Bloomberg Law
June 23, 2017, 9:44 PM UTC

The Law Firm World According to Associates

Casey Sullivan

One criticism of Vault’s annual ranking of the top 100 most prestigious law firms is that the ranking and review company surveys associates, not partners, says editor Matt Moody.

“Firms may criticize our methodology and say associate views are not credible, but I disagree with that,” said Moody, in an interview following Vault’s release on Thursday of its annual ranking of this year’s most prestigious firms.

Associates “work for these firms; they have friends who are working for these firms,” Moody said. “They are in deals or cases and are going up against these firms.”

The Vault 100, founded in 1997, ...





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