The 2024 Outside Counsel Rankings: Top Law Firms By Type of Organization – Above the Law

As
we
complete
the


rollout

of
our
2024
Outside
Counsel
Rankings,
we
focus
this
week
on
the
law
firms
rated
highest
by
in-house
counsel
at
specific
types
of
organizations. 

As
a


reminder,
our
survey
asked
more
than
500
in-house
attorneys
to
tell
us
which
firms
their
organization
engages
for
legal
services
and
indicate
the
highest
level
of
legal
work
for
which
they
engage
the
firms.
The
levels
of
work
were
defined
along
a
four-point
scale:

1. 
   Cost-efficient,
   bulk
   tasks
2. 
   Routine
   matters
3. 
   High-value,
   complex
   matters
4. 
   “Bet-the-company”
   matters

The
ratings
for
each
firm
were
averaged
and
the
law
firms
with
the
highest
scores
made
it
into
our
list
of
the


Top
Outside
Counsel.
We
also
drew
up


industry-specific
rankings

based
on
the
sectors
represented
by
the
in-house
lawyers
surveyed. 

For
our
organization
rankings,
we
segmented
the
responses
based
on
the
type
of
organization
in
which
the
respondents
work
to
compile
lists
of
the
top
five
highest-rated
firms
among
three
groups: 

• 
  Fortune
  500
  Companies
• 
  Large
  Private
  Companies
  (with
  1,000+
  employees)
• 
  Nonprofit
  Institutions

Interestingly,
each
list
is
unique,
with
no
firm
appearing
on
more
than
one.
To
see
which
law
firms
rated
highest
among
each
group,
view
the
new
rankings


here.