commercial litigation in Boston
| # | Firm | Chambers 2026 | First-year base | 2L summer applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ropes & Gray LLP Vault #20 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 2 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Vault #25 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 3 | Goodwin Procter LLP Vault #31 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 4 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vault #3 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins LLP Vault #4 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1Deadline Jan 29, 2027 |
| 6 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Vault #14 |
| $235,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 7 | Cooley LLP Vault #22 |
| $255,000+ | Opened Oct 31Deadline Jan 29, 2027 |
| 8 | Proskauer Rose LLP Vault #33 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Vault #37 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 10 | Holland & Knight LLP Vault #48 |
| $225,000 | Jan 4, 2027 |
| 11 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Vault #77 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Oct 1Deadline Dec 11, 2026 |
| 12 | Jones Day Vault #26 |
| $240,000 | Open now |
| 13 | McDermott Will & Schulte LLP Vault #46 |
| Not reported | Opened Nov 2 |
| 14 | Nixon Peabody LLP Vault #75 |
| $210,000 | Not announced |
| 15 | Foley Hoag LLP Vault #90 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Oct 1 |
| 16 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
| 17 | K&L Gates LLP Vault #49 |
| $225,000+ | Open now |
| 18 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP Vault #55 |
| Varies by office | Dec 1, 2026 |
| 19 | Saul Ewing |
| $225,000 | Not announced |
| 20 | Sullivan & Worcester |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
| 21 | Hinckley Allen |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
| 22 | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Vault #93 |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, Massachusetts tables; Band 1 is the strongest, and a “Highly Regarded” band sits below every “Elite” band. Pay is each firm’s first-year base; summer dates come from each firm’s own page via the BigLaw Job Board. How rankings work
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