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| Top law firms, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 104 | $11.4 | $1,162.2 | $1,183.2 |
| 2 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 90 | 13.1 | 1,189.5 | 1,178.2 |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 145 | 7.8 | 1,179.8 | 1,124.0 |
| 4 | Reed Smith LLP | 126 | 8.7 | 1,173.9 | 1,094.0 |
| 5 | White & Case LLP | 63 | 17.2 | 1,143.6 | 1,082.8 |
| 6 | Vedder Price PC | 78 | 13.3 | 1,082.1 | 1,038.7 |
| 7 | Duane Morris LLP | 158 | 6.4 | 959.8 | 1,006.5 |
| 8 | King & Spalding LLP | 100 | 9.9 | 1,044.3 | 993.3 |
| 9 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | 88 | 10.9 | 866.7 | 958.3 |
| 10 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | 83 | 11.3 | 1,003.4 | 938.2 |
| Top lawyers, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Lawyer | Law firm | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Assets |
| 1 | Rosenberg, Robert | Latham & Watkins LLP | 46 | $19.5 | $898.2 |
| 2 | Lauria, Thomas | White & Case LLP | 28 | 31.9 | 894.0 |
| 3 | Steinberg, Arthur | King & Spalding LLP | 21 | 40.4 | 849.4 |
| 4 | Lipke, Douglas | Vedder Price PC | 31 | 27.3 | 846.9 |
| 5 | Carr, James | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | 70 | 11.5 | 806.2 |
| 6 | Reed, Margery | Duane Morris LLP | 29 | 27.8 | 805.3 |
| 7 | Hahn, Richard | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 19 | 42.1 | 800.7 |
| 8 | Schaffer, Eric | Reed Smith LLP | 15 | 52.7 | 790.5 |
| 9 | Rapisardi, John | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | 9 | 87.6 | 788.7 |
| 10 | Davidson, Scott | King & Spalding LLP | 11 | 71.6 | 787.8 |
| Top investment banks, by volume ($B) | ||||
| Rank | Bank | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Assets |
| 1 | Lazard | 26 | $29.5 | $767.2 |
| 2 | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 31 | 23.5 | 727.6 |
| 3 | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 22 | 32.7 | 719.8 |
| 4 | Natixis Capital Markets Inc. | 1 | 639.0 | 639.0 |
| 5 | Blackstone Group LP | 20 | 9.3 | 186.8 |
| 6 | Evercore Partners Inc. | 3 | 60.1 | 180.4 |
| 7 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | 2 | 43.9 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Moelis & Co. LLC | 19 | 3.3 | 62.5 |
| 9 | Greenhill & Co. | 6 | 8.2 | 49.1 |
| Jefferies & Co. | 34 | 1.4 | 49.1 | |
| Top investment bankers, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Banker | Bank | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Assets |
| 1 | Ridings, Barry | Lazard | 7 | $94.9 | $664.2 |
| 2 | Siegert, Eric | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 4 | 165.9 | 663.7 |
| 3 | Geer, Bradley | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 3 | 219.7 | 659.1 |
| Pfeiffer, Allen | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 2 | 329.6 | 659.1 | |
| 4 | Burian, Saul | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 3 | 215.7 | 647.1 |
| 5 | Riffkin, Alan | Lazard | 2 | 319.9 | 639.8 |
| 6 | Fazio, Michael | Houlihan Lokey Inc.1 | 2 | 319.5 | 639.0 |
| Hayden, C.; Inglese, R. | Natixis Capital Markets Inc. | 1 | 639.0 | 639.0 | |
| 7 | Repko, W.; Worth, J. | Evercore Partners Inc. | 1 | 82.3 | 82.3 |
| 1 Houlihan Lokey team: Fazio, M.; Jordan, B.; Ma, C.; Putnam, D.; Zwick, A. | |||||
| Top crisis management firms, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Firm | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | FTI Consulting Inc. | 112 | $8.9 | $1,040.4 | $994.1 |
| 2 | Alvarez & Marsal LLC | 47 | 15.8 | 705.2 | 743.2 |
| 3 | Goldin Associates LLC | 8 | 87.5 | 671.6 | 700.3 |
| 4 | AlixPartners LLC | 38 | 5.1 | 296.8 | 193.3 |
| 5 | Capstone Advisory Group LLC | 34 | 3.8 | 135.0 | 130.8 |
| 6 | Huron Consulting Group Inc. | 22 | 3.9 | 76.4 | 85.6 |
| 7 | Protiviti Inc. | 26 | 1.5 | 39.6 | 39.3 |
| 8 | XRoads Solutions Group LLC | 9 | 3.1 | 28.3 | 27.6 |
| 9 | Loughlin Meghji + Co. | 14 | 1.8 | 26.9 | 25.2 |
| 10 | CCV Restructuring LLC | 2 | 10.4 | 19.4 | 20.7 |
| Top crisis managers, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Professional | Firm | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Assets |
| 1 | Eisenband, Michael | FTI Consulting Inc. | 12 | $64.1 | $769.0 |
| 2 | Star, Samuel | FTI Consulting Inc. | 11 | 69.7 | 766.7 |
| 3 | Tully, Conor | FTI Consulting Inc. | 7 | 104.6 | 732.2 |
| 4 | Pauker, David | Goldin Associates LLC | 7 | 96.6 | 675.9 |
| 5 | Preston, Seymour | Goldin Associates LLC | 5 | 134.9 | 674.7 |
| 6 | Greenspan, Ronald | FTI Consulting Inc. | 16 | 41.9 | 670.3 |
| Top non-investment banks, by volume ($B) | ||||
| Rank | Firm | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Assets |
| 1 | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 136 | $7.1 | $959.9 |
| 2 | BMC Group Inc. | 72 | 10.5 | 758.9 |
| 3 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | 23 | 32.3 | 743.8 |
| 4 | Deloitte | 48 | 14.9 | 716.9 |
| 5 | Kekst and Co. | 5 | 132.4 | 662.1 |
| 6 | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 162 | 2.3 | 373.3 |
| 7 | Garden City Group Inc. | 73 | 2.3 | 166.2 |
| 8 | Ernst & Young | 37 | 2.3 | 85.8 |
| 9 | KPMG | 14 | 4.6 | 64.6 |
| 10 | Ernst & Young | 7 | 4.6 | 32.2 |
| Top non-investment bankers, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Professional | Firm | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Assets |
| 1 | McElhinney, Daniel | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 133 | $7.2 | $958.6 |
| 2 | Feil, Tinamarie | BMC Group Inc. | 57 | 13.2 | 752.1 |
| 3 | Foy, Joseph | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 1 | 639.0 | 639.0 |
| 4 | Carson, J.; Kurtzman, E | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 162 | 2.3 | 373.3 |
| 5 | Stein, Jeffrey | Garden City Group Inc. | 54 | 2.4 | 128.5 |
| 6 | Jacobs, Ron | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 21 | 5.8 | 120.9 |
| 7 | Gerber, Kathy | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 20 | 5.7 | 114.6 |
| 8 | Mandarino, Perry | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 2 | 19.7 | 39.3 |
| 9 | Overcash, Timothy | Ernst & Young LLP | 1 | 29.6 | 29.6 |
| Sard, George | Sard Verbinnen & Co.2 | 1 | 29.6 | 29.6 | |
| 2 Sard Verbinnen & Co. team: Burns, H.; Gordon, B.; Sard, G. | |||||
| Top bankruptcy law firms, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm Name | No. of Cases | Percent US | Percent Non - US |
| 1 | White & Case LLP | 964 | 9% | 91% |
| 2 | Duane Morris LLP | 297 | 100 | 0 |
| 3 | Greenberg Traurig LLP | 283 | 100 | 0 |
| 4 | Ballard Spahr LLP | 281 | 100 | 0 |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 247 | 93 | 7 |
| 6 | Reed Smith LLP | 245 | 100 | 0 |
| 7 | Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP | 236 | 99 | 1 |
| 8 | Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP | 222 | 100 | 0 |
| 9 | King & Spalding LLP | 205 | 99 | 1 |
| 10 | Cooley LLP | 204 | 100 | 0 |
| Top bankruptcy lawyers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person Name | Firm Name | No. of Active assignments |
| 1 | Leanse, Thomas J. | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 485 |
| 2 | Pollack, David | Ballard Spahr LLP | 467 |
| 3 | Huben, Brian | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 345 |
| 4 | Bähr, Biner | White & Case LLP | 313 |
| 5 | Carr, James | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | 219 |
| 6 | Undritz, Sven-Holger | White & Case LLP | 168 |
| 7 | Meyers, Jeffrey | Ballard Spahr LLP | 156 |
| 8 | Schulte-Kaubrügger, Christoph | White & Case LLP | 151 |
| 9 | Pasternak, Jonathan | Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon-Oliver LLP | 133 |
| Top investment banks, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm Name | No. of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent Non-U.S. |
| 1 | Duff & Phelps | 34 | 97% | 3% |
| Jefferies & Co. | 34 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2 | Lazard | 29 | 93 | 7 |
| 3 | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 24 | 100 | 0 |
| 4 | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 23 | 96 | 4 |
| 5 | Moelis & Co. LLC | 22 | 95 | 5 |
| 6 | Blackstone Group LP | 20 | 100 | 0 |
| 7 | Rothschild | 17 | 100 | 0 |
| 8 | General Capital Partners LLC | 14 | 100 | 0 |
| 9 | Navigant Capital Advisors LLC | 13 | 100 | 0 |
| 11 | BDO Capital Advisors LLC | 10 | 100 | 0 |
| Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group Inc. | 10 | 100 | 0 | |
| Gordian Group LLC | 10 | 100 | 0 | |
| Imperial Capital LLC | 10 | 100 | 0 | |
