MoFo vault vs. chambers Forum

[Anonymous User]

just curious why MoFo is #1 is regional NorCal. Realized only now that MoFo has relatively low Chambers rankings. What's the deal - why so much mojo love?

[Anonymous User]

MoFo does bad on the chamber's rankings? What?

California (not including National rankings, which are also extensive):

Antitrust (Band 3)
Lori Schechter (Band 4)
Penelope A Preovolos (Band 2)
Banking & Finance (Band 3)
F Daniel Leventhal (Band 3)
Jill Feldman (Band 4)
Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
Robert S Townsend (Band 3)
Corporate/M&A: Northern California (Band 3)
Gavin B Grover (Band 4)
Michael O'Bryan (Band 3)
Robert S Townsend (Band 3)
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital (Band 3)
Jay de Groot (Band 3)
Stephen B Thau (Band 3)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 3)
Michael T Frank (Band 2)
Patrick McCabe (Band 2)
Paul Borden (Band 2)
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Band 2)
Gordon Erspamer (Band 3)
Peter Hanschen (Band 2)
Environment (Band 2)
Michael Steel (Band 2)
Michèle B Corash (Band 1)
Intellectual Property (Band 2)
Intellectual Property: Patent
David C Doyle (Band 4)
Harold J McElhinny (Band 1)
Michael A Jacobs (Band 2)
Rachel Krevans (Band 2)
IT & Outsourcing (Band 1)
Paul E Jahn (Band 3)
William Schwartz (Band 1)
Labor & Employment (Band 4)
Karen Kubin (Band 4)
Raymond Wheeler (Band S)
Life Sciences (Band 2)
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
John W Campbell (Band 3)
Stephen B Thau (Band 2)
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Gladys H Monroy (Band 1)
Kate H Murashige (Band S)
Litigation: Appellate
Miriam A. Vogel (Band 2)
Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3)
Arturo J González (Band 4)
Lori Schechter (Band 4)
Litigation: Securities
Jordan Eth (Band 1)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
James Brosnahan (Band S)
Real Estate (Band 2)
Carl (Kim) Seneker (Band S)
Marc D Young (Band 4)
Thomas Fileti (Band 2)
Tax (Band 3)
Tax: State & Local
Carley A Roberts (Band 2)
Eric J Coffill (Band 1)


The only CA firms that have comprable chambers rankings are Latham, Gibson, and maybe OMM, all of which are LA firms based firms with most of their talent (and most of their workforce) based in LA. For firms in SF/SV, MoFo has by far the highest concentration of chambers ranked attorneys. This is because MoFo is huge in norcal. They have the largest office in SF (200+ lawyers) and the second largest number of lawyers in norcal (450ish vs 500 for wilson).

[Anonymous User]

I didn't look at a partner list, but if you look at corporate bands for overall practices like M&A, etc. MoFo is not tops in many, if any.

[itbdvorm]

I didn't look at a partner list, but if you look at corporate bands for overall practices like M&A, etc. MoFo is not tops in many, if any.

MoFo is good. not great, but good. they are biggest in norcal but some of the other firms listed are better.