List of largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers

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	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 LLP	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	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

• ^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 law firms by profits per partner
• List of 100 largest law firms globally (2010)
• List of largest European law firms 2011
• List of largest European law firms 2009
• List of largest European law firms 2005
• List of largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers (2008)
• List of largest UK law firms (2010)
• List of largest Chinese law firms (2009)

Source

• The 2008 NLJ 250 (requires free registration)