As they managed their way through a pandemic, law firms grew their talent pools significantly in 2020. Lawyer head count for the largest global firms based on total attorneys was 244,970 in 2020, an increase of 5.8% from 2019. Seventy-seven of the firms had 1,000 or more lawyers, compared with 70 last year. The number of lawyers listed here is the average full-time equivalent for the 2020 fiscal year. For United Kingdom-based firms, the number of lawyers is the average full-time-equivalent for the fiscal year ending April 30.