| Top investment bankers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person Name | Firm Name | No. of Active assignments |
| 1 | Barrow, J. Gregory | General Capital Partners LLC | 13 |
| 2 | Casas, Edward | Navigant Capital Advisors LLC | 12 |
| Madden, John | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 12 | |
| Williams, Brent | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 12 | |
| 3 | Luria, Neil | Navigant Capital Advisors LLC | 11 |
| 4 | O'Connor, Tim | Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group Inc. | 9 |
| 5 | Augustine, Neil | Rothschild | 8 |
| Owsley, Henry | Gordian Group LLC | 8 | |
| 6 | Derrough, William | Moelis & Co. LLC | 7 |
| Kaufman, Peter | Gordian Group LLC | 7 | |
| Lattig, Larry | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 7 | |
| Murphy, Brendan | Duff & Phelps | 7 | |
| Ridings, Barry | Lazard | 7 | |
| Victor, J. Scott | SSG Capital Advisors LLC | 7 | |
| Top crisis management firms, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm Name | No. of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent Non-U.S. |
| 1 | FTI Consulting Inc. | 171 | 82% | 18% |
| 2 | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 66 | 97 | 3 |
| 3 | Alvarez & Marsal LLC | 50 | 96 | 4 |
| 4 | AlixPartners LLC | 41 | 100 | 0 |
| 5 | Begbies Traynor Group plc | 39 | 0 | 100 |
| 6 | Capstone Advisory Group LLC | 38 | 100 | 0 |
| 7 | MorrisAnderson & Associates Ltd. | 36 | 100 | 0 |
| 8 | Protiviti Inc. | 34 | 100 | 0 |
| 9 | NHB Advisors Inc. | 31 | 100 | 0 |
| 10 | Focus Management Group USA Inc. | 28 | 100 | 0 |
| Top crisis managers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person name | Firm name | No. of active assignments |
| 1 | Glass, Ronald | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 34 |
| 2 | Gavin, Edward | NHB Advisors Inc. | 26 |
| 3 | Greenspan, Ron | FTI Consulting Inc. | 23 |
| 4 | Reiss, Freddie | FTI Consulting Inc. | 15 |
| 5 | Atkinson, Michael | Protiviti Inc. | 14 |
| Ratner, Ian | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 14 | |
| 6 | Eisenband, Michael | FTI Consulting Inc. | 13 |
| 7 | Davis, Guy | Protiviti Inc. | 12 |
| Medlin, J.; Simms, S. | FTI Consulting Inc. | 12 | |
| Top non-investment banks, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm3 | No of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent non-U.S. |
| 1 | Deloitte | 1,279 | 1% | 99% |
| 2 | BDO Consulting | 491 | 8 | 92 |
| 3 | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 187 | 100 | 0 |
| 4 | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 162 | 100 | 0 |
| 5 | BMC Group Inc. | 117 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | Ernst & Young | 98 | 56 | 44 |
| 7 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | 94 | 29 | 71 |
| 8 | Garden City Group Inc. | 85 | 99 | 1 |
| 9 | KPMG | 69 | 24 | 76 |
| 10 | Raymond Chabot Inc. | 34 | 0 | 100 |
| 3 Deloitte includes Deloitte & Touche Inc., Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Ernst & Young includes Ernst & Young Inc. and Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG Corporate Recovery, KPMG includes KPMG Inc. and KPMG LLP; PricewaterhouseCoopers includes PricewaterhouseCoopers EC Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | ||||
| Top non-investment bankers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person name | Firm | No of active assignments |
| 1 | Carson, J.; Kurtzman, E.; | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 188 |
| 2 | McElhinney, Daniel | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 162 |
| 3 | Lombe, David | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 131 |
| 4 | Feil, Tinamarie | BMC Group Inc. | 102 |
| 5 | Greig, John | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 101 |
| 6 | Cussen, Neil | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 92 |
| 7 | Wallace-Smith, Simon | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 78 |
| 8 | Stein, Jeffrey | Garden City Group Inc. | 63 |
| 9 | Hamel, Denis | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 45 |
| 10 | Campbell, Chris | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 44 |
| Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2010. Source: The Deal Pipeline |
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