List of largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers
This is a list 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").
Rank |
Firm name |
Principal City |
No. of Attorneys |
1 |
DLA Piper |
Chicago, IL |
3,785 |
2 |
Baker & McKenzie |
Chicago, IL |
3,627 |
3 |
Jones Day |
Cleveland, OH |
2,523 |
4 |
Latham & Watkins |
Los Angeles, CA |
2,322 |
5 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
New York City |
2,251 |
6 |
White & Case |
New York City |
2,205 |
7 |
Sidley Austin |
Chicago, IL |
1,877 |
8 |
Greenberg Traurig |
Miami, FL |
1,840 |
9 |
Mayer Brown |
Chicago, IL |
1,809 |
10 |
K&L Gates |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1,726 |
11 |
Reed Smith |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1,558 |
12 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Chicago, IL |
1,490 |
13 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf |
New York City |
1,455 |
14 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
Philadelphia, PA |
1,441 |
15 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
New York City |
1,359 |
16 |
Morrison & Foerster |
San Francisco, CA |
1,202 |
17 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
Los Angeles, CA |
1,193 |
18 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Chicago, IL |
1,187 |
19 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
Washington, DC |
1,180 |
20 |
Hogan & Hartson |
Washington, DC |
1,175 |
21 |
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker |
Los Angeles, CA |
1,175 |
22 |
Holland & Knight |
Miami, FL |
1,094 |
23 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
New York City |
1,076 |
24 |
Foley & Lardner |
Milwaukee, WI |
1,032 |
25 |
Dechert |
Philadelphia, PA |
1,019 |
26 |
Winston & Strawn |
Chicago, IL |
1,004 |
27 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
New York City |
1,000 |
28 |
King & Spalding |
Atlanta, GA |
992 |
29 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
Washington, DC |
983 |
30 |
Hunton & Williams |
Richmond, VA |
950 |
31 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
Los Angeles, CA |
948 |
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 |
Ropes & Gray |
Boston, MA |
843 |
41 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Fox Rothschild |
Philadelphia, PA |
440 |
104 |
Snell & Wilmer |
Phoenix, AZ |
440 |
105 |
McKenna Long & Aldridge |
Atlanta, GA |
435 |
106 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan |
Atlanta, GA |
429 |
107 |
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart |
Greenville, SC |
428 |
108 |
Fish & Richardson |
Boston, MA |
428 |
109 |
Barnes & Thornburg |
Indianapolis, IN |
427 |
110 |
Bracewell & Giuliani |
Houston, TX |
425 |
111 |
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin |
Philadelphia, PA |
408 |
112 |
Crowell & Moring |
Washington, DC |
408 |
113 |
Andrews Kurth |
Houston, TX |
407 |
114 |
Holland & Hart |
Denver, CO |
406 |
115 |
Florham Park, NJ |
405 |
|
116 |
Dickstein Shapiro |
Washington, DC |
403 |
117 |
Kutak Rock |
Omaha, NE |
399 |
118 |
McCarter & English |
Newark, NJ |
399 |
119 |
Thompson Hine |
Cleveland, OH |
396 |
120 |
Schiff Hardin |
Chicago, IL |
395 |
121 |
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease |
Columbus, OH |
392 |
122 |
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough |
Columbia, SC |
391 |
123 |
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone |
Detroit, MI |
387 |
124 |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges |
Los Angeles, CA |
382 |
125 |
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold |
San Francisco, CA |
380 |
126 |
Kelley Drye & Warren |
New York City |
378 |
127 |
Dykema Gossett |
Detroit, MI |
374 |
128 |
Epstein Becker & Green |
New York City |
372 |
129 |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
New York City |
372 |
130 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner |
Washington, DC |
366 |
131 |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
Los Angeles, CA |
358 |
132 |
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
New York City |
357 |
133 |
Stoel Rives |
Portland, OR |
350 |
134 |
Dinsmore & Shohl |
Cincinnati, OH |
347 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
Announced dissolution on 28 October 2008.
Announced merger with Bryan Cave on 7 November 2008.
Announced dissolution on 23 December 2008.
Merging with K&L Gates on 1 March 2009.
Announced dissolution on 23 March 2009.
See also
- List of largest UK law firms
- List of 100 largest law firms globally
- List of largest European law firms
Source
- The 2008 NLJ 250 (requires free registration)