Firm Profiles
IN-DEPTH RESEARCH REPORT
on Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
- - Financial Information
- - Compensation
- - Billing Rates
- - Lateral Partner Moves
- - Pro bono
- - Key Contacts
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
- Designation: New York
- Head Count: 293
- Gross Revenues: $268,000,000
- Revenue Per Lawyer: $915,000
- Profits Per Partner: $1,190,000
- Year Over Year Change: no change
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is a New York-based law firm. The firm ranked 109th on The American Lawyer's 2011 Am Law 200, with $260,000,000 in gross revenue in 2010. According to the National Law Journal's 2011 NLJ 250 rankings of U.S. firms based on size, the firm has 292 attorneys and is the 146th largest law firm in the United States. Stroock & Stroock is a business law firm practicing in the areas of corporate finance and the representation of financial institutions. Practices include employee benefits and compensation, real estate, insolvency, energy, intellectual property, and litigation. In addition to its New York headquarters, the firm has offices in Los Angeles and Miami.
Firm Rankings
| Survey | Rank | Year Over Year Change | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am Law 100 | NR | N/A | Gross revenue |
| Am Law 200 | 109 | no change | Gross revenue |
| NLJ 250 | 145 | 1 | Lawyer head count |
| The A-List | NR | N/A | Overall excellence |
| Pro Bono Scorecard | 76 | 4 | Pro-bono commitment |
| Diversity Scorecard | 90 | 8 | Minority head count |
| Midlevel Associates Survey | NR | N/A | Job satisfaction |
| Summer Associates Survey | 100 | no change | Summer programs |
In the News
Law Firm Retirement Plans Get Fresh Attention With New Rankings
Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : February 7, 2013
A year after The American Lawyer exposed the daunting?and, in many cases, underfunded?pension obligations facing a host of Am Law firms, legal industry retirement plans were back in the spotlight Tuesday thanks to a new ranking of the top 25 law firm 401(k) plans.
Personal Notes on Lawyers
: New York Law Journal : February 5, 2013
Three firms welcome new additions, while several others announce promotions.
Law Firm Retirement Plans Get Fresh Attention
Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : February 5, 2013
A year after The American Lawyer exposed the daunting—and, in many cases, underfunded—pension obligations facing a host of Am Law firms, investment research company BrightScope has produced its second analysis of law firm 401(k) plans.
Q&A: Barbara Berger Opotowsky
Christine Simmons : New York Law Journal : February 1, 2013
The executive director of the New York City Bar discusses her 15-year tenure overseeing the now 24,000-member organization, the challenges and successes during her leadership, and the relevance of bar membership to a changing profession.
Personal Notes on Lawyers
: New York Law Journal : January 16, 2013
Venable has added Brian Turoff as of counsel in the labor and employment practice, and eight firms announced propmotions to partner.
'Apology' as a Legal Strategy
Joel Cohen : Special to Law.com : January 14, 2013
Pet Issues Revisited: Questions Raised on Support Pets
Richard Siegler and Eva Talel : New York Law Journal : January 3, 2013
In their Cooperatives and Condominiums column, Richard Siegler and Eva Talel of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan write: While boards have little difficulty granting waivers of "no-pet" rules to blind individuals who require seeing-eye service dogs, boards do not always know how to respond to owners who claim to have impairments or conditions that require a pet in order to enjoy the use of their apartment. Further, courts and administrative tribunals have given conflicting messages as to what an owner must establish in order to keep a support pet.
In Memoriam: A Roll Call of 2012's Deceased Legal Luminaries
Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : January 2, 2013
From Skadden's Roger Aaron to Sullivan & Cromwell's George Kern Jr., The Am Law Daily remembers some of the leading lights of the legal trade who died last year.
Conduct Commission Censures Holzman
Brendan Pierson : New York Law Journal : December 19, 2012
The Commission on Judicial Conduct has voted to censure Bronx Surrogate Lee Holzman for failing to report misconduct by Michael Lippman, former counsel to the Bronx public administrator, but will not remove him from the bench.
Stroock Attorneys Set to Return to Maiden Lane
Christine Simmons : New York Law Journal : December 17, 2012
The firm's 240 New York lawyers are returning today to their lower Manhattan offices after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
- Anderson Kill & Olick
- Arent Fox
- Arthur Cox
- Baker & McKenzie
- Chadbourne & Parke
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Clifford Chance
- Cooley
- Covington & Burling
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Dewey & LeBoeuf
- Dickstein Shapiro
- DLA Piper
- Duane Morris
- Eversheds
- Fish & Richardson
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian
- Heller Ehrman
- Howrey
- Irwin Mitchell
- Jenner & Block
- Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
- Perkins Coie
- Proskauer Rose
- Reed Smith
- Ropes & Gray
- Shearman & Sterling
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Slaughter and May
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Vinson & Elkins
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
