Vinson & Elkins LLP is an international law firm

Law firm

A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...

 headquartered in the First City Tower

First City Tower

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 in Downtown

Downtown Houston

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 Houston, Texas

Texas

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. The firm has offices in 15 major energy, financial, and political centers worldwide, including Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

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, Austin

Austin, Texas

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, Beijing

Beijing

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, Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

, Dubai, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, Houston

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, London

London

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, Moscow

Moscow

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, New York City

New York City

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, Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California

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, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Shanghai

Shanghai

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, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, and Washington, D.C. The firm is currently led by managing partner Joe Dilg.

With annual revenues of $602,500 million dollars and approximately 760 attorneys

Lawyer

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, Vinson & Elkins ranked 42nd in The American Lawyer's 2011 Am Law 100 rankings of U.S. law firms based on revenue. In 2011, V&E ranked 55th on the AmLaw Global 100 2010, a ranking of the world's largest firms based on gross revenue.

Profile

The firm was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1917 by Judge James A. Elkins

James A. Elkins

James Anderson Elkins Sr. was a Houston, Texas lawyer. He co-founded the law firm, Vinson and Elkins.Born in Huntsville, Texas, his father was a former Walker County sheriff, but died when Elkins was just a boy. He was reared by his mother and attended public schools. He later attended the...

 and William A. Vinson. The firm is known for its energy industry

Energy industry

The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution...

 experience, with more than 400 lawyers involved in energy-related legal work. The firm is recognized as “The World’s Leading Energy Law Firm” by Euromoney Magazine 2010 - 2011. In 2011, Chambers & Partners recognized V&E in Projects & Energy: Oil & Gas: Global-wide.

The focus is not surprising given the birth of the modern petroleum industry took place at Spindletop

Spindletop

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in the southern portion of Beaumont, Texas in the United States. The Spindletop dome was derived from the Louann Salt evaporite layer of the Jurassic geologic period. On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil . The new oil field soon produced...

 in Beaumont

Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...

, Texas, only 80 miles from Vinson & Elkins' initial office in Houston.

Vinson & Elkins has expanded from its core energy practice to many other practices including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, public finance and policy, infrastructure

Infrastructure

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, infrastructure development, finance, international transactions, regulatory matters, professional liability, intellectual property, complex commercial litigation, restructuring and reorganization, climate change, environmental, labor and employment, tax, employee benefits and executive compensation, appellate, condemnation, and real estate.

In 2001, V&E received negative attention for its role as legal advisor to Enron

Enron

Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...

, the failed Houston-based energy company. During the years following Enron's collapse, Vinson & Elkins was the subject of a number of claims, and its representation of Enron endured scrutiny by news organizations, the U.S. Congress, and federal agencies. Vinson & Elkins was voluntarily dismissed without payment in January 2007 from the last significant litigation involving the Enron collapse. The law firm agreed to pay $30 million to the failed energy company's bankruptcy estate to avoid a lawsuit claiming it aided in the company's downfall.

Within the legal profession, V&E is acknowledged for breaking down religious, racial, and gender barriers that hinder the advancement of talented lawyers. In 1942, firm co-founder Vinson sued the State of Texas to obtain more just representation on juries, and the firm continues to make strides toward improving diversity in the legal profession. In 2009, the firm was again named a Community of Respect by the Anti-Defamation League

Anti-Defamation League

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, a designation V&E has maintained since the program’s inception in 2006, and is also the two-time recipient of the Thomas L. Sager Award for the South/Southwest Region by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association for the firm's sustained commitment to diversity. In 2009, for the second year in a row, Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers named Vinson & Elkins one of the "Best Law Firms for Women," citing the firm’s continued focus on work-life and women-friendly policies. In 2009, the City of Houston’s Flexible Workplace Initiative Program honored Vinson & Elkins for the second consecutive year with the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. Additionally, in 2009, the Human Rights Campaign awarded V&E a perfect score, for the second year in a row, on the HRC's 2010 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which rates businesses on a scale from 0 to 100 percent based on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workplace policies and benefits.

Outside of the legal arena, Vinson & Elkins has also been recognized for its community involvement and support of the arts. V&E has been the only law firm to be named to The BCA Ten, sponsored by the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. and Forbes magazine, a list of the top 10 business patrons of the arts in the U.S., and has been so named twice. The firm has maintained a long-standing pro bono relationship with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Houston Ballet

Houston Ballet

The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fourth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas. The foundation also maintains a ballet academy, the Ben Stevenson Academy, which trains more than half of the company's dancers...

