A-List Rankings Show Power Shift Among Top Law Firms

The legal world has been transformed in the last year, and so has The American Lawyer's seventh annual A-List, which ranks the nation's elite law firms -- those that are best at balancing a thriving business with their obligations to the profession. Only four firms held on to the ranking that they had in 2008. Four firms -- all based in Manhattan -- fell off the list, while others slid down the ranks, due in part to a methodology change involving diversity scoring.