List of largest United States-based law firms by head count
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This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: as at 2018. 2020 list sorted by profitability at List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner. (September 2020) |
This article lists the largest law firms in the United States by total number of attorneys. The table is also sortable by total number of partners, associates, and total revenue.
| Rank | Firm name | Headquarters location | Total number of lawyers (2018)[1] | Number of associates (2018)[1] | Number of partners (2018)[1] | Total revenue (millions, in 2018)[2] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baker McKenzie | Chicago | 4,720 | 3,173 | 1,547 | $2,900 | |
| 2 | DLA Piper | New York City | 3,702 | 2,456 | 1,256 | $2,634 | |
| 3 | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston | 3,376 | 2,210 | 1,166 | $1,958 | |
| 4 | Hogan Lovells | Washington, D.C. | 2,636 | 1,833 | 803 | $2,036 | |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins | New York City | 2,540 | 1,810 | 730 | $3,063 | |
| 6 | Jones Day | Washington, D.C. | 2,518 | 1,599 | 919 | $1,959 | |
| 7 | Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | 2,307 | 1,311 | 996 | $3,165 | |
| 8 | White & Case | New York City | 2,150 | 1,620 | 530 | $1,804 | |
| 9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Philadelphia | 2,015 | 1,241 | 774 | $2,001 | |
| 10 | Greenberg Traurig | New York City | 1,962 | 948 | 1,014 | $1,477 | |
| 11 | Sidley Austin | Chicago | 1,943 | 1,275 | 668 | $2,036 | |
| 12 | K&L Gates | Pittsburgh | 1,756 | 944 | 812 | $969 | |
| 13 | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom | New York City | 1,744 | 1,395 | 349 | $2,582 | |
| 14 | Mayer Brown | Chicago | 1,570 | 947 | 623 | $1,313 | |
| 15 | Reed Smith | Pittsburgh | 1,544 | 898 | 646 | $1,119 | |
| 16 | Squire Patton Boggs | Washington, D.C. | 1,497 | 1,018 | 479 | 1,000 | |
| 17 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | St. Louis | 1,425 | 881 | 544 | $592 | |
| 18 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | Los Angeles | 1,308 | 568 | 740 | $470 | |
| 19 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Los Angeles | 1,307 | 929 | 378 | $1,642 | |
| 20 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York City | 1,235 | 1,049 | 186 | $1,214 | |
| 21 | Ropes & Gray | Boston | 1,210 | 960 | 250 | $1,592 | |
| 22 | Holland & Knight | Miami | 1,141 | 535 | 606 | $846 | |
| 23 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York City | 1,117 | 853 | 264 | $1,390 | |
| 24 | King & Spalding | Atlanta | 1,081 | 669 | 412 | $1,138 | |
| 25 | Littler Mendelson | Los Angeles | 1,068 | 567 | 501 | $538 | |
| 26 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | New York City | 1,022 | 877 | 145 | $1,301 | |
| 27 | Covington & Burling | Washington, D.C. | 1,020 | 734 | 268 | $945 | |
| 28 | McGuireWoods | Richmond | 1,014 | 591 | 423 | $715 | |
| 29 | McDermott Will & Emery | Chicago | 1,013 | 477 | 536 | $925 | |
| 30 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York City | 982 | 825 | 157 | $1,240 |
See also[edit]
- List of largest law firms by revenue
- List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner
- List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms by revenue
- List of largest Canada-based law firms by revenue
- List of largest Europe-based law firms by revenue
- List of largest Japan-based law firms by head count
- List of largest China-based law firms by revenue
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "America's Largest 350 Law Firms". Internet Legal Research Group. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "The Global 200, Ranked by Revenue". Retrieved 30 August 2020.