Nearly half of Fortune s largest 500 companies in America are McDermott clients. Serving such a prominent clientele, the firm s financial success is commensurate with its size McDermott ranks among the top law firms in the entire country in terms of gross revenues and profits per partner. The firm has added other areas of specialty in recent decades, such as international and health law. The next year, it announced a move into London, where it intends to establish a full-service office. The firm s clients in the industry already include National Semiconductor Corporation, Pioneer-Standard Electronics and Analog Devices, and Micro Unity.
Intellectual property is, of course, just one specialty of the firm s litigation department.
With more than 300 lawyers located around the country, litigation stands out as McDermott s largest practice group, covering areas as varied as environmental law, product liability, occupational safety and health, and many others. Academic performance not the sole factor Like every other law firm in this book, the firm looks for people who have performed well academically. But McDermott lawyers admit that academic performance is not the sole factor. McDermott is not a firm where you get hired just because you re on law review. Instead, the firm seriously considers the person as a whole, says a holistically-oriented associate.