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Jul 23, 2019

America's Largest Law Firms: A Look at the Data

A list of the largest law firms in the United States by total number of attorneys, broken down by number of partners and associates.

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Rank	Law Firm Name	Headquarters	Attorneys	Partners	Associates
1	Baker McKenzie LLP	Chicago	4720	1547	3173
2	DLA Piper LLP	New York	3702	1246	2456
3	Norton Rose Fulbright LLP	New York	3376	1166	2210
4	Hogan Lovells	Washington	2636	803	1833
5	Latham & Watkins LLP	New York	2540	730	1810
6	Jones Day	Washington	2518	919	1599
7	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	Chicago	2307	996	1311
8	White & Case LLP	New York	2150	530	1620
9	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	Washington	2015	774	1241
10	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	New York	1962	1014	948
11	Sidley Austin LLP	Chicago	1943	668	1275
12	K&L Gates LLP	Pittsburgh	1756	812	944
13	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	New York	1744	349	1395
14	Mayer Brown LLP	Chicago	1570	623	947
15	Reed Smith LLP	New York	1544	646	898
16	Squire Patton Boggs LLP	Washington	1497	479	1018
17	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP	St. Louis	1425	544	881
18	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP	Los Angeles	1308	740	568
19	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	New York	1307	378	929
20	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	New York	1235	186	1049
21	Ropes & Gray LLP	Boston	1210	250	960
22	Holland & Knight LLP	Miami	1141	606	535
23	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	New York	1117	264	853
24	King & Spalding LLP	Atlanta	1081	412	669
25	Littler Mendelson PC	Los Angeles	1068	501	567
26	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	New York	1022	145	877
27	Covington & Burling LLP	Washington	1020	286	734
28	McGuireWoods LLP	Richmond	1014	423	591
29	McDermott Will & Emery LLP	Chicago	1013	536	477
30	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	New York	982	157	825
31	Foley & Lardner LLP	Milwaukee	975	450	525
32	Perkins Coie LLP	Seattle	973	467	506
33	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	New York	964	342	622
34	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	New York	964	196	768
35	Goodwin Procter LLP	Boston	955	352	603
36	Morrison & Foerster LLP	San Francisco	951	296	655
37	Paul Hastings LLP	New York	948	271	677
38	Cooley LLP	Palo Alto	946	319	627
39	Baker & Hostetler LLP	Cleveland	941	378	563
40	Womble Bond Dickinson LLP	Winston-Salem	940	456	484
41	Dechert LLP	New York	940	288	652
42	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP	Washington	939	309	630
43	Winston & Strawn LLP	Chicago	893	380	513
44	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	Washington	885	324	561
45	Shearman & Sterling LLP	New York	882	203	679
46	Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	Richmond	869	385	484
47	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP	Washington	859	252	607
48	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC	Los Angeles	847	403	444
49	Seyfarth Shaw LLP	Chicago	844	392	452
50	Jackson Lewis PC	Los Angeles	838	447	391
51	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP	New York	829	250	579
52	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	New York	826	164	662
53	Alston & Bird LLP	Atlanta	817	369	448
54	Polsinelli	Kansas City	810	485	325
55	Fox Rothschild LLP	Philadelphia	788	325	463
56	Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP	White Plains	787	307	480
57	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC	Palo Alto	764	201	563
58	Milbank LLP	New York	728	168	560
59	Proskauer Rose	New York	726	242	484
60	Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP	San Diego	717	338	379
61	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	Los Angeles	714	335	379
62	Baker Botts LLP	Houston	708	280	428
63	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	Atlanta	707	404	303
64	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC	Nashville	681	362	319
65	O'Melveny & Myers LLP	Los Angeles	673	178	495
66	Duane Morris LLP	Philadelphia	671	346	325
67	Faegre Baker Daniels LLP	Minneapolis	669	342	327
68	Cozen O'Connor	Philadelphia	665	340	325
69	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	Chicago	662	319	343
70	Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP	New York	658	156	502
71	Venable LLP	Washington	657	290	367
72	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	New York	655	136	519
73	Akerman LLP	Miami	651	391	260
74	Troutman Sanders LLP	Atlanta	645	284	361
75	Locke Lord LLP	Dallas	641	294	347
76	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	Washington	629	295	334
77	Vinson & Elkins LLP	Houston	622	199	423
78	Nixon Peabody LLP	Boston	607	312	295
79	Husch Blackwell LLP	St. Louis	602	313	289
80	Ballard Spahr LLP	Philadelphia	602	263	339
81	Clark Hill PLC	Detroit	584	310	274
82	Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP	New York	582	122	460
83	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP	Atlanta	575	239	336
84	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	Indianapolis	557	390	167
85	Blank Rome LLP	Philadelphia	551	306	245
86	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	Cincinnati	544	283	261
87	Haynes and Boone, LLP	Dallas	537	237	300
88	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	Philadelphia	530	248	282
89	Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	Seattle	521	276	245
90	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	New York	519	83	436
91	Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin PC	Philadelphia	518	266	252
92	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP	New York	514	139	375
