We present this year's edition of the NYLJ 100, our annual report ranking firms' average number of full-time equivalent attorneys in New York state for the period of Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2018. For firms with multiple locations in the state, we combine the offices' individual head counts to arrive at one total, statewide number of attorneys.

Using data obtained from the Office of Court Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau, we also include a chart of attorney concentration by county, illustrated via a ratio of attorneys to general population for each county in New York.

Production of the entire NYLJ 100 issue requires a large amount of numbers, data reporting and checking, data entry and proofreading. Special thanks this year go to Jack Newsham for his thorough analysis of the charts and to Rafal Pytel, designer for the Law Journal.

—Angela Turturro, Sections Editor

The 100 law firms with the biggest presence in New York mostly continued to grow last year, although average head count growth slowed and fewer firms saw blockbuster growth than the year before.

The Charts: