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This article lists the largest law firms in the United States.

By head count

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This section 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.[1]

Rank Firm name Largest U.S. Office[2] Total number of lawyers (2022)[2] Number of associates (2022)[2] Number of partners (2018)[2] Total revenue (millions, in 2018)[3] Notes
1 Baker McKenzie Chicago 4795 2865 1518 $2,900
2 DLA Piper New York City 4028 2492 1317 $2,634
3 Norton Rose Fulbright New York City 3084 1928 1087 $1,958
4 Latham & Watkins New York City 3078 2004 821 $3,063
5 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago 3025 1772 1158 $3,165
6 Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. 2532 1757 793 $2,036
7 White & Case New York City 2464 1589 587 $1,804
8 Jones Day Washington, D.C. 2406 1245 843 $1,959
9 Greenberg Traurig New York City 2209 841 1087 $1,477
10 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Washington, D.C. 1992 1051 788 $2,001
11 Sidley Austin New York City 1893 1048 648 $2,036
12 Mayer Brown Chicago 1748 900 657 $1,313
13 K&L Gates Seattle 1698 855 757 $969
14 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom New York City 1644 1078 320 $2,582
15 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles 1613 678 895 $470
16 Reed Smith New York City 1673 758 678 $1,119
17 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher New York City 1538 990 412 $1,642
18 Squire Patton Boggs Washington, D.C. 1438 739 480 1,000
19 Holland & Knight Dallas 1393 505 640 $846
20 Ropes & Gray Boston 1372 986 265 $1,592
21 Goodwin Procter Boston 1315 737 417
22 Cooley LLP Palo Alto, California 1267 808 328
23 King & Spalding Atlanta 1261 565 488 $1,138
24 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner St. Louis 1252 556 528 $592
25 Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. 1217 708 322 $945
26 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York City 1180 749 263 $1,390
27 McDermott Will & Schulte Chicago 1177 459 607 $925
28 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York City 1163 750 228
29 Perkins Coie Seattle 1124 507 515
30 Troutman Pepper Atlanta 1121 479 479
31 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Minneapolis 1093 392 552
32 Morgan & Morgan Orlando 1062[4] 867 195
33 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton New York City 1051 654 165 $1,214
34 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York City 1025 735 161 $1,240
35 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee 1021 434 468
36 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York City 1008 686 168 $1,301
37 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco 996 550 298
38 Littler Mendelson Miami 986 360 472 $538

By profits per partner

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This is a list of American law firms by profits per equity partner (PPEP, sometimes reported as profits per partner or PPP). The list details the profit per equity partner figures of law firms by gross revenue; however, law firms with higher PPEP may not appear on this list if they were not included in the Global 100 by revenue.[5]

Rank Firm Headquarters 2024 PPEP Equity partners
1 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago $9,253,000 573
2 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York City $9,036,000 86
3 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Los Angeles $8,643,000 178
4 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York City $7,800,000 182
5 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York City $7,664,000 204
6 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York City $7,541,000 198
7 Gibson Dunn Los Angeles $7,175,000 286
8 Latham & Watkins Los Angeles $7,135,000 553
9 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York City $6,850,000 90
10 Milbank New York City $6,812,000 170
11 Sullivan & Cromwell New York City $6,740,000 178
12 Paul Hastings $6,715,000 170
13 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York City $6,049,000 343
14 King & Spalding Atlanta $5,932,000 198
15 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York City $5,371,000 173
16 Debevoise & Plimpton New York City $5,336,000 151
17 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton New York City $5,223,000 191
18 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York City $5,184,000 109
19 Sidley Austin Chicago $5,157,000 279
20 Ropes & Gray Boston $4,989,000 298

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zaretsky, Staci (2022-06-21). "Dueling Rankings Of The Biggest Biglaw Firms In The Country (2022) - Above the LawAbove the Law". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  2. ^ a b c d "The NLJ 500: Ranked by Head Count".
  3. ^ "The Global 200, Ranked by Revenue". Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Morgan & Morgan". ALM. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "American Lawyer Magazine, AmLaw 100 2025"
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