US Border Issues Increase Attorney Hourly Rates to Highest Levels Ever
The Valeo 2021-2025 Immigration Practice Area Hourly Rate Report details Immigration average hourly rates of Attorneys and Support Staff of the largest US law firms by AmLaw Revenue Rankings, Individual Law Firms and then by Position (Senior Partner, Partner, Counsel, Senior Associate, Associate and Support Staff).
Immigration practice area hourly rates have increased with the heightened demand as a result of US law enforcement practices but still remain lower than most commercial litigation hourly rates other than Insurance Defense, Labor & Employment and IP Prosecution (Patent, Copyright and Trademark) and much lower than any Transactional practice areas (M&A, Private Equity and Capital Markets). Immigration practice hourly rates also, as do all other practice area rates, vary significantly by geography.
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The Publisher's Research and Reporting Methodology
Section 1: Rates by AMLAW Group, Practice Area & City
- AMLAW 10
- Immigration
- Boston
- Chicago
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Washington, DC
- AMLAW 25
- Immigration
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Boston
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Denver
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Tampa
- Washington, DC
- AMLAW 50
- Immigration
- Albany
- Arlington (VA)
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Birmingham (AL)
- Boston
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Denver
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Madison
- McLean
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Portland (OR)
- Richmond
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
- Washington, DC
- AMLAW 51-100
- Immigration
- Alexandria (VA)
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Boston
- Charleston (SC)
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- Dallas
- Denver
- Fort Lauderdale
- Greenville (SC)
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Kansas City (KS)
- Kansas City (MO)
- Los Angeles
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Raleigh
- Richmond
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Washington, DC
- West Palm Beach
- AMLAW 1-100
- Immigration
- Albany
- Alexandria (VA)
- Arlington (VA)
- Austin
- Birmingham (AL)
- Boston
- Charleston (SC)
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- Dallas
- Denver
- Fort Lauderdale
- Greenville (SC)
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Kansas City (KS)
- Kansas City (MO)
- Los Angeles
- Madison
- McLean
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Portland (OR)
- Raleigh
- Richmond
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
- Washington, DC
- West Palm Beach
- AMLAW 101-200
- Immigration
- Columbus (OH)
- New York City
- Seattle
- AMLAW 1-200
- Immigration
- Albany
- Alexandria (VA)
- Arlington (VA)
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Birmingham (AL)
- Charleston (SC)
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- Columbus (OH)
- Dallas
- Denver
- Fort Lauderdale
- Greenville (SC)
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Kansas City (KS)
- Kansas City (MO)
- Los Angeles
- Madison
- McLean
- Miami
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Portland (OR)
- Raleigh
- Richmond
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
- Washington, DC
- West Palm Beach
- Non-AMLAW
- Immigration
- Ann Arbor
- Birmingham (AL)
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Detroit
- Fargo
- Fort Lauderdale
- Haddonfield
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- St. Louis
Section 2: Rates by Firm, Practice Area & City
- #1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Boston
- Chicago
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Washington, DC
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Boston
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- San Diego
- Washington, DC
- #3 DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Chicago
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- Phoenix
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Washington, DC
- #4 Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP
- Houston
- New York City
- #5 Baker McKenzie
- Miami
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Washington, DC
- #6 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #7 Sidley Austin LLP
- New Orleans
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #8 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #9 Ropes & Gray LLP
- Washington, DC
- #10 White & Case LLP
- Chicago
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #11 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Washington, DC
- #12 Hogan Lovells LLP
- Denver
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #13 Jones Day
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Miami
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #14 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Washington, DC
- #15 Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Miami
- New York City
- #16 Norton Rose Fulbright
- Houston
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #17 Goodwin Procter LLP
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #18 King & Spalding LLP
- Atlanta
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #19 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #20 Cooley LLP
- Denver
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #21 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- New York City
- #22 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #23 McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Austin
- Boston
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York City
- Tampa
- Washington, DC
- #24 Mayer Brown LLP
- Chicago
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #25 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- New York City
- #26 Holland & Knight LLP
- Birmingham (AL)
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Tampa
- Washington, DC
- #27 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Miami
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #28 Paul Hastings LLP
- Atlanta
