Overview
Introduction
Laid-back, collegial, and collaborative describe the culture at Crowell & Moring. The firm is home to 675 lawyers worldwide, and it actively helps associates shape their careers within or outside the firm. If pro bono is important to you, you’ll be supported here. Crowell & Moring strives to provide sophisticated and complex work without taking itself too seriously.
Firm Stats
Total No. Attorneys (2024)
No. of Partners Named (2023)
Featured Rankings
No. of 1st Year Associates Hired (2023)
No. of Summer Associates (2023)
Base Salary
Vault Verdict
Founded only 45 years ago, Crowell & Moring is still young, but it has established a great place for work quality and attorney relations. Candidates, preferably with work or clerkship experience and good grades, must be hardworking and well-rounded. An interest in regulatory work helps. Office settings are comfortable and collaborative, and coworkers personally care about each other but respect boundaries. Partners help foster associate growth by seeking their input and providing feedback. Moreover, lean teams facilitate close relationships among attorneys and give associates opportunities to take challenging, interesting work early in their careers. Significant assignments are dispensed equitably. Skills boot camps and trial advocacy trainings are frequently offered, and ...
About the Firm
Founded 44 years ago, Crowell & Moring has 675 lawyers in the United States, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, and Asia. The firm’s attorneys draw on significant government, business, industry, and legal experience to provide clients solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues. The firm’s mascot, a rubber duck, is prominently displayed in each office as a mark of the firm’s sense of humor and a reminder to everyone not to take themselves too seriously.
Making Noise
When Jones Day tried to oust Eldon “Took” Crowell and his team of government contract lawyers in 1979, he left with a bang, taking with him a group of more than 50 attorneys, or two-thirds of the firm’s Washington, DC, attorneys—an event ...
Associate Reviews
- “The firm is a very collegial and comfortable place to work. There are low barriers between associates and partners and between support staff and attorneys. The firm often sponsors social events, including the weekly ‘Took Time’ where attorneys may meet for drinks and snacks provided by the firm.”
- “Crowell is a lovely place to work—people are respectful of each other, they treat staff with the same respect as partners and associates/counsel, and my time is respected.”
Culture & Inclusion at Crowell & Moring
Getting Hired Here
- “Crowell is most interested in finding talented and hardworking team players with a diverse range of backgrounds. The firm values past work experience and collegiality over law school prestige. Of course, things like grades or clerkships can still distinguish a candidate given the number of applicants we receive each year, but the firm views each candidate holistically.”
- “Like most law firms, I think the firm looks for well-rounded folks who are hardworking and pleasant to be around. W...
Perks & Benefits