How AI Sees the Am Law 25

The 25

Ranked by revenue. Scored by who the AI tools name.

The 25 highest-grossing US law firms in the 2026 Am Law 100 (The American Lawyer, April 2026), in revenue order. Download the index as a PDF.

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   Kirkland & Ellis

   Private equity · Chicago, IL

   Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Named by all four. Claude still gave the firm's old North LaSalle address, and three tools named McGuireWoods partners before Kirkland's own.

   Named instead: Sidley Austin, Latham & Watkins

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   Latham & Watkins

   Mergers and acquisitions · Los Angeles, CA

   Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Named by all four, though three of them put Sullivan & Cromwell's Alison Ressler first for M&A in Los Angeles.

   Named instead: Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden

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   DLA Piper

   Corporate · New York, NY

   Named by 0 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Not named by any tool for corporate work in New York. Cravath, Wachtell and Paul, Weiss took the answers; Perplexity named two small firms instead.

   Named instead: Cravath, Wachtell

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   Gibson Dunn

   Litigation · Los Angeles, CA

   Named by 1 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Only Claude named it for litigation in its home city. Quinn Emanuel and Hueston Hennigan led the other three answers.

   Named instead: Quinn Emanuel, Hueston Hennigan

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   Skadden

   Mergers and acquisitions · New York, NY

   Named by 3 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Named by three. ChatGPT left it out of the New York M&A answer and named Cravath and Crowell & Moring instead.

   Named instead: Wachtell, Cravath

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   Sidley Austin

   Litigation · Chicago, IL

   Named by 1 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Only Claude named it for litigation in Chicago. Winston & Strawn's Dan Webb led two of the other answers.

   Named instead: Winston & Strawn, Kirkland & Ellis

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   Ropes & Gray

   Private equity · Boston, MA

   Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Named by all four for private equity in Boston, usually beside Goodwin and Kirkland.

   Named instead: Goodwin, Kirkland & Ellis

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   Baker McKenzie

   International trade · Chicago, IL

   Named by 3 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Named by three. ChatGPT passed over the world's largest firm for a Chicago trade boutique, Barnes, Richardson & Colburn.

   Named instead: Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, Faegre Drinker

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   White & Case

   International arbitration · New York, NY

   Named by 3 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

   Named by three. ChatGPT named Skadden and Chaffetz Lindsey for arbitration in New York and left White & Case out.

   Named instead: Debevoise & Plimpton, Skadden

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    Simpson Thacher

    Private equity · New York, NY

    Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by all four, and every one of them named Kirkland first.

    Named instead: Kirkland & Ellis, Paul, Weiss

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    Morgan Lewis

    Employment law · Philadelphia, PA

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two. The tools read "employment lawyer in Philadelphia" as an employee asking, and named plaintiff-side firms first.

    Named instead: Console Mattiacci Law, Murphy Law Group

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    Hogan Lovells

    Regulatory · Washington, DC

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two. Covington led every regulatory answer in Washington; ChatGPT and Perplexity did not name Hogan Lovells at all.

    Named instead: Covington & Burling, Arnold & Porter

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    Jones Day

    Litigation · Cleveland, OH

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two in the city where it was founded. BakerHostetler and Tucker Ellis came up more often.

    Named instead: BakerHostetler, Tucker Ellis

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    Paul, Weiss

    White collar defense · New York, NY

    Named by 3 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by three. ChatGPT went to Gibson Dunn's Barry Berke and the boutique Brune Law instead.

    Named instead: Morvillo Abramowitz, Sullivan & Cromwell

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    Sullivan & Cromwell

    Mergers and acquisitions · New York, NY

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two. Wachtell and Cravath took the New York M&A answers; ChatGPT and Perplexity left S&C out.

    Named instead: Wachtell, Cravath

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    Goodwin

    Life sciences · Boston, MA

    Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by all four for life sciences in Boston, alongside WilmerHale and Cooley.

    Named instead: WilmerHale, Cooley

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    Greenberg Traurig

    Real estate · Miami, FL

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two in its home market. Bilzin Sumberg led the Miami real estate answers; ChatGPT and Perplexity did not name GT.

    Named instead: Bilzin Sumberg, Holland & Knight

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    Davis Polk

    Capital markets · New York, NY

    Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by all four, though three of them put Latham's Marc Jaffe first for capital markets in New York.

    Named instead: Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher

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    Cooley

    Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA

    Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by all four for venture capital in Palo Alto, with Wilson Sonsini beside it every time.

    Named instead: Wilson Sonsini, Fenwick & West

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    Norton Rose Fulbright

    Energy · Houston, TX

    Named by 1 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Only Claude named it. Vinson & Elkins and Bracewell owned the Houston energy answers in the other three tools.

    Named instead: Vinson & Elkins, Bracewell

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    Mayer Brown

    Banking and finance · Chicago, IL

    Named by 3 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by three. ChatGPT named Kirkland and Morgan Lewis for banking in Chicago and left Mayer Brown out.

    Named instead: Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin

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    Quinn Emanuel

    Commercial litigation · Los Angeles, CA

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two in its home city. ChatGPT named John Hueston and O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli; Perplexity named three small LA firms.

    Named instead: Hueston Hennigan, O'Melveny & Myers

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    Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    Restructuring · New York, NY

    Named by 4 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by all four for restructuring in New York, next to Davis Polk and Kirkland.

    Named instead: Davis Polk, Kirkland & Ellis

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    King & Spalding

    Healthcare · Atlanta, GA

    Named by 3 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by three. ChatGPT named BakerHostetler and Arnall Golden Gregory for healthcare in Atlanta instead.

    Named instead: Arnall Golden Gregory, Parker Hudson

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    Paul Hastings

    Employment law · Los Angeles, CA

    Named by 2 of 4 ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

    Named by two. As with Morgan Lewis, the tools answered as if an employee were asking and named plaintiff firms first.

    Named instead: Shegerian & Associates, Genie Harrison Law Firm