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Top BigLaw Firms for Securities Litigation in Los Angeles

Every firm in our directory with a Los Angeles office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for securities litigation in California, strongest band first. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP leads with Band 1, one of 5 firms in Band 1.

Ranked firms
17
Band 1 firms
5
Median first-year base
$225,000
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17 ranked firms for securities litigation in Los Angeles

#FirmChambers 2026First-year base2L summer applications
1Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Vault #3

  • Band 1 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Opened Nov 2
2Latham & Watkins LLP

Vault #4

  • Band 1 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Opened Nov 1Deadline Jan 29, 2027
3Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Vault #8

  • Band 1 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Opened Nov 2Deadline Feb 5, 2027
4Cooley LLP

Vault #22

  • Band 1 · Litigation: Securities · California
$255,000+Opened Oct 31Deadline Jan 29, 2027
5Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

Vault #34

  • Band 1 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Opened Nov 2
6Sidley Austin LLP

Vault #11

  • Band 2 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000+Opened Nov 1
7Morrison & Foerster LLP

Vault #27

  • Band 2 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000+Opened Oct 1Deadline Feb 28, 2027
8Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Vault #29

  • Band 2 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Jan 1, 2027
9Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Vault #5

  • Band 3 · Litigation: Securities · California
$235,000+Opened Nov 1Deadline Mar 5, 2027
10Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Vault #14

  • Band 3 · Litigation: Securities · California
$235,000Opened Nov 1
11Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Vault #25

  • Band 3 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Open now
12O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Vault #28

  • Band 3 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000+Open nowDeadline Jan 31, 2027
13Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Vault #40

  • Band 3 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000+Not announced (last cycle Nov 1, 2025)
14Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Vault #78

  • Band 3 · Litigation: Securities · California
$235,000+Expected late fall 2026
15Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Vault #10

  • Band 4 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Opened Nov 1
16Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Vault #37

  • Band 4 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000Opened Nov 2
17Winston Taylor LLP

Vault #39

  • Band 4 · Litigation: Securities · California
$225,000+Open nowDeadline Mar 1, 2027

Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, California 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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