List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner
This is a list of American law firms by profits per partner in 2020.
| Rank by PPP | Firm | 2020 PPP | Equity partners | Profit margin |
| 1 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | $6,330,000 | 85 | 61% |
| 2 | Kirkland & Ellis | $5,195,000 | 450 | 56% |
| 3 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | $4,699,000 | 153 | 52% |
| 4 | Sullivan & Cromwell | $4,653,000 | 164 | 52% |
| 5 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | $4,556,000 | 157 | 57% |
| 6 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | $4,514,000 | 160 | 50% |
| 7 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $4,417,000 | 191 | 52% |
| 8 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | $4,414,000 | 85 | 47% |
| 9 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | $4,028,000 | 168 | 45% |
| 10 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $3,919,000 | 334 | 50% |
| 11 | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | $3,874,000 | 158 | 57% |
| 12 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | $3,836,000 | 64 | 63% |
| 13 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | $3,790,000 | 104 | 51% |
| 14 | Latham & Watkins | $3,780,000 | 514 | 52% |
| 15 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | $3,760,000 | 326 | 61% |
| 16 | Debevoise & Plimpton | $3,702,000 | 138 | 49% |
| 17 | Paul Hastings | $3,418,000 | 186 | 50% |
| 18 | Boies, Schiller & Flexner | $3,365,000 | 52 | 43% |
| 19 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | $3,169,000 | 148 | 54% |
| 20 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | $3,066,000 | 181 | 46% |
| 21 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | $3,045,000 | 76 | 50% |
| 22 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | $3,009,000 | 46 | 30% |
| 23 | Dechert | $3,002,000 | 154 | 41% |
| 24 | King & Spalding | $3,000,000 | 190 | 43% |
| 25 | Sidley Austin | $2,820,000 | 313 | 38% |
| 26 | Ropes & Gray | $2,817,000 | 256 | 38% |
| 27 | Vinson & Elkins | $2,798,000 | 125 | 44% |
| 28 | Proskauer Rose | $2,750,000 | 169 | 46% |
| 29 | Goodwin Procter | $2,607,000 | 230 | 45% |
| 30 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $2,599,000 | 179 | 41% |
| 31 | White & Case | $2,598,000 | 332 | 39% |
| 32 | Cooley | $2,535,000 | 228 | 43% |
| 33 | Shearman & Sterling | $2,460,000 | 135 | 34% |
| 34 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | $2,420,000 | 138 | 35% |
| 35 | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | $2,345,000 | 59 | 20% |
| 36 | O'Melveny & Myers | $2,317,000 | 171 | 47% |
| 37 | Winston & Strawn | $2,314,000 | 150 | 34% |
| 38 | WilmerHale | $2,313,000 | 244 | 48% |
| 39 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | $2,274,000 | 117 | 23% |
| 40 | Alston & Bird | $2,251,000 | 153 | 41% |
| 41 | Fenwick & West | $2,169,000 | 82 | 38% |
| 42 | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | $2,163,000 | 69 | 37% |
| 43 | Morrison & Foerster | $2,048,000 | 181 | 32% |
| 44 | Fish & Richardson | $2,027,000 | 99 | 43% |
| 45 | McDermott Will & Emery | $2,007,000 | 206 | 35% |
| 46 | DLA Piper | $1,951,000 | 422 | 26% |
| 47 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | $1,854,000 | 131 | 36% |
| 48 | Mayer Brown | $1,812,000 | 276 | 34% |
| 49 | Greenberg Traurig | $1,803,000 | 311 | 34% |
| 50 | Covington & Burling | $1,801,000 | 309 | 47% |