93	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	Minneapolis	508	280	228
94	Kutak Rock LLP	Omaha	503	307	196
95	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	Birmingham	498	293	205
96	Jenner & Block LLP	Chicago	467	209	258
97	Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP	Kansas City	463	215	248
98	Crowell & Moring	Washington	463	185	278
99	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo	Boston	457	223	234
100	Frost Brown Todd	Cincinnati	453	306	147
101	Dickinson Wright	Troy	451	267	184
102	Quarles & Brady LLP	Milwaukee	450	271	179
103	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Cincinnati	445	257	188
104	Morgan & Morgan	Orlando	445	112	333
105	Stinson Leonard Street	Minneapolis	439	292	147
106	Cole, Scott & Kissane	Miami	433	160	273
107	Pepper Hamilton	Philadelphia	424	193	231
108	Hinshaw & Culbertson	Chicago	423	279	144
109	Snell & Wilmer	Phoenix	413	200	213
110	Holland & Hart	Denver	404	213	191
111	Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney	Pittsburgh	403	185	218
112	Goldberg Segalla	Buffalo	396	240	156
113	Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer	Miami	386	165	221
114	McCarter & English	Newark	373	211	162
115	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	New York	373	90	283
116	Bracewell	Houston	368	169	199
117	Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP	Chicago	365	201	164
118	Loeb & Loeb	New York	365	184	181
119	Steptoe & Johnson LLP	Washington	361	152	209
120	Jones Walker	New Orleans	360	231	129
121	Dykema Gossett	Bloomfield Hills	360	206	154
122	Fish & Richardson	Boston	356	172	184
123	Schulte Roth & Zabel	New York	356	79	277
124	Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease	Columbus	354	171	183
125	Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott	Pittsburgh	351	243	108
126	Jackson Walker	Dallas	351	231	120
127	Fisher & Phillips	Atlanta	351	184	167
128	Thompson Hine	Cleveland	340	193	147
129	Stoel Rives	Portland	339	203	136
130	Arent Fox	Washington	335	161	174
131	Fenwick & West	Mountain View	335	100	235
132	Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel	New York	333	111	222
133	Thompson Coburn	St. Louis	331	227	104
134	Williams & Connolly	Washington	324	108	216
135	Boies Schiller Flexner	New York	320	145	175
136	Winstead	Dallas	312	163	149
137	Butler Snow	Jackson	309	204	105
138	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips	Los Angeles	302	174	128
139	Ice Miller	Indianapolis	298	171	127
140	Moore & Van Allen	Charlotte	294	159	135
141	Vedder Price	Chicago	292	161	131
142	Barclay Damon	Syracuse	291	153	138
143	Cahill Gordon & Reinde	New York	291	67	224
144	Fredrikson & Byron	Minneapolis	287	160	127
145	Lowenstein Sandler	Roseland	287	107	180
146	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC	Charleston	285	141	144
147	Kelley Drye & Warren	New York	285	126	159
148	Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner	Washington	284	123	161
149	Thompson & Knight	Dallas	282	146	136
150	Bass, Berry & Sims	Nashville	281	128	153
151	Carlton Fields Jorden Burt	Tampa	277	184	93
152	Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle	New York	277	59	218
153	GrayRobinson	Orlando	276	174	102
154	Honigman LLP	Detroit	275	204	71
155	LeClairRyan	Richmond	273	195	78
156	Burr & Forman	Birmingham	273	178	95
157	Shutts & Bowen	Miami	270	194	76
158	Phelps Dunbar	New Orleans	270	112	158
159	Wood Smith Henning & Berman	Los Angeles	270	65	205
160	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	New York	267	80	187
161	Epstein Becker & Green	New York	265	136	129
162	Litchfield Cavo	Chicago	264	138	126
163	Hughes Hubbard & Reed	New York	264	74	190
164	Adams and Reese	New Orleans	261	150	111
165	Buchalter	Los Angeles	261	113	148
166	Kasowitz Benson Torres	New York	258	87	171
167	Day Pitney	Parsippany	254	128	126
168	Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick	Toledo	252	188	64
169	Knobbe Martens	Irvine	252	163	89
170	Bond, Schoeneck & King	Syracuse	251	147	104
171	McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter	Morristown	251	121	130
172	Maynard, Cooper & Gale	Birmingham	247	152	95
173	Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian	Redwood City	247	78	169
174	Stroock & Stroock & Lavan	New York	244	76	168
175	Spencer Fane	Kansas City	243	134	109
176	Wiley Rein	Washington	242	117	125
177	Foley Hoag	Boston	242	114	128
178	Schiff Hardin	Chicago	241	145	96
179	Robins Kaplan	Minneapolis	238	82	156
180	Chapman and Cutler	Chicago	237	143	94
181	Armstrong Teasdale	St. Louis	234	130	104
182	Greenspoon Marder	Fort Lauderdale	232	111	121
183	White and Williams	Philadelphia	229	102	127
184	Michael Best & Friedrich	Milwaukee	228	148	80
185	Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis	Nashville	227	125	102
186	Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie	Phoenix	225	130	95
187	Williams Mullen	Richmond	223	155	68
188	Smith, Gambrell & Russell	Atlanta	222	129	93
189	Warner Norcross & Judd	Grand Rapids	222	118	104
190	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young	Philadelphia	221	113	108
191	Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck	Denver	219	129	90
192	Harris Beach	Rochester	217	123	94
193	Brown Rudnick	Boston	217	103	114
194	Miles & Stockbridge	Baltimore	215	125	90
195	Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren	Milwaukee	214	128	86
196	Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons	Dallas	206	104	102
197	Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP	Cleveland	205	117	88
198	Lathrop & Gage	Kansas City	205	115	90
199	Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford	Miami	205	89	116
200	Tucker Ellis	Cleveland	205	88	117

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