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Associates rate the reputations of peer firms in their own regions. These rankings reveal the most prestigious law firms by region across the U.S.Vault's 2025 Rankings are derived from Vault's Annual Associate Survey conducted from January 2024 throughMarch 2024.
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Sometimes all you care about is how a firm stacks up against its peer firms in a particular region of the country. That’s where our regional rankings come in. Each regional ranking is based on ratings from associates who actually work in that region and who were asked to rate firms based on local prestige. This year’s regional rankings include the following locations: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, Mountain States, New York, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, the South Atlantic, Southern California, Texas, and Washington, DC.
Vault's 2025 Rankings are derived from Vault's Annual Associate Survey conducted fromJanuary2024 throughMarch 2024.
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South Atlantic
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Chicago
- Florida
- Mid-Atlantic
- Midwest
- Mountain States
- New York
- Northern California
- Pacific Northwest
- South Atlantic
- Southern California
- Texas
- Washington, DC
2025 Best Law Firms in the South Atlantic
#1
SCORE 7.596
2024 Rank 3
Over its 140-year history, King & Spalding has branched far from its Southern roots to open offices across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, giving West Coast and Northeastern firms a run for their money. With stellar...
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#2
SCORE 7.522
2024 Rank 1
Alston & Bird is home to more than 800 lawyers located across the United States in 12 domestic offices and three international locations. The firm has been recognized for its strength in such areas as healthcare, privacy and data security,...
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#3
SCORE 7.097
2024 Rank 2
McGuireWoods
McGuireWoods, home to over 1,000 attorneys in 21 offices worldwide, is a full-service firm that provides legal and public affairs solutions to corporate, individual, and nonprofit clients across a range of industries, including banking and...
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#4
SCORE 7.009
2024 Rank 4
This Charlotte, NC, stalwart is one of the largest law firms in the Southeast and for the last decade and a half has been the only Charlotte-based law firm in the national top 100 in profits per partner. With more than 300 attorneys working out...
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#5
SCORE 6.776
2024 Rank 5
K&L Gates is one of the largest law firms in the world, with close to 2,000 lawyers across five continents. Among the firm’s top-notch practices are corporate; energy and infrastructure; finance; intellectual property; labor, employment, and...
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#6
SCORE 6.541
2024 Rank 11
From its 19th-century Chicago roots, Winston & Strawn has become a global law firm with nearly 1,000 attorneys across the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. Winston is known for its work in middle-market private equity,...
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#7
SCORE 6.453
2024 Rank 8
Mayer Brown LLP
Mayer Brown is a law firm with offices across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It employs more than 1,900 lawyers—making it among the 25 largest law firm workforces in the world. Known for its top-flight corporate, finance, and...
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#8
SCORE 6.412
2024 Rank 10
Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickinson is a full-service firm with 31 offices across the U.S. and the U.K. A global powerhouse with over 1,100 attorneys, the firm has a wide variety of practice areas including Banking and Finance, Corporate and Securities,...
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#9
SCORE 6.351
2024 Rank 6
Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP is a nationwide presence, with more than 1,200 lawyers across 23 U.S. offices. The firm counsels clients from startups to multinational corporations in over 20 practice areas. Cheesesteaks & Peaches ...
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#10
SCORE 6.240
2024 Rank 12
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough is a southern gem—the firm is among the Top 20 firms in both Vault’s Best Law Firms in Atlanta and Best Law Firms in the South Atlantic. But its reach goes much further than the South Atlantic—the firm’s...
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