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&lt;p&gt;What do in vitro fertilization, pro bono commitment, a child-care campus, and transparency have in common? They&amp;rsquo;re factors that helped four law firms land spots on &lt;em&gt;Fortune&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/em&gt; annual ranking of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. These &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt; All Stars are Alston &amp;amp; Bird LLP (#13), Bingham McCutchen LLP (#28), Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &amp;amp; Berkowitz, PC (#50), and Perkins Coie LLP (55). Way to represent BigLaw, but next year&amp;mdash;in the spirit of mind-numbing competition and prestige-obsession that only attorneys can appreciate&amp;mdash;can you all please try to get into the top 50 or even the top 25?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even though I&amp;rsquo;m slightly disappointed that the firms didn&amp;rsquo;t give me a &amp;ldquo;Top 50&amp;rdquo; headline, I am impressed by the firm tidbits that &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; shared. Alston was highlighted for its child-care facility, which serves 110 children and offers subsidized rates for employees earning lower salaries. Alston also received attention on &lt;em&gt;Fortune&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/em&gt; Unusual Perks list for its health plan, which offers $25,000 towards fertility treatments. So basically, Alston is the BigLaw Baby Empire where the stresses of baby-making and reliable day-care should no longer interfere with the precious billable hour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, what&amp;rsquo;s the fun of slaving over billables all day if you don&#39;t see the results of your work? Perkins Coie is stepping up by sharing with its staff &amp;ldquo;how the firm&#39;s work impacts companies&#39; success&amp;rdquo; each quarter. And Bingham and Baker Donelson are getting props for their pro-bono efforts. In fact, Baker Donelson has doubled its annual pro-bono hours since 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fortune&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/em&gt; best-companies ranking goes beyond the Top 100, though, with various other lists on pay, location and perks. Not surprisingly, none of the law firms made the Work-life balance list, but three of them (Alston, Perkins Coie, and Baker Donelson) made the Sabbatical perk list. Law firms don&amp;rsquo;t need work-life balance&amp;mdash;associates can just take a few months off to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives once they burn out! Seriously, though, it would be great to see a law firm on the Work-life balance list next year. Taking steps toward addressing the issue and moving forward with solutions would be a great way for a firm to set itself apart.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the Best-Workplace law firms. Do a happy dance, and then get back to work&amp;mdash;2012&amp;rsquo;s list will be here before you know it, and you have goals to meet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interested in learning more about how &lt;em&gt;Fortune&lt;/em&gt; compiles its list? Click here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fortune&amp;rsquo;s 100 Best Companies to Work For &lt;br&gt; Alston &amp;amp; Bird Fortune profile&lt;br&gt; Bingham McCutchen Fortune profile&lt;br&gt; Baker Donelson Fortune profile&lt;br&gt; Perkins Coie Fortune profile&lt;br&gt; Alston fertility perk profile&lt;br&gt; Fortune&amp;rsquo;s Sabbatical perk-list&lt;br&gt; Fortune&amp;rsquo;s Work-life perk-list&lt;br&gt;ABA Source&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FOLLOW VAULT LAW ON TWITTER! @VaultLaw&lt;br&gt; SIGN UP FOR VAULT&amp;rsquo;S LAW CAREER NEWSLETTER: VAULT&amp;rsquo;S VERDICT! &lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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