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Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Alston & Bird LLP $135,000   $145,000   $160,000   $175,000   $190,000   $205,000   $215,000    
Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC $145,000                
Arnold & Porter $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
Baach Robinson & Lewis PLLC $115,000   $125,000   $145,000   $165,000          
Baker & Hostetler LLP $110,000                
Baker & McKenzie $160,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Baker Botts L.L.P. $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $160,000   $170,000   $180,000   $185,000   $195,000  
Ballard Spahr LLP $152,500                
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. $165,000                
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $175,000   $185,000    
Bingham McCutchen LLP $160,000                
Blank Rome LLP $145,000                
Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. $110,000   $120,000   $125,000   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000    
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP $125,000                
Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC $91,000   $94,000   $97,000   $101,000   $105,000   $110,000   $115,000    
Brown & Wood $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $186,000   $200,000   $210,000   $220,000  
Bryan Cave LLP $120,000   $127,500   $135,000   $142,500          
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC $105,000                
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered $145,000   $152,500   $162,500   $177,500   $192,500   $207,500   $220,000   $230,000  
Carr Goodson, P.C. $73,000   $75,000   $78,000   $81,000     $89,000   $95,000    
Chadbourne & Parke LLP $160,000   $165,000   $175,000   $195,000   $215,000   $230,000   $245,000   $250,000  
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Clifford Chance $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C. $105,000   $110,000   $115,000   $120,000   $125,000   $130,000   $135,000   $150,000  
Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC $110,000                
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
Covington & Burling $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $235,000   $245,000  
Crowell & Moring LLP $160,000                
DLA Piper $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $230,000   $245,000   $245,000  
Davis Polk & Wardwell $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP   $120,000   $125,000   $130,000          
Debevoise & Plimpton $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Dechert LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Dewey Ballantine LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $235,000   $245,000  
Dorsey & Whitney LLP $110,000   $120,000   $125,000   $130,000   $135,000   $140,000   $145,000    
Dorsey & Whitney LLP (Intellectual Property listing) $130,000   $135,000   $135,000            
Dow Lohnes PLLC $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP $110,000                
Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP $115,000   $120,000              
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC $85,000                
Epstein Becker & Green $105,000   $110,000   $120,000            
Fenwick & West LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $200,000   $215,000   $230,000   $250,000   $270,000  
Fish & Richardson P.C. $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000    
Foley & Lardner $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $160,000   $170,000   $180,000      
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $175,000   $190,000   $200,000      
Gardner, Carton & Douglas $110,000                
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP $140,000                
Goodwin Procter LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $280,000    
Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A. $130,000                
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP $116,458   $118,415   $120,373   $122,330   $124,288   $126,245   $128,203    
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000    
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
Holland & Knight LLP $110,000   $120,000   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000   $170,000    
Howrey LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000    
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $220,000   $230,000   $240,000   $255,000  
Hunton & Williams $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000  
Ivins, Phillips & Barker $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000        
Jenner & Block $145,000                
Jones Day $160,000   $165,000   $180,000   $195,000   $205,000        
K & L Gates $110,000   $120,000   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000   $170,000    
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000    
Kaye Scholer LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $180,000   $195,000   $210,000   $215,000    
Kenyon & Kenyon $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $185,000   $200,000   $215,000   $225,000   $230,000  
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP $160,000                
King & Spalding LLP $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $175,000   $185,000    
Kirkland & Ellis $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000      
Kutak Rock LLP $77,000   $80,000   $85,000   $93,000   $100,000   $105,000      
Latham & Watkins $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Littler Mendelson $95,000       $109,000       $119,000    
Lyon & Lyon LLP $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $185,000   $195,000   $205,000   $210,000  
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $165,000   $185,000   $195,000      
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP     $155,000            
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000    
McDermott, Will & Emery $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
McGuireWoods LLP $165,000                
McKee Nelson LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $175,000   $185,000   $195,000  
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Miller & Chevalier, Chartered $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $175,000   $185,000   $190,000   $200,000    
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $265,000  
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP $145,000   $155,000           $240,000   $240,000  
Morrison & Foerster LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $230,000   $245,000    
O'Melveny & Myers LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver $85,000                
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP $125,000                
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Patton Boggs LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Pepper Hamilton LLP $105,000   $110,000   $115,000   $120,000   $125,000   $130,000   $135,000   $140,000  
Perkins Coie, LLP $145,000                
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP $125,000                
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP $145,000                
Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000          
Proskauer Rose LLP $110,000   $120,000   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000      
Reed Smith LLP $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $175,000   $185,000   $195,000    
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. $130,000                
Ropes & Gray $145,000   $155,000   $175,000   $200,000   $225,000   $250,000      
Ross & Hardies LLP $90,000     $97,000     $106,000        
Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP $135,000   $145,000   $160,000   $175,000   $190,000   $200,000   $210,000    
Shaw Pittman $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $175,000   $185,000   $185,000   $200,000  
Shea & Gardner $105,000   $113,750   $122,500   $131,250   $140,000   $148,750   $157,500    
Shearman & Sterling $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000   $250,000  
Shook, Hardy & Bacon $105,000   $115,000              
Sidley & Austin $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $240,000    
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal $145,000                
Spiegel & McDiarmid $90,000                
Spriggs & Hollingsworth $145,000                
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey $125,000                
Steptoe & Johnson LLP $145,000   $155,000   $175,000   $190,000   $210,000   $225,000   $230,000   $235,000  
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C. $140,000                
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP $115,000                
Sughrue Mion PLLC $150,000                
Sullivan & Cromwell $160,000             $270,000   $290,000  
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000      
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $200,000   $205,000  
Thacher Proffitt & Wood $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $245,000   $255,000   $265,000  
Thelen Reid & Priest $125,000                
Thompson Hine LLP $135,000                
Troutman Sanders LLP $125,000         $147,000        
United States Department of Education $50,000   $60,000   $75,000            
United States Department of Health and Human Services $70,000                
United States Department of Justice $50,593   $60,638   $72,108   $85,210   $100,231   $103,573   $106,914   $110,256  
United States Department of Labor $46,469   $55,694   $66,229   $78,265          
United States Government $57,648   $69,095   $82,165   $97,093   $97,093        
Venable LLP $145,000   $155,000              
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered $115,000   $120,000   $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000   $175,000  
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. $120,000   $130,000   $140,000   $150,000   $160,000   $170,000   $175,000   $185,000  
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P. $115,000   $120,000   $129,500   $134,500   $141,500   $147,000   $156,000   $166,000  
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
White & Case LLP $125,000   $135,000   $150,000   $170,000   $190,000       $210,000  
Wiley, Rein & Fielding $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000        
Wilkes, Artis, Chartered $88,000   $92,000   $95,000   $99,000   $103,000   $108,000      
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP                
Williams & Connolly $140,000   $150,000   $170,000   $180,000   $190,000   $200,000   $210,000   $220,000  
Williams Mullen $115,000         $120,000        
Willkie Farr & Gallagher $160,000   $170,000   $185,000   $210,000   $230,000   $250,000   $265,000   $280,000  
WilmerHale $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000        
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000   $215,000   $225,000   $240,000  
Winston & Strawn $145,000   $155,000   $170,000   $190,000   $210,000        
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC $110,000                
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP $115,000   $120,000   $125,000   $135,000   $145,000   $155,000   $165,000    

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