Kaye Scholer joined Boston-based Choate Hall & Stewart in a tie for first place in The American Lawyer’s 2015 Summer Associate satisfaction survey, earning top scores in nine categories.

The two Am Law 200 firms received a perfect average overall score of 5 on a 1-to-5 grading scale in nine areas, as well as the same 93 percent response rate, with an identical number of responses and respondents (14 out of 15). New York-based Kaye Scholer rose from fifth place in last year’s survey to oust Boston’s Foley Hoag at the top. Foley Hoag and Choate Hall were tied at the top in 2014.