Valeo 2021 - 2025 Patent Litigation Law Firm Hourly Rate Report

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Valeo Research and Reporting Methodology

Section 1: Overall Rates by AMLAW Group

• AMLAW 1-10
• AMLAW 1-25
• AMLAW 1-50
• AMLAW 51-100
• AMLAW 1-100
• AMLAW 101-200
• AMLAW 1-200
• Non-AMLAW

Section 2: Overall Rates by Law Firm

• Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Latham & Watkins LLP
• DLA Piper LLP (US)
• Baker McKenzie
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Sidley Austin LLP
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Ropes & Gray LLP
• White & Case LLP
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Hogan Lovells LLP
• Jones Day
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
• Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Goodwin Procter LLP
• King & Spalding LLP
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
• Cooley LLP
• Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• Mayer Brown LLP
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Holland & Knight LLP
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
• Paul Hastings LLP
• Covington & Burling LLP
• Milbank LLP
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Reed Smith LLP
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Morrison & Foerster LLP
• Dechert LLP
• K&L Gates LLP
• Squire Patton Boggs
• Proskauer Rose LLP
• Perkins Coie LLP
• Winston & Strawn LLP
• Foley & Lardner LLP
• Alston & Bird LLP
• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
• Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
• Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
• McGuireWoods LLP
• Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
• Vinson & Elkins LLP
• Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
• O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Baker & Hostetler LLP
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• Polsinelli PC
• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
• Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP
• Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
• Venable LLP
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
• Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
• Fenwick & West LLP
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• Susman Godfrey LLP
• Baker Botts LLP
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
• Fox Rothschild LLP
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Littler Mendelson P.C.
• Cozen O'Connor
• Duane Morris LLP
• Blank Rome LLP
• Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
• Husch Blackwell LLP
• Taft Sherman
• Crowell & Moring LLP
• Haynes and Boone, LLP
• Jenner & Block LLP
• ArentFox Schiff LLP
• Womble Lewis Roca
• Nixon Peabody LLP
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• Akerman LLP
• Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
• Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
• Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Steptoe LLP
• Ballard Lane
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
• Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
• Jackson Walker LLP
• Loeb & Loeb LLP
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
• Lowenstein Sandler PC
• Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Clark Hill PLC
• Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
• Holland & Hart LLP
• Quarles & Brady LLP
• Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
• Bracewell LLP
• Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Honigman LLP
• Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
• Foley Hoag LLP
• Kutak Rock LLP
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
• Frost Brown Todd LLC
• Buchalter, APC
• Robins Kaplan LLP
• Stinson LLP
• Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
• Knobbe Martens
• Moore & Van Allen PLLC
• Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
• Brown Rudnick LLP
• McCarter & English, LLP
• Thompson Coburn LLP
• Spencer Fane LLP
• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Wiley Rein LLP
• Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
• Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
• Burr & Forman LLP
• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
• Dykema Gossett P.L.L.C.
• Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
• Shutts & Bowen LLP
• Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
• Kobre & Kim L.L.P.
• Lathrop GPM LLP
• Phelps Dunbar LLP
• Robinson & Cole LLP
• Greenspoon Marder LLP
• Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, P.C.
• GrayRobinson, P.A.
• Cole Schotz P.C.
• Offit Kurman, P.A.
• Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
• Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
• Irell & Manella LLP
• Hanson Bridgett LLP
• Fennemore Craig, P.C.
• Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Tucker Ellis LLP
• Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP
• Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
• Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
• Archer & Greiner, P.C.
• Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
• Dentons
• Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
• Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
• Johnson Legal PLLC
• Jones Walker LLP
• Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP
• Leason Ellis LLP
• Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Golubchik L.L.P.
• Massey & Gail LLP
• McKool Smith, P.C.
• Otteson Shapiro LLP
• Quicker Law, LLC
• Riker Danzig LLP
• Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
• Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
• Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP

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Companies Mentioned

• Akerman LLP
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP
• Alston & Bird LLP
• Archer & Greiner, P.C.
• ArentFox Schiff LLP
• Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
• Baker & Hostetler LLP
• Baker Botts LLP
• Baker McKenzie
• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Ballard Lane
• Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
• Blank Rome LLP
• Bracewell LLP
• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
• Brown Rudnick LLP
• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
• Buchalter, APC
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
• Burr & Forman LLP
• Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
• Clark Hill PLC
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Cole Schotz P.C.
• Cooley LLP
• Covington & Burling LLP
• Cozen O'Connor
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
• Crowell & Moring LLP
• Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Dechert LLP
• Dentons
• Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
• DLA Piper LLP (US)
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• Duane Morris LLP
• Dykema Gossett P.L.L.C.
• Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
• Fennemore Craig, P.C.
• Fenwick & West LLP
• Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
• Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Foley & Lardner LLP
• Foley Hoag LLP
• Fox Rothschild LLP
• Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
• Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP
• Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
• Frost Brown Todd LLC
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Goodwin Procter LLP
• Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
• GrayRobinson, P.A.
• Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Greenspoon Marder LLP
• Hanson Bridgett LLP
• Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
• Haynes and Boone, LLP
• Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
• Hogan Lovells LLP
• Holland & Hart LLP
• Holland & Knight LLP
• Honigman LLP
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
• Husch Blackwell LLP
• Irell & Manella LLP
• Jackson Walker LLP
• Jenner & Block LLP
• Johnson Legal PLLC
• Jones Day
• Jones Walker LLP
• K&L Gates LLP
• Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
• Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
• King & Spalding LLP
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Knobbe Martens
• Kobre & Kim L.L.P.
• Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• Kutak Rock LLP
• Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP
• Latham & Watkins LLP
• Lathrop GPM LLP
• Leason Ellis LLP
• Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Golubchik L.L.P.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
• Littler Mendelson P.C.
• Loeb & Loeb LLP
• Lowenstein Sandler PC
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
• Massey & Gail LLP
• Mayer Brown LLP
• McCarter & English, LLP
• McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• McGuireWoods LLP
• McKool Smith, P.C.
• Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
• Milbank LLP
• Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
• Moore & Van Allen PLLC
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Morrison & Foerster LLP
• Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
• Nixon Peabody LLP
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Offit Kurman, P.A.
• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Otteson Shapiro LLP
• Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
• Paul Hastings LLP
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Perkins Coie LLP
• Phelps Dunbar LLP
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• Polsinelli PC
• Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
• Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Proskauer Rose LLP
• Quarles & Brady LLP
• Quicker Law, LLC
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
• Reed Smith LLP
• Riker Danzig LLP
• Robins Kaplan LLP
• Robinson & Cole LLP
• Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
• Ropes & Gray LLP
• Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
• Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
• Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
• Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
• Shutts & Bowen LLP
• Sidley Austin LLP
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC
• Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
• Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Spencer Fane LLP
• Squire Patton Boggs
• Steptoe LLP
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
• Stinson LLP
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Susman Godfrey LLP
• Taft Sherman
• Thompson Coburn LLP
• Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
• Tucker Ellis LLP
• Venable LLP
• Vinson & Elkins LLP
• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
• Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
• White & Case LLP
• Wiley Rein LLP
• Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, P.C.
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
• Winston & Strawn LLP
• Womble Lewis Roca