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Rankings, rankings - law firms just love their rankings. The latest is the American Lawyer's 2007 A-List, which rates firms based on moneymaking capabilities, as well as more touchy-feely areas such as pro bono work, diversity, and associate satisfaction. In third place is L.A.'s Munger, Tolles, with several firms in the top-20 have a big local presence - among them Lathan & Watkins and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Tops on the list is Debevoise & Plimpton, followed by Weil, Gotshal (both based in NY). Does any of this really matter? Not according to most of the comments on the WSJ's Law Blog.
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.