Firms With the Most Lawyers in Each Market: NLJ 500 Top Five Cities
Take a look at the top five cities with the most lawyers among this year's NLJ 500 firms. And see which firms have their largest offices in these markets.
June 21, 2024 at 04:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Take a look at the top five cities with the most lawyers among this year's NLJ 500 firms. And see which firms have their largest offices in these markets.
The data is presented below in a sortable graphic and table. The full 2024 NLJ 500 report can be found here. For more ways to analyze the data, go to Law.com Compass.
New York Law Firms Market Overview | ||
---|---|---|
Rank of market by headcount | 1 | |
# of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market | 28,192 | |
# of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 259 | |
% of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market | 15.0% | |
Average Headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 109 | |
% change in size in NLJ 500 firms | 4.3% | |
Rank in market | Law Firm | Total lawyers |
1 | Kirkland & Ellis | 842 |
2 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 803 |
3 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 782 |
4 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 735 |
5 | Latham & Watkins | 717 |
6 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 650 |
7 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 648 |
8 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 535 |
9 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 493 |
10 | Milbank | 481 |
11 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 454 |
12 | Ropes & Gray | 453 |
13 | Sidley Austin | 448 |
14 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 448 |
15 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 429 |
16 | Goodwin Procter | 388 |
17 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 384 |
18 | Proskauer Rose | 376 |
19 | Paul Hastings | 321 |
20 | Greenberg Traurig | 320 |
21 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | 317 |
22 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | 292 |
23 | Dechert | 269 |
24 | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | 261 |
25 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 261 |
NLJ 500 firms with their largest office in this market | ||
Akerman | ||
Akin | ||
Baker & Hostetler | ||
Boies Schiller Flexner | ||
Brown Rudnick | ||
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | ||
Cahill Gordon & Reindel | ||
Carter Ledyard & Milburn | ||
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | ||
Cohen & Gresser | ||
Cooley | ||
Cravath, Swaine & Moore | ||
Cullen and Dykman | ||
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle | ||
Davis & Gilbert | ||
Davis Polk & Wardwell | ||
Debevoise & Plimpton | ||
Dechert | ||
DLA Piper | ||
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | ||
Epstein Becker & Green | ||
FisherBroyles | ||
Fox Rothschild | ||
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | ||
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz | ||
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | ||
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | ||
Greenberg Traurig | ||
Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach | ||
Herrick Feinstein | ||
Hughes Hubbard & Reed | ||
Jones Day | ||
Kasowitz Benson Torres | ||
Kelley Drye & Warren | ||
Kirkland & Ellis | ||
Kobre & Kim | ||
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | ||
Labaton Sucharow | ||
Latham & Watkins | ||
Loeb & Loeb | ||
McLaughlin & Stern | ||
Milbank | ||
Morrison Cohen | ||
Moses & Singer | ||
Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass | ||
Norton Rose Fulbright | ||
Olshan Frome Wolosky | ||
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | ||
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | ||
Paul Hastings | ||
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | ||
Proskauer Rose | ||
Pryor Cashman | ||
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | ||
Reed Smith | ||
Ropers Majeski | ||
Rosenberg & Estis | ||
Schulte Roth & Zabel | ||
Selendy Gay Elsberg | ||
Seward & Kissel | ||
Shearman & Sterling | ||
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | ||
Sidley Austin | ||
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | ||
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | ||
Sullivan & Cromwell | ||
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | ||
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | ||
Weitz & Luxenberg | ||
White & Case | ||
Willkie Farr & Gallagher | ||
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | ||
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf | ||
Wood Smith Henning & Berman | ||
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin |
Washington, DC Law Firms Market Overview | ||
---|---|---|
Rank of market by headcount | 2 | |
# of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market | 14,588 | |
# of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 226 | |
% of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market | 7.8% | |
Average Headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 65 | |
% change in size in NLJ 500 firms | 0.04% | |
Rank in market | Law Firm | Total lawyers |
1 | Covington & Burling | 624 |
2 | Latham & Watkins | 452 |
3 | Williams & Connolly | 391 |
4 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | 386 |
5 | Hogan Lovells | 384 |
6 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 330 |
7 | Crowell & Moring | 287 |
8 | Sidley Austin | 285 |
9 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 285 |
10 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | 269 |
11 | Kirkland & Ellis | 264 |
12 | Wiley Rein | 256 |
13 | Venable | 254 |
14 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 226 |
15 | Steptoe | 215 |
16 | Jones Day | 213 |
17 | Akin | 212 |
18 | King & Spalding | 188 |
18 | Mayer Brown | 188 |
20 | DLA Piper | 180 |
21 | Cooley | 174 |
22 | ArentFox Schiff | 170 |
23 | McDermott Will & Emery | 169 |
24 | Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | 164 |
25 | Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox | 161 |
NLJ 500 firms with their largest office in this market | ||
ArentFox Schiff | ||
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | ||
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider | ||
Banner & Witcoff | ||
Beveridge & Diamond | ||
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll | ||
Covington & Burling | ||
Crowell & Moring | ||
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | ||
Fish & Richardson | ||
Groom Law Group | ||
Hogan Lovells | ||
Hollingsworth | ||
Keller and Heckman | ||
Kiernan Trebach | ||
Miller & Chevalier | ||
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | ||
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | ||
Squire Patton Boggs | ||
Steptoe | ||
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox | ||
Van Ness Feldman | ||
Venable | ||
Wiley Rein | ||
Williams & Connolly | ||
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
Chicago Law Firms Market Overview | ||
---|---|---|
Rank of market by headcount | 3 | |
# of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market | 9,668 | |
# of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 158 | |
% of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market | 5.1% | |
Average Headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 61 | |
% change in size in NLJ 500 firms | 3.1% | |
Rank in market | Law Firm | Total lawyers |
1 | Kirkland & Ellis | 750 |
2 | Sidley Austin | 406 |
3 | Mayer Brown | 372 |
4 | Winston & Strawn | 249 |
5 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 236 |
6 | McDermott Will & Emery | 225 |
7 | Latham & Watkins | 218 |
8 | Baker McKenzie | 210 |
9 | Jenner & Block | 198 |
10 | Greenberg Traurig | 185 |
11 | DLA Piper | 173 |
12 | Seyfarth Shaw | 164 |
13 | Vedder Price | 161 |
14 | Chapman and Cutler | 160 |
15 | Jones Day | 157 |
16 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 143 |
17 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | 132 |
18 | ArentFox Schiff | 130 |
19 | Polsinelli | 130 |
20 | Barnes & Thornburg | 128 |
21 | Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg | 125 |
22 | Reed Smith | 121 |
23 | Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg | 113 |
24 | Perkins Coie | 107 |
25 | Foley & Lardner | 107 |
NLJ 500 firms with their largest office in this market | ||
Baker McKenzie | ||
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg | ||
Bartlit Beck | ||
Cassiday Schade | ||
Chapman and Cutler | ||
Clark Hill | ||
Clausen Miller | ||
Dykema Gossett | ||
Freeborn & Peters | ||
Goldberg Kohn | ||
Hinshaw & Culbertson | ||
Jenner & Block | ||
Johnson & Bell | ||
Katten Muchin Rosenman | ||
Levenfeld Pearlstein | ||
Litchfield Cavo | ||
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun | ||
Mayer Brown | ||
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce | ||
McDermott Will & Emery | ||
Much Shelist | ||
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg | ||
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney | ||
Seyfarth Shaw | ||
SmithAmundsen | ||
Swanson, Martin & Bell | ||
Tressler | ||
Vedder Price | ||
Winston & Strawn |
Los Angeles Law Firms Market Overview | ||
---|---|---|
Rank of market by headcount | 4 | |
# of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market | 7,493 | |
# of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 162 | |
% of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market | 4.0% | |
Average Headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 46 | |
% change in size in NLJ 500 firms | 0.7% | |
Rank in market | Law Firm | Total lawyers |
1 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 263 |
2 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 239 |
3 | Kirkland & Ellis | 194 |
4 | Latham & Watkins | 174 |
5 | O'Melveny & Myers | 160 |
6 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 154 |
7 | Buchalter | 146 |
8 | Seyfarth Shaw | 138 |
9 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 134 |
10 | Loeb & Loeb | 130 |
11 | Munger, Tolles & Olson | 119 |
12 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | 112 |
13 | Greenberg Traurig | 111 |
14 | DLA Piper | 107 |
15 | Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger | 102 |
16 | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | 98 |
17 | Cox, Castle & Nicholson | 85 |
18 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 84 |
19 | Davis Wright Tremaine | 83 |
20 | Littler Mendelson | 81 |
21 | Proskauer Rose | 81 |
22 | Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell | 80 |
23 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 79 |
24 | Venable | 79 |
25 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 78 |
NLJ 500 firms with their largest office in this market | ||
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | ||
Best Best & Krieger | ||
Bowman and Brooke | ||
Buchalter | ||
Burke, Williams & Sorensen | ||
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete | ||
Cox, Castle & Nicholson | ||
Foley & Mansfield | ||
Glaser Weil | ||
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger | ||
Jackson Lewis | ||
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell | ||
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | ||
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore | ||
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | ||
Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester | ||
Munger, Tolles & Olson | ||
Murchison & Cumming | ||
Musick, Peeler & Garrett | ||
Nossaman | ||
O'Melveny & Myers |
Boston Law Firms Market Overview | ||
---|---|---|
Rank of market by headcount | 5 | |
# of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market | 5,741 | |
# of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 105 | |
% of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market | 3.1% | |
Average Headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market | 55 | |
% change in size in NLJ 500 firms | 1.1% | |
Rank in market | Law Firm | Total lawyers |
1 | Ropes & Gray | 535 |
2 | Goodwin Procter | 402 |
3 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | 253 |
4 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | 240 |
5 | Choate Hall & Stewart | 197 |
6 | Foley Hoag | 188 |
7 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 171 |
8 | Goulston & Storrs | 155 |
9 | Nutter McClennen & Fish | 129 |
10 | Latham & Watkins | 116 |
11 | Nixon Peabody | 113 |
12 | Proskauer Rose | 111 |
13 | Holland & Knight | 111 |
14 | Burns & Levinson | 110 |
15 | Kirkland & Ellis | 106 |
16 | Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks | 102 |
17 | Prince Lobel Tye | 99 |
18 | Foley & Lardner | 96 |
19 | Cooley | 91 |
20 | K&L Gates | 89 |
21 | DLA Piper | 87 |
22 | Morrison Mahoney | 85 |
23 | Greenberg Traurig | 83 |
24 | Seyfarth Shaw | 83 |
25 | Sullivan & Worcester | 79 |
NLJ 500 firms with their largest office in this market | ||
Burns & Levinson | ||
Choate Hall & Stewart | ||
Foley Hoag | ||
Goodwin Procter | ||
Goulston & Storrs | ||
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder | ||
Manning Gross + Massenburg | ||
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | ||
Morrison Mahoney | ||
Nixon Peabody | ||
Nutter McClennen & Fish | ||
Prince Lobel Tye | ||
Riemer & Braunstein | ||
Ropes & Gray | ||
Sullivan & Worcester | ||
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks |
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