- List of largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers
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This is a list of the law firms on the National Law Journal's 2008 list of the 250 biggest firms in the United States, by number of lawyers (commonly known as the "NLJ 250").
Note: The Internet Legal Research Group has published an updated of this list created in January 2011. Click here to view the updated list.
Rank Firm name Principal City No. of Attorneys 1 Baker & McKenzie Chicago, IL 3,774 2 DLA Piper Chicago, IL 3,448 3 Jones Day Cleveland, OH 2,515 4 Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. 2,345 5 Latham & Watkins Los Angeles, CA 2,006 6 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York City 1,886 7 White & Case New York City 1,863 8 Greenberg Traurig Miami, FL 1,763 9 K&L Gates Pittsburgh, PA 1,734 10 Mayer Brown Chicago, IL 1,684 11 Sidley Austin Chicago, IL 1,571 12 Reed Smith Pittsburgh, PA 1,430 13 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago, IL 1,419 14 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Philadelphia, PA 1,206 15 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York City 1,193 16 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton New York City 1,123 17 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe New York City 1,079 18 Dewey & LeBoeuf New York City 1,071 19 Ropes & Gray Boston, MA 1062 20 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Los Angeles, CA 1033 21 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco, CA 1,004 22 Holland & Knight Miami, FL 942 23 O'Melveny & Myers Los Angeles, CA 884 24 McDermott Will & Emery Chicago, IL 1,187 25 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Washington, DC 1,180 26 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Los Angeles, CA 1,175 27 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee, WI 1,032 28 Dechert Philadelphia, PA 1,019 29 Winston & Strawn Chicago, IL 1,004 30 King & Spalding Atlanta, GA 992 31 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Washington, DC 983 32 Hunton & Williams Richmond, VA 950 32 Alston & Bird Atlanta, GA 924 33 Bingham McCutchen Boston, MA 903 34 Fulbright & Jaworski Houston, TX 896 35 McGuireWoods Richmond, VA 880 36 Shearman & Sterling New York City 870 37 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York City 869 38 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Cleveland, OH 856 39 Bryan Cave St. Louis, MO 852 40 Baker Botts Houston, TX 827 42 Proskauer Rose New York City 784 43 Goodwin Procter Boston, MA 781 44 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York City 774 45 Debevoise & Plimpton New York City 772 46 Vinson & Elkins Houston, TX 759 47 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker New York City 752 48 Seyfarth Shaw Chicago, IL 750 49 Sullivan & Cromwell New York City 748 50 Howrey G Washington, DC 743 51 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York City 732 52 Littler Mendelson San Francisco, CA 722 53 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman San Francisco, CA 710 54 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Dallas, TX 707 55 Nixon Peabody Boston, MA 699 56 Drinker Biddle & Reath Philadelphia, PA 685 57 Troutman Sanders Atlanta, GA 780 58 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York City 675 59 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Chicago, IL 671 60 Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis, MN 670 61 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York City 669 62 Covington & Burling Washington, DC 662 63 Katten Muchin Rosenman Chicago, IL 658 64 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York City 657 65 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles, CA 654 66 Arnold & Porter Washington, DC 651 67 Perkins Coie Seattle, WA 632 68 Husch Blackwell Sanders St. Louis, MO 629 69 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto, CA 620 70 Cooley Godward Kronish Palo Alto, CA 618 71 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York City 610 72 Duane Morris Philadelphia, PA 594 73 Baker & Hostetler Cleveland, OH 594 74 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Boston, MA 576 75 Venable LLP Washington, DC 569 76 Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll Philadelphia, PA 554 77 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York City 554 78 Thelen A New York City 553 79 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Memphis, TN 549 80 Kaye Scholer New York City 530 81 Patton Boggs