, and Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera was founded in 1955 through the joint efforts of Maestro Walter Herbert and cultural leaders Mrs. Louis G. Lobit, Edward Bing and Charles Cockrell...

, and supports numerous other arts, civic, and charitable organizations in communities where V&E has offices.

Managing Partners

• Joseph C. Dilg (2002–present)
• Harry M. Reasoner (1992–2001)
• J. Evans Attwell (1981–91)
• A. Frank Smith, Jr. (1971–81)
• Lewis White (1962–71)
• Raybourne Thompson, Sr. (1959–62)
• Robert A. Shepherd, Sr. (1952–59)
• Warren Dale (office manager 1947-52)
• James A. Elkins
  James A. Elkins
  James Anderson Elkins Sr. was a Houston, Texas lawyer. He co-founded the law firm, Vinson and Elkins.Born in Huntsville, Texas, his father was a former Walker County sheriff, but died when Elkins was just a boy. He was reared by his mother and attended public schools. He later attended the...
  
   (1929–47)

Notable alumni

• J. Evans Attwell, former V&E managing partner; Chair, Harris County Hospital District; and partial owner, Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
   (1978–1994)
• Howard H. Baker Jr., former U.S. Senator; White House Chief of Staff
  White House Chief of Staff
  The White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President.The current White House Chief of Staff is Bill Daley.-History:...
  
   (1987–88)
• John B. Connally, Jr., Presidential candidate (1980); Secretary of the Treasury (1971–72); Governor of Texas (1962–69); and Secretary of the Navy (1961–62)
• John "Buck" E. Chapoton, Sr., Assistant Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department (1981–84)
• Carol E. Dinkins, Deputy Attorney General of Department of Justice (1984–85); Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Environment and Natural Resources Division for Department of Justice (1981–83)
• James A. Elkins
  James A. Elkins
  James Anderson Elkins Sr. was a Houston, Texas lawyer. He co-founded the law firm, Vinson and Elkins.Born in Huntsville, Texas, his father was a former Walker County sheriff, but died when Elkins was just a boy. He was reared by his mother and attended public schools. He later attended the...
  
  , Co-Founder, Vinson & Elkins LLP; Founder, First City Bank
• Alberto Gonzales
  Alberto Gonzales
  Alberto R. Gonzales was the 80th Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. Gonzales was the first Hispanic Attorney General in U.S. history and the highest-ranking Hispanic government official ever...
  
  , U.S. Attorney General (2005–07); White House Counsel (2001–05); Texas State Supreme Court (1999–2001); State Secretary of State Texas (1997–99); General Counsel to Governor George W. Bush (1995–97)
• James J. Hoecker, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates...
  
   (FERC) (1997–2001)
• Theodore “Ted” W. Kassinger
  Theodore Kassinger
  Theodore W. Kassinger is an international trade attorney who is a partner in the Washington DC office of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP. He was formerly the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2004-2005 and General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2001-2004 during the...
  
  , Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
  United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce
  The Deputy Secretary of Commerce is a high ranking position within the United States Department of Commerce. It was createdon December 13, 1979 when President Jimmy Carter sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and nominated Luther H. Hodges, Jr., who then currently held the title of Under Secretary of...
  
   (2004-); General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce (2001–04)
• Ron Kirk
  Ron Kirk
  Ronald "Ron" Kirk is the 16th United States Trade Representative, serving in the Obama administration. He served as mayor of Dallas, Texas from 1995 to 2002; he also ran for the United States Senate in 2002.-Early life and career:...
  
  , Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1995–2001); U.S. Trade Representative (2009-)
• Claude Pollard
  Claude Pollard
  Claude Pollard was Attorney General of Texas from 1927 - 1929. During his service in public office he defended laws aimed at the disenfranchisement of black voters.-Early life:...
  
  , Co-Founder Vinson, Elkins, Wood and Pollard, Attorney General of Texas (1927–1929)
• Harry Reasoner, Managing Partner (1992–2001)
• Jeff Smisek
  Jeff Smisek
  Jeffery A. Smisek is the president and CEO of United Continental Holdings Inc., , the holding company for United Airlines and Continental Airlines. Together with their regional partners, these airlines operate a total of approximately 5,675 flights a day to 372 airports on six continents. Smisek...
  
  , chairman, president and CEO, Continental Airlines
  Continental Airlines
  Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
  
  
• William A. Vinson, Co-Founder, Vinson & Elkins LLP
• Max Holmes, Founder, Plainfield Asset Management LLC
• Stephen Coats, General Counsel, Riverstone Holdings
  Riverstone Holdings
  Riverstone Holdings is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in the energy and power sectors. The firm focuses on oil and gas exploration, midstream pipeline, electric generation, energy and power services as well as energy and power technology...
  
