Researching US and Foreign Law Firms

Chambers 2008 US Law Firm Rankings is a great resource for practitioners searching for co-counsel. law librarians looking for assistance from colleagues, and job hunting law school students because of the number of practice areas (listed below the fold) the report ranks firms by, the firm profiles the Chambers Report provides, and the tiered method it uses -- no top 10-20-30 here; instead first tier, second tier, etc. by practice area. For example, the report identifies the following US firms as top tier law firms for Privacy & Data Security law:

• Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Chambers publishes similar 2008 law firm rankings for Europe, UK, Asia, Global, plus a Student Guide to the Legal Profession.

From Legal Research Plus, we've learned about Fee Fie Foe's search engines. By country, the SEs focus on law firm websites:

• Fee Fie Foe US Law Firm SE
• Fee Fie Foe Canadian Law Firm SE
• Fee Fie Foe New Zealand Law Firm SE
• Fee Fie Foe UK Law Firm SE

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Practice Areas Used in the Chambers 2008 US Law Firm Rankings:

• Antitrust
• Appellate Law
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
• Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products
• Capital Markets: Securitization
• Climate Change
• Corporate/M&A
• Energy
• ERISA Litigation
• Financial Services Regulation
• First Amendment Litigation
• Food & Beverages
• Food & Beverages: Alcohol
• Franchising
• Government: Government Contracts
• Government: Government Relations
• Government: Political Law
• Insurance: Insurer Firms
• Insurance: Policy Holder
• Intellectual Property
• International Arbitration
• International Trade
• International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
• Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
• Investment Funds: Private Equity: Buyouts
• Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Investment Funds: Registered Funds
• Investment Funds: REITs
• Investment Funds: Venture Capital
• Labor & Employment
• Leisure & Hospitality
• Life Sciences
• Native American Law
• Outsourcing
• Privacy & Data Security
• Products Liability
• Projects
• Retail
• Sports Law
• Sports Law: Canada
• Tax: Controversy & Fraud
• Tax: Corporate & Finance
• Transportation (Overview)
• Transportation: Aviation: Finance
• Transportation: Aviation: Litigation
• Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory
• Transportation: Energy
• Transportation: Rail (for Railroads)
• Transportation: Rail (for Shippers)
• Transportation: Road (Carriage/Commercial)
• Transportation: Road (Infrastructure)
• Transportation: Shipping: Finance (New York)
• Transportation: Shipping: Litigation (New York)
• Transportation: Shipping: Litigation (outside New York)
• Transportation: Shipping: Regulatory (outside New York)
• Wealth Management