Washington, DC 529 82 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Pittsburgh, PA 529 83 Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, MO 520 84 Jackson Lewis White Plains, NY 517 85 Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia, PA 514 86 Steptoe & Johnson LLP Washington, DC 506 87 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Winston-Salem, NC 505 88 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo Boston, MA 504 89 Blank Rome Philadelphia, PA 503 90 Faegre & Benson Minneapolis, MN 502 91 Haynes and Boone Dallas, TX 495 92 Akerman Senterfitt Miami, FL 484 93 Jenner & Block Chicago, IL 482 94 Chadbourne & Parke New York City 481 95 Schulte Roth & Zabel New York City 481 96 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia, PA 478 97 Hinshaw & Culbertson Chicago, IL 477 98 Davis Wright Tremaine Seattle, WA 467 99 Kilpatrick Stockton Atlanta, GA 466 100 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Los Angeles, CA 458 101 Thompson & Knight Dallas, TX 458 102 Quarles & Brady Milwaukee, WI 450 103 Dinsmore & Shohl Cincinnati, OH 450 104 Fox Rothschild Philadelphia, PA 440 105 Snell & Wilmer Phoenix, AZ 440 106 McKenna Long & Aldridge Atlanta, GA 435 107 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Atlanta, GA 429 108 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart Greenville, SC 428 109 Fish & Richardson Boston, MA 428 110 Barnes & Thornburg Indianapolis, IN 427 111 Bracewell & Giuliani Houston, TX 425 112 Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin Philadelphia, PA 408 113 Crowell & Moring Washington, DC 408 114 Andrews Kurth Houston, TX 407 115 Holland & Hart Denver, CO 406 116 Day Pitney Florham Park, NJ 405 117 Dickstein Shapiro Washington, DC 403 118 Kutak Rock Omaha, NE 399 119 McCarter & English Newark, NJ 399 120 Thompson Hine Cleveland, OH 396 121 Schiff Hardin Chicago, IL 395 122 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Columbus, OH 392 123 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Columbia, SC 391 124 Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone Detroit, MI 387 125 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges Los Angeles, CA 382 126 Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold San Francisco, CA 380 127 Kelley Drye & Warren New York City 378 128 Dykema Gossett Detroit, MI 374 129 Epstein Becker & Green New York City 372 130 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel New York City 372 131 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Washington, DC 366 132 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Los Angeles, CA 358 133 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan New York City 357 134 Stoel Rives Portland, OR 350 135 Jackson Walker Dallas, TX 345 136 Thompson Coburn St. Louis, MO 344 137 Frost Brown Todd Cincinnati, OH 342 138 Baker & Daniels Indianapolis, IN 342 139 Taft Stettinius & Hollister Cincinnati, OH 337 140 Arent Fox Washington, DC 336 141 Hughes Hubbard & Reed New York City 334 142 Williams Mullen Richmond, VA 326 143 Stinson Morrison Hecker Kansas City, MO 324 144 Gordon & Rees San Francisco, CA 322 145 Loeb & Loeb Los Angeles, CA 310 146 Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Kansas City, MO 304 147 LeClairRyan Richmond, VA 300 148 Moore & Van Allen Charlotte, NC 300 149 Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen E Philadelphia, PA 298 150 Cahill Gordon & Reindel New York City 287 151 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman New York City 286 152 Carlton Fields Tampa, FL 281 153 Gardere Wynne Sewell Dallas, TX 281 154 Winstead P.C. Dallas, TX 281 155 Lathrop & Gage Kansas City, MO 281 156 Thacher Proffitt & Wood C New York City 280 157 Lowenstein Sandler Roseland, NJ 278 158 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott Pittsburgh, PA 273 159 Stites & Harbison Louisville, KY 272 160 Fenwick & West Mountain View, CA 271 161 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Minneapolis, MN 267 162 Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz Chicago, IL 265 163 Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre New Orleans, LA 264 164 Adorno & Yoss Miami, FL 262 165 Wiley Rein Washington, DC 262 166 Ice Miller Indianapolis, IN 262 167 Bell, Boyd & Lloyd D Chicago, IL 260 168 Phelps Dunbar New Orleans, LA 258 169 Bradley Arant Rose & White Birmingham, AL 255 170 Adams and Reese New Orleans, LA 253 171 Armstrong Teasdale St. Louis, MO 252 172 Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Columbus, OH 251 173 Foley Hoag Boston, MA 