NJ Law - Largest Law Firms 2024

Each year the New Jersey Law Journal's annual special report highlights our most impactful data projects examining legal industry this year. Of primary importance for our readers is our Largest Law