   LLC

Offices

• Abu Dhabi (2007)
• Austin (1979)
• Beijing (1997)
• Dallas (1986)
• Dubai (2003)
• Hong Kong (2006)
• Houston (1917)
• London (1971)
• Moscow (1991)
• New York City (1999)
• Palo Alto (2010)
• Riyadh (2011)
• Shanghai (2005)
• Tokyo (2004)
• Washington, DC (1973)

Notable Clients

• American International Group
  American International Group
  American International Group, Inc. or AIG is an American multinational insurance corporation. Its corporate headquarters is located in the American International Building in New York City. The British headquarters office is on Fenchurch Street in London, continental Europe operations are based in...
  
  
• AT&T
  AT&T
  AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
  
   Inc.
• BG Group
  BG Group
  BG Group plc is a global oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. It has operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and produces around 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It has a major Liquefied Natural Gas ...
  
  
• Blockbuster Inc.
• BP
  BP
  BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
  
  
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation
• Citigroup
  Citigroup
  Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
  
  
• Continental Airlines
  Continental Airlines
  Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
  
  
• Dell Inc.
• Deloitte & Touche LLP
• Duke Energy Corporation
• Enron
  Enron
  Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...
  
  
• Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young
  Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
  
  
• Goldman Sachs
  Goldman Sachs
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
  
  
• Huntsman Corporation
• JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
• Kinder Morgan
  Kinder Morgan
  Kinder Morgan, Inc. is an American energy company. It is also, through a subsidiary, the general partner of and owner of many of the interests in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a publicly traded pipeline and terminal limited partnership....
  
  
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
  Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
  KKR & Co. L.P. is an American-based global private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, based in New York. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. Since its inception, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions and was a pioneer in...
  
   (KKR)
• Lehman Brothers
  Lehman Brothers
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
  
   Inc.
• Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
  
  
• MySpace
  MySpace
  Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
  
  
• Reliance Industries Ltd
• Southwest Airlines
  Southwest Airlines
  Southwest Airlines Co. is an American low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas. Southwest is the largest airline in the United States, based upon domestic passengers carried,...
  
  
• Shell Oil Company
  Shell Oil Company
  Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas...
  
  
• Trammell Crow Company
  Trammell Crow Company
  Trammell Crow Company is a Dallas-based real estate development, investment and operations company founded by the late Trammell Crow, and operated as an independent subsidiary of CB Richard Ellis. It was founded by Trammell Crow in 1948 and purchased in late 2006...
  
  
• Warburg Pincus
  Warburg Pincus
  Warburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1966...
  
  
• Waste Management, Inc
  Waste Management, Inc
  Waste Management, Inc. is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company in North America. Founded in 1894, the company is headquartered in Suite 4000 at the First City Tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, in the United States....
  
  

Recruiting Locations

• Baylor Law School
  Baylor Law School
  Founded in 1857, Baylor Law School is the oldest law school in Texas and has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1931 and a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1938. Baylor Law School is affiliated with Baylor University and located in Waco, Texas...
  
  
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is the law school of Yeshiva University, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The school is named for Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo. Cardozo's success as a young school has been remarkable, leading some to characterize Cardozo as a...
  
  
• Brigham Young University Law School
• Brooklyn Law School
  Brooklyn Law School
  Brooklyn Law School is a law school located in Brooklyn Heights, in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.-History:Founded in 1901 by William Payson Richardson and Norman P. Heffley, Brooklyn Law School was the first law school on Long Island. Using space provided by Heffley’s business school, the law...
  
  
• Columbia University Law School
• Cornell Law School
  Cornell Law School
  Cornell Law School, located in Ithaca, New York, is a graduate school of Cornell University and one of the five Ivy League law schools. The school confers three law degrees...
  
  
• Duke University School of Law
  Duke University School of Law
  The Duke University School of Law is the law school and a constituent academic unit of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States. One of Duke's 10 schools and colleges, the School of Law began as the Trinity College School of Law in 1868. In 1924, following the renaming of Trinity...
  
  
• Emory University School of Law
  Emory University School of Law
  Emory University School of Law is a first-tier US law school that is part of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is ranked #30 among ABA-approved law schools by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report...
  