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #29 Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- Richmond
- Washington, DC
- #30 Covington & Burling LLP
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #31 Milbank LLP
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #32 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- New York City
- Palo Alto
- #33 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Boston
- Washington, DC
- #34 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Albany
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #36 Reed Smith LLP
- Houston
- McLean
- Miami
- Philadelphia
- Richmond
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #38 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Dallas
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #39 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Washington, DC
- #40 Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Washington, DC
- #41 Dechert LLP
- Philadelphia
- Washington, DC
- #42 K&L Gates LLP
- Chicago
- Houston
- Pittsburgh
- Seattle
- #44 Proskauer Rose LLP
- New York City
- #45 Perkins Coie LLP
- Madison
- New York City
- Phoenix
- Portland (OR)
- San Francisco
- #46 Winston & Strawn LLP
- Houston
- New York City
- #47 Foley & Lardner LLP
- Houston
- Tallahassee
- Washington, DC
- #48 Alston & Bird LLP
- Charlotte
- #49 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
- Arlington (VA)
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #50 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- New York City
- #51 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #52 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #55 Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Austin
- #56 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Dallas
- Philadelphia
- #58 Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Cleveland
- Houston
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- #59 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
- Washington, DC
- #61 Polsinelli PC
- Kansas City (KS)
- Kansas City (MO)
- #62 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
- St. Louis
- Washington, DC
- #63 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- New York City
- Richmond
- #64 Venable LLP
- Washington, DC
- #65 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
- Charleston (SC)
- #66 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Chicago
- #68 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- New York City
- #70 Womble Lewis Roca
- Raleigh
- #71 Baker Botts LLP
- Dallas
- Houston
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- #72 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
- New Orleans
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- #73 Fox Rothschild LLP
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Seattle
- Washington, DC
- #74 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Chicago
- Indianapolis
- Washington, DC
- #75 Littler Mendelson P.C.
- New York City
- Sacramento
- #76 Cozen O'Connor
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Washington, DC
- West Palm Beach
- #77 Taft Sherman
- Indianapolis
- #78 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Greenville (SC)
- Houston
- Charleston (SC)
- #79 Duane Morris LLP
- Philadelphia
- #82 Jackson Lewis P.C
- Boston
- #83 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
- Alexandria (VA)
- #84 Husch Blackwell LLP
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Houston
- Washington, DC
- #85 Crowell & Moring LLP
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- #86 Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Dallas
- Denver
- Washington, DC
- #87 Ballard Lane
- Phoenix
- Seattle
- #88 Jenner & Block LLP
- Chicago
- Washington, DC
- #89 ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Los Angeles
- Washington, DC
- #90 Williams & Connolly LLP
- Washington, DC
- #91 Nixon Peabody LLP
- Chicago
- #92 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- New York City
- Seattle
- Washington, DC
- #93 Akerman LLP
- Fort Lauderdale
- #94 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Atlanta
- #116 Fisher & Phillips LLP
- Seattle
- #137 Ice Miller LLP
- Columbus (OH)
- #170 Pryor Cashman LLP
- New York City
- Center For Human Rights and Constitutional Law
- Los Angeles
- Thompson Coburn LLP
- St. Louis
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- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP
- Alston & Bird LLP
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Baker Botts LLP
- Baker McKenzie
- Ballard Lane
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
- Center For Human Rights and Constitutional Law
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- 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
- DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Duane Morris LLP
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Fisher & Phillips LLP
- Foley & Lardner LLP
- Fox Rothschild LLP
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Goodwin Procter LLP
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
- Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Hogan Lovells LLP
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Husch Blackwell LLP
- Ice Miller LLP
- Jackson Lewis P.C.
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Jones Day
- K&L Gates LLP
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- King & Spalding LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
- Littler Mendelson P.C.
- Mayer Brown LLP
- McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Milbank LLP
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
- Nixon Peabody LLP
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Perkins Coie LLP
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Polsinelli PC
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Pryor Cashman LLP
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Reed Smith LLP
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Taft Sherman
- Thompson Coburn LLP
- Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
- Venable LLP
- Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- White & Case LLP
- Williams & Connolly LLP
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Winston & Strawn LLP
- Womble Lewis Roca
