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Law Firms At the Top of GC Speed-Dial Lists

By Tamara Loomis
September 28, 2006

(Editor's note: It's interesting to compare the explanatory factors offered for these success stories with the much longer lists of factors law firms routinely worry about. Sheer effectiveness in getting critical jobs done is justifiably given major weight, as is efficiency. But do a law firm's professional integrity, billing practices and customer relationship management enter into GC discussions at all?)

For the past 5 years, Corporate Counsel has conducted a survey of Fortune 250 general counsel, asking them to list their 'primary' outside counsel. This year, 93 companies provided information on their top law firms for corporate transactions, litigation, labor and employment, and intellectual property. Those companies named a total of 380 law firms.

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