Each year, the NLJ 500 report looks much further than simply firm-wide head counts. The full report will be live on June 25, but here's a peek at the top U.S. cities in the 2019 NLJ 500.

  • # of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market: 6,990
  • # of NLJ 500 offices in this market: 154
  • % of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market: 4%
  • Average headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market: 45
  • % change in size in NLJ 500 firms (2017-2018): 2%

  • # of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market: 4,954
  • # of NLJ 500 offices in this market: 83
  • % of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market: 3%
  • Average headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market: 60
  • % change in size in NLJ 500 firms (2017-2018): 1%