<p>I think that you got it backwards. The Vault survey cited by the OP is a survey of the most prestigious law firms in the country. For example, Wachtell, with its one office in NYC with only about 200 lawyers, would probably not be on any list of the largest firms in the country, especially after all of the mega-firm mergers of the last five or six years. The list that you cross-referenced, from the National Law Jouirnal, is a list of the largest law firms in the country. I definitely agree that size does not equate with prestige.</p>