2025 Vault Law Firm Tax Rankings: Skadden Is #1 For 15th 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	40.24%
2	Kirkland & Ellis	Chicago	25.78%
3	Cravath	New York	21.45%
4	Davis Polk	New York	20.00%
5	Latham & Watkins	New York	17.83%
6	Wachtell	New York	17.35%
7	Baker McKenzie	Chicago	14.70%
8	McDermott, Will & Emery	Chicago	12.77%
9	Sullivan & Cromwell	New York	8.43%
10	Simpson Thacher	New York	7.47%
11	Weil	New York	6.99%
12	Cleary Gottlieb	New York	6.27%
13	Morgan Lewis	Philadelphia	6.02%
14	Caplin & Drysdale	D.C.	5.54%
14	Paul Weiss	New York	5.54%
16	Eversheds Sutherland	Atlanta	5.06%
17	Miller & Chevalier	D.C.	4.82%
18	Ropes & Gray	Boston	4.58%
18	Sidley Austin	Chicago	4.58%
20	Mayer Brown	Chicago	3.86%

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

1. New York (10)
2. Chicago (5)
3. D.C. (2)
4. Atlanta, Boston,  Philadelphia (1)

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

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

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