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Top BigLaw Firms for Entertainment / Media / Sports in New York

Every firm in our directory with a New York office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for media, entertainment and sports in New York, strongest band first. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP leads with Band 1, one of 5 firms in Band 1.

Ranked firms
18
Band 1 firms
5
Median first-year base
$225,000
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18 ranked firms for media, entertainment and sports in New York

#FirmChambers 2026First-year base2L summer applications
1Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Vault #74

  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation · New York
  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Advisory · New York
$225,000+See the Job Board
2Loeb & Loeb
  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: Advisory · New York
  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000See the Job Board
3Pryor Cashman
  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Music · New York
  • Band 4 · Media & Entertainment: Advisory · New York
$225,000Dec 15, 2026
4Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Vault #1

  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
  • Band 4 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000Jan 4, 2027
5Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Vault #23

  • Band 1 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
$225,000Open now
6Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Vault #8

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000Opened Nov 2Deadline Feb 5, 2027
7Fox Rothschild LLP

Vault #76

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Music · New York
  • Band 3 · Media & Entertainment: Advisory · New York
$205,000Not announced
8Proskauer Rose LLP

Vault #33

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
  • Band 4 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000Opened Nov 1
9Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Vault #3

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
$225,000Opened Nov 2
10Latham & Watkins LLP

Vault #4

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
$225,000Opened Nov 1Deadline Jan 29, 2027
11Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Vault #6

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000Opened Nov 1
12O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Vault #28

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Corporate · New York
$225,000+Open nowDeadline Jan 31, 2027
13Jenner & Block LLP

Vault #43

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000+Open now
14Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Vault #73

  • Band 2 · Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation · New York
$225,000Opened Oct 15
15Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Vault #66

  • Band 3 · Media & Entertainment: Advisory · New York
$225,000Opened Nov 1
16ArentFox Schiff LLP

Vault #80

  • Band 3 · Media & Entertainment: Advisory · New York
$215,000Not announced
17Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Vault #14

  • Band 4 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$235,000Opened Nov 1
18Winston Taylor LLP

Vault #39

  • Band 4 · Media & Entertainment: Litigation · New York
$225,000+Open nowDeadline Mar 1, 2027

Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, New York 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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