  
• Fordham University School of Law
  Fordham University School of Law
  Fordham University School of Law is a part of Fordham University in the United States. The School is located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and is one of eight ABA-approved law schools in that city.-Overview:According to the U.S. News & World Report, 1,516 J.D. students attend...
  
  
• George Washington University Law School
• Georgetown University Law Center
  Georgetown University Law Center
  Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
  
  
• Harvard Law School
  Harvard Law School
  Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
  
  
• Howard University School of Law
  Howard University School of Law
  Howard University School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of Howard University. Located in Washington, D.C., it is one the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black college or university law school in the United States...
  
  
• Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
  
  , Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  The Paul M. Hebert Law Center is a law school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of the Louisiana State University System and located on the main campus of Louisiana State University....
  
  
• New York University School of Law
  New York University School of Law
  The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
  
  
• Northwestern University School of Law
  Northwestern University School of Law
  The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in...
  
  
• SMU Dedman School of Law
• South Texas College of Law
  South Texas College of Law
  South Texas College of Law is a private American Bar Association accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools...
  
  
• Stanford Law School
  Stanford Law School
  Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law...
  
  
• Texas Southern University
  Texas Southern University
  Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas, United States....
  
  , Thurgood Marshall School of Law
  Thurgood Marshall School of Law
  The Thurgood Marshall School of Law is an ABA accredited law school in Houston, Texas, that awards J.D. . It is part of Texas Southern University.-History:...
  
  
• The University of Oklahoma College of Law
• The University of Texas School of Law
• Tulane Law School
• University of Chicago Law School
  University of Chicago Law School
  The University of Chicago Law School was founded in 1902 as the graduate school of law at the University of Chicago and is among the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world. The U.S. News & World Report currently ranks it fifth among U.S...
  
  
• University of Georgia School of Law
  University of Georgia School of Law
  The University of Georgia School of Law is a graduate school of the University of Georgia. Founded in 1859 and located in Athens, Georgia, USA, Georgia Law was formerly known as the Lumpkin School of Law. The Law School is the second oldest of the University's schools and colleges. The University...
  
  
• University of Houston Law Center
  University of Houston Law Center
  The University of Houston Law Center is a law school located in Houston, Texas. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1947, the Law Center is one of 12 academic colleges of the University of Houston...
  
  
• University of Michigan Law School
  University of Michigan Law School
  The University of Michigan Law School is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degrees, although the school also offers a Doctor of Juridical...
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania Law School
  University of Pennsylvania Law School
  The University of Pennsylvania Law School, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the Ivy League, it is among the oldest and most selective law schools in the nation. It is currently ranked 7th overall by U.S. News & World Report,...
  
  
• University of Virginia School of Law
  University of Virginia School of Law
  The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The law school maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program...
  
  
• Vanderbilt University Law School
  Vanderbilt University Law School
  Vanderbilt University Law School is a graduate school of Vanderbilt University. Established in 1874, it is one of the oldest law schools in the southern United States. Vanderbilt Law has consistently ranked among the top 20 law schools in the nation, and is currently ranked 16th in the 2012...
  
  
• Wake Forest University School of Law
  Wake Forest University School of Law
  The Wake Forest University School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of Wake Forest University. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wake Forest University School of Law is a private American Bar Association accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American...
  
  
• Washington and Lee University School of Law
  Washington and Lee University School of Law
  The Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private American Bar Association-accredited law school located in Lexington in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Facilities are currently on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Sydney Lewis Hall...
  
  
• Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
• William & Mary School of Law
• Yale Law School
  Yale Law School
  Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
  
  

Job Fairs

• Sunbelt Minority Recruitment Program
• Annual Career Fair and Conference (National LGBT Bar Association)

Professional Rankings

• Chambers Global
• Chambers USA
• The Best Lawyers in America
• Who's Who
• Legal 500
• AmLaw 100
• National Law Journal 250
• The Lawyer Global 100
• The American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard
• Project Finance Deals of the Year
• Global Arbitration Review 30
• Euromoney
• Corporate Counsels "Defending and Protecting"
• BTI "Masters of the Deal"
• Best of the Best USA

External links

• Vinson and Elkins official website
• LawPeriscope.com
• Yahoo! - Vinson & Elkins LLP Company Profile
• 2009 Vault rankings
• NALP Legal Employer Profile
• Referenceforbusiness.com
• Chambers & Partners USA and the Chambers Student Guide
• Super Lawyers
• The Best Lawyers in America
• PLC Which Lawyer Global 50 Portrait
• The Handbook of Texas Online
• Judged.com
• The Lawyer
• Vinson & Elkins settles with Enron for $30 million