251 174 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear Irvine, CA 249 175 Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Charlotte, NC 248 176 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Los Angeles, CA 247 177 Balch & Bingham Birmingham, AL 244 178 Butzel Long Detroit, MI 243 179 Boies, Schiller & Flexner New York City 237 180 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Denver, CO 235 181 Williams & Connolly Washington, DC 235 182 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle New York City 235 183 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn Detroit, MI 234 184 Fredrikson & Byron Minneapolis, MN 233 185 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter Morristown, NJ 232 186 Saul Ewing Philadelphia, PA 231 187 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York City 231 188 Gibbons P.C. Newark, NJ 230 189 Michael Best & Friedrich Milwaukee, WI 229 190 Dickinson Wright Detroit, MI 228 191 Holme Roberts & Owen Denver, CO 228 192 Irell & Manella Los Angeles, CA 228 193 Roetzel & Andress Akron, OH 227 194 Hodgson Russ Buffalo, NY 227 195 Townsend and Townsend and Crew San Francisco, CA 227 196 Miles & Stockbridge Baltimore, MD 224 197 Chapman and Cutler Chicago, IL 219 198 White and Williams Philadelphia, PA 216 199 Warner Norcross & Judd Grand Rapids, MI 215 200 Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT 215 201 Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Nashville, TN 214 202 GrayRobinson Orlando, FL 213 203 Brown Rudnick Boston, MA 213 204 Bass, Berry & Sims Nashville, TN 211 205 Burr & Forman Birmingham, AL 208 206 Fisher & Phillips Atlanta, GA 208 207 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg Chicago, IL 204 208 Shutts & Bowen Miami, FL 203 209 Choate, Hall & Stewart Boston, MA 202 210 McKee Nelson F New York City 202 211 Fowler White Boggs Banker Tampa, FL 201 212 Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Milwaukee, WI 201 213 Lewis and Roca Phoenix, AZ 199 214 Miller & Martin Chattanooga, TN 198 215 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Louisville, KY 198 216 Best Best & Krieger Riverside, CA 198 217 Goulston & Storrs Boston, MA 195 218 Powell Goldstein B Atlanta, GA 195 219 Strasburger & Price Dallas, TX 194 220 Fennemore Craig Phoenix, AZ 194 221 Stevens & Lee Reading, PA 193 222 Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon Chicago, IL 192 223 Munger, Tolles & Olson Los Angeles, CA 190 224 Leonard, Street and Deinard Minneapolis, MN 189 225 Bond, Schoeneck & King Syracuse, NY 189 226 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Philadelphia, PA 189 227 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler New York City 188 228 Hiscock & Barclay Syracuse, NY 187 229 Jackson Kelly PLLC Charleston, WV 187 230 Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps San Diego, CA 187 231 Herrick, Feinstein New York City 186 232 Lindquist & Vennum Minneapolis, MN 185 233 Godfrey & Kahn Milwaukee, WI 185 234 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Clarksburg, WV 182 235 Sullivan & Worcester Boston, MA 182 236 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy New York City 182 237 Smith, Gambrell & Russell Atlanta, GA 181 238 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Philadelphia, PA 181 239 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Toledo, OH 180 240 Calfee, Halter & Griswold Cleveland, OH 180 241 Kenyon & Kenyon New York City 180 242 Ford & Harrison Atlanta, GA 179 243 Harris Beach Rochester, NY 179 244 Phillips Lytle Buffalo, NY 179 245 Shughart Thomson & Kilroy Kansas City, MO 179 246 Broad and Cassel Orlando, FL 179 247 Ulmer & Berne Cleveland, OH 176 248 Briggs and Morgan Minneapolis, MN 175 249 Ruden McClosky Ft. Lauderdale, FL 175 250 Nexsen Pruet Columbia, SC 174 Notes
- ^A Announced dissolution on 28 October 2008.
- ^B Announced merger with Bryan Cave on 7 November 2008.
- ^C Announced dissolution on 23 December 2008.
- ^D Merging with K&L Gates on 1 March 2009.
- ^E Announced dissolution on 23 March 2009.
- ^F Merging with Bingham McCutchen 1 August 2009.
- ^G Announced dissolution on 15 March 2011.
See also
- List of 100 largest law firms globally (2007)
- List of largest Chinese law firms
- List of largest European law firms (2005)
- List of largest UK law firms (2009)
Source
- The 2008 NLJ 250 (requires free registration)
Categories:- Lists of law firms
- Lists of companies of the United States
- Law firms of the United States
- Superlatives
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