• Client Relationship Scorecard: Dorsey ranked #5 out of 441 firms
• Dorsey ranked #11 in the BTI Client Service A-Team for 2009, according to independent research conducted by BTI Consulting Group, a leading provider of legal industry research and analysis. The Client Service A-Team is the only client service ranking based solely on direct, unprompted client feedback from in-house legal counsel at FORTUNE 1000 and other large companies
• Dorsey was named a leading law firm in seven distinct industries:  Energy, Healthcare, Retail Trade, Utilities, Wholesale Trade, Chemicals and Investment Banking

• Independent legal research firm Chambers and Partners identified 56 Dorsey attorneys and 23 Dorsey practice groups for recognition in 2009 (compared with 45 attorneys and 21 practice groups in 2008)

• Ninety-four Dorsey lawyers are included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Ten Dorsey offices are represented on the list. Dorsey also earned number-one rankings in multiple states and cities for legal practice areas such as commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions law, labor and employment law, environmental law and more

• For the third straight year, Dorsey has been selected by Working Mother magazine as one of the nation's 50 "Best Law Firms For Women"
  
• Dorsey was named a 2008 Top Ten Family-Friendly Firm by Yale Law Women, selected after a survey of 100 elite law firms
  
• For the third consecutive year, Dorsey & Whitney has received the top rating on the Human Rights Campaign annual Corporate Equality Index: the Index measures employer performance in ensuring fair and open workplaces for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees and consumers

• Dorsey ranked #2 among law firms for the number of completed U.S. deals in 2009 (Thomson Reuters)
  
• Dorsey ranked #9 among law firms for the number of completed deals worldwide in 2009 (Thomson Reuters)
  
• Since 1994, Dorsey has ranked #5 or higher every year for the number of U.S. deals completed annually (Thomson Reuters)
  
• Dorsey was among the top 25 law firms in 2008 for "PIPE Market Investor Counsel-By Number of Transactions” (PlacementTracker/Sagient Research Systems)

Trial

• Six Dorsey partners are members of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL); membership in the ACTL is by invitation only and is limited to only 1% of total lawyers per state or Canadian province

Intellectual Property

• Trademark Insider ranked Dorsey 22nd nationally among the Top 200 trademark law firms in 2008
  
• Dorsey ranked seventy-fourth among 357 law firms and individuals for patents issued in 2008 (Intellectual Property Today)
  

Tax Litigation

• The London tax team was named 2009 European Court of Justice (ECJ) Firm of the Year by International Tax Review
  
• The London tax team was named 2008 European Court of Justice (ECJ) Firm of the Year by International Tax Review
  
• The London tax team was named 2007 European Tax Firm of the Year by International Tax Review
  
• The Dorsey London tax group was named 2006 “Tax Team of the Year” by Legal Business magazine for a landmark victory in a case before the European Court of Justice

Pro Bono

• The National Legal Aid & Defender Association, a leading national advocate for attorneys and other equal justice professionals, has given Dorsey a 2008 "Beacon of Justice Award," which honors law firms that have provided significant pro bono representation to people on death row
  
• The Children's Law Center of Minnesota has selected Dorsey as the 2008 recipient of its "Distinguished Service Award for Children"
  
• New York City based Project Enterprise recently honored Dorsey Partner David Singer and the Dorsey firm with the 2008 Champions of Entrepreneurship award, in recognition of Dorsey's "extensive legal work on behalf of Project Enterprise and its entrepreneurs"