NYLJ 100: Firms By Headcount
RankFirm NameNumber of LawyersNumber of Lawyers 2023Year-to-Year Percent Change
1Kirkland & Ellis8427955.91%
2Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison8037664.78%
3Davis Polk & Wardwell782791-1.13%
4Simpson Thacher & Bartlett7356936.11%
5Latham & Watkins71765110.04%
6Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom6506244.15%
7Debevoise & Plimpton6486106.24%
8Weil, Gotshal & Manges603628-3.98%
9Sullivan & Cromwell5355085.31%
10Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson4934871.23%
11Milbank4814379.95%
12Willkie Farr & Gallagher45837223.12%
13Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher4544325.07%
14Ropes & Gray453462-2.03%
15 (tie)Sidley Austin4484353.03%
15 (tie)Cravath, Swaine & Moore4484411.59%
17Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton429429-0.04%
18White & Case428447-4.25%
19Greenberg Traurig39432023.13%
20Goodwin Procter3883617.28%
21Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan38427838.13%
22Proskauer Rose3763682.17%
23Paul Hastings3212968.37%
24Schulte Roth & Zabel3172976.73%
25Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker3152898.96%
26Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer2922842.85%
27Bond, Schoeneck & King27824015.83%
28Dechert269279-3.52%
29Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz265278-4.65%
30 (tie)Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel2612542.78%
30 (tie)Cahill Gordon & Reindel2612590.57%
32Shearman & Sterling2572454.90%
33DLA Piper2542319.83%
34Akin25322711.51%
35Mayer Brown2522491.20%
36Morgan, Lewis & Bockius250254-1.57%
37Barclay Damon2472450.82%
38Jones Day2272184.18%
39Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr22319514.75%
40McDermott Will & Emery2212114.77%
41King & Spalding22019711.68%
42Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft216224-3.57%
43Covington & Burling2122053.53%
44Cooley208238-12.67%
45Rivkin Radler2062031.48%
46Harris Beach204213-4.23%
47Winston & Strawn2021915.70%
48Kasowitz Benson Torres2011914.98%
49Goldberg Segalla1981942.06%
50Norton Rose Fulbright193198-2.58%
51Pryor Cashman1911759.19%
52Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe187189-1.37%
53Reed Smith1811734.45%
54 (tie)Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith1781695.33%
54 (tie)Hodgson Russ1781723.08%
55Katten Muchin Rosenman1731617.88%
56Venable1721701.06%
57Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler1711616.00%
58Nixon Peabody1701672.17%
59Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy164183-10.27%
60Blank Rome1631508.78%
61Baker McKenzie16013023.08%
62 (tie)Jackson Lewis1551513.16%
62(tie)O'Melveny & Myers1551503.33%
62(tie)Baker & Hostetler1551493.59%
65Loeb & Loeb147155-5.24%
66Holland & Knight1461404.53%
67 (tie)Herrick Feinstein145146-0.68%
67 (tie)Morrison & Foerster145164-11.59%
69Phillips Lytle1441356.85%
70 (tie)Seyfarth Shaw1421383.12%
70 (tie)Cullen and Dykman142148-4.02%
72Seward & Kissel13912412.19%
73 (tie)Alston & Bird1351294.36%
73 (tie)Davis & Gilbert1351303.73%
73 (tie)Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton1351267.49%
76Selendy Gay1329736.08%
77Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman127137-7.30%
78 (tie)Morrison Cohen126127-0.79%
78 (tie)ArentFox Schiff1261232.69%
80Hunton Andrews Kurth1251213.14%
81Hogan Lovells1231156.98%
82Lowenstein Sandler122122-0.35%
83Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman1211173.42%
84Kelley Drye & Warren1201163.45%
85Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo119120-1.00%
86Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati1181143.92%
87 (tie)Vinson & Elkins11410014.00%
87 (tie)Fenwick & West1141121.50%
89 (tie)Troutman Pepper112113-0.88%
89 (tie)Cozen O'Connor1121074.42%
91Harter Secrest & Emery111115-3.48%
92 (tie)Ellenoff Grossman & Schole110116-5.17%
92 (tie)Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan1101045.77%
94Hughes Hubbard & Reed107108-1.17%
95Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone104116-10.27%
96Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf103949.91%
97Duane Morris102113-9.81%
98Akerman100104-4.30%
99 (tie)Epstein Becker & Green99954.21%
99 (tie)Rosenberg & Estis99972.17%
100Olshan Frome Wolosky988515.91%