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The Largest Firms By New York Headcount
Firms with the largest presence in New York have generally grown their headcounts and revenue.
July 24, 2024 at 04:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
| Rank | Firm Name | Number of Lawyers | Number of Lawyers 2023 | Year-to-Year Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirkland & Ellis | 842 | 795 | 5.91% |
| 2 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 803 | 766 | 4.78% |
| 3 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 782 | 791 | -1.13% |
| 4 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 735 | 693 | 6.11% |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins | 717 | 651 | 10.04% |
| 6 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 650 | 624 | 4.15% |
| 7 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 648 | 610 | 6.24% |
| 8 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 603 | 628 | -3.98% |
| 9 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 535 | 508 | 5.31% |
| 10 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 493 | 487 | 1.23% |
| 11 | Milbank | 481 | 437 | 9.95% |
| 12 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 458 | 372 | 23.12% |
| 13 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 454 | 432 | 5.07% |
| 14 | Ropes & Gray | 453 | 462 | -2.03% |
| 15 (tie) | Sidley Austin | 448 | 435 | 3.03% |
| 15 (tie) | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 448 | 441 | 1.59% |
| 17 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 429 | 429 | -0.04% |
| 18 | White & Case | 428 | 447 | -4.25% |
| 19 | Greenberg Traurig | 394 | 320 | 23.13% |
| 20 | Goodwin Procter | 388 | 361 | 7.28% |
| 21 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 384 | 278 | 38.13% |
| 22 | Proskauer Rose | 376 | 368 | 2.17% |
| 23 | Paul Hastings | 321 | 296 | 8.37% |
| 24 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | 317 | 297 | 6.73% |
| 25 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | 315 | 289 | 8.96% |
| 26 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | 292 | 284 | 2.85% |
| 27 | Bond, Schoeneck & King | 278 | 240 | 15.83% |
| 28 | Dechert | 269 | 279 | -3.52% |
| 29 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | 265 | 278 | -4.65% |
| 30 (tie) | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | 261 | 254 | 2.78% |
| 30 (tie) | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 261 | 259 | 0.57% |
| 32 | Shearman & Sterling | 257 | 245 | 4.90% |
| 33 | DLA Piper | 254 | 231 | 9.83% |
| 34 | Akin | 253 | 227 | 11.51% |
| 35 | Mayer Brown | 252 | 249 | 1.20% |
| 36 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 250 | 254 | -1.57% |
| 37 | Barclay Damon | 247 | 245 | 0.82% |
| 38 | Jones Day | 227 | 218 | 4.18% |
| 39 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | 223 | 195 | 14.75% |
| 40 | McDermott Will & Emery | 221 | 211 | 4.77% |
| 41 | King & Spalding | 220 | 197 | 11.68% |
| 42 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | 216 | 224 | -3.57% |
| 43 | Covington & Burling | 212 | 205 | 3.53% |
| 44 | Cooley | 208 | 238 | -12.67% |
| 45 | Rivkin Radler | 206 | 203 | 1.48% |
| 46 | Harris Beach | 204 | 213 | -4.23% |
| 47 | Winston & Strawn | 202 | 191 | 5.70% |
| 48 | Kasowitz Benson Torres | 201 | 191 | 4.98% |
| 49 | Goldberg Segalla | 198 | 194 | 2.06% |
| 50 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 193 | 198 | -2.58% |
| 51 | Pryor Cashman | 191 | 175 | 9.19% |
| 52 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 187 | 189 | -1.37% |
| 53 | Reed Smith | 181 | 173 | 4.45% |
| 54 (tie) | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 178 | 169 | 5.33% |
| 54 (tie) | Hodgson Russ | 178 | 172 | 3.08% |
| 55 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 173 | 161 | 7.88% |
| 56 | Venable | 172 | 170 | 1.06% |
| 57 | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | 171 | 161 | 6.00% |
| 58 | Nixon Peabody | 170 | 167 | 2.17% |
| 59 | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | 164 | 183 | -10.27% |
| 60 | Blank Rome | 163 | 150 | 8.78% |
| 61 | Baker McKenzie | 160 | 130 | 23.08% |
| 62 (tie) | Jackson Lewis | 155 | 151 | 3.16% |
| 62(tie) | O'Melveny & Myers | 155 | 150 | 3.33% |
| 62(tie) | Baker & Hostetler | 155 | 149 | 3.59% |
| 65 | Loeb & Loeb | 147 | 155 | -5.24% |
| 66 | Holland & Knight | 146 | 140 | 4.53% |
| 67 (tie) | Herrick Feinstein | 145 | 146 | -0.68% |
| 67 (tie) | Morrison & Foerster | 145 | 164 | -11.59% |
| 69 | Phillips Lytle | 144 | 135 | 6.85% |
| 70 (tie) | Seyfarth Shaw | 142 | 138 | 3.12% |
| 70 (tie) | Cullen and Dykman | 142 | 148 | -4.02% |
| 72 | Seward & Kissel | 139 | 124 | 12.19% |
| 73 (tie) | Alston & Bird | 135 | 129 | 4.36% |
| 73 (tie) | Davis & Gilbert | 135 | 130 | 3.73% |
| 73 (tie) | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 135 | 126 | 7.49% |
| 76 | Selendy Gay | 132 | 97 | 36.08% |
| 77 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | 127 | 137 | -7.30% |
| 78 (tie) | Morrison Cohen | 126 | 127 | -0.79% |
| 78 (tie) | ArentFox Schiff | 126 | 123 | 2.69% |
| 80 | Hunton Andrews Kurth | 125 | 121 | 3.14% |
| 81 | Hogan Lovells | 123 | 115 | 6.98% |
| 82 | Lowenstein Sandler | 122 | 122 | -0.35% |
| 83 | Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman | 121 | 117 | 3.42% |
| 84 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 120 | 116 | 3.45% |
| 85 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | 119 | 120 | -1.00% |
| 86 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 118 | 114 | 3.92% |
| 87 (tie) | Vinson & Elkins | 114 | 100 | 14.00% |
| 87 (tie) | Fenwick & West | 114 | 112 | 1.50% |
| 89 (tie) | Troutman Pepper | 112 | 113 | -0.88% |
| 89 (tie) | Cozen O'Connor | 112 | 107 | 4.42% |
| 91 | Harter Secrest & Emery | 111 | 115 | -3.48% |
| 92 (tie) | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | 110 | 116 | -5.17% |
| 92 (tie) | Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan | 110 | 104 | 5.77% |
| 94 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 107 | 108 | -1.17% |
| 95 | Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone | 104 | 116 | -10.27% |
| 96 | Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf | 103 | 94 | 9.91% |
| 97 | Duane Morris | 102 | 113 | -9.81% |
| 98 | Akerman | 100 | 104 | -4.30% |
| 99 (tie) | Epstein Becker & Green | 99 | 95 | 4.21% |
| 99 (tie) | Rosenberg & Estis | 99 | 97 | 2.17% |
| 100 | Olshan Frome Wolosky | 98 | 85 | 15.91% |
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Proskauer Rose
- Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn
- Reed Smith
- Rivkin Radler
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Sidley Austin
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Venable
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- White & Case
- Windels Marx Lane
- Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Abrams Fensterman Eisman
- Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Baker McKenzie
- Holland & Hart LLP
- Blank Rome
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Cooley
- Cozen O'Connor
- Ellenoff Grossman And Schole Llp
- Dechert
- Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman Llp
- Bond, Schoeneck & King
- DLA Piper
- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kelley Drye & Warren
- Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Milbank LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Paul Hastings
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Duane Morris
- Epstein Becker Green
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
- Goodwin Procter
- Goldberg Segalla
- Greenberg Traurig
- Harter Secrest Emery
- Harris Beach
- Herrick Feinstein
- Hodgson Russ
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Arnold & Porter
- Jackson Lewis P.C.
- Jones Day
- Katten Muchin Rosenman
- Kasowitz Benson Torres
- Kaufman Borgeest Ryan
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Mayer Brown
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Morrison Cohen LLP
- Nixon Peabody
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
- Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
- Phillips Lytle LLP
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