2021 Vault Law Firm Tax Rankings: Skadden Is #1 For 11th Year In A Row

Vault has released its annual ranking of the Top 100 Law Firms, based on prestige as voted on by associates (methodology here). The Top Tax Practices are:

Rank	Firm	Home City	% Vote
1	Skadden	New York	42.55%
2	Cravath	New York	22.25%
3	Davis Polk	New York	21.17%
4	Kirkland & Ellis	Chicago	20.52%
5	Baker McKenzie	Chicago	18.14%
6	Wachtell	New York	16.63%
7	McDermott, Will & Emery	Chicago	16.42%
8	Cleary Gottlieb	New York	11.66%
9	Latham & Watkins	Los Angeles	9.94%
10	Sullivan & Cromwell	New York	8.64%
11	Weil Gotshal	New York	7.78%
12	Morgan Lewis	Philadelphia	7.56%
13	Simpson Thacher	New York	7.34%
14	Caplin & Drysdale	D.C.	7.13%
15	Mayer Brown	Chicago	6.48%
16	Paul Weiss	New York	6.26%
17	Miller & Chevalier	D.C.	5.18%
18	Eversheds Sutherland	Atlanta	4.75%
19	Alston & Bird	Atlanta	3.67%
19	Roberts Holland	New York	3.67%

For the eleventh year in a row, Skadden is #1. The city rankings are:

1. New York (10)
2. Chicago (4)
3. Atlanta, D.C. (2)
4. Cleveland, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco (1)

For prior years' Vault Law Firm Tax Rankings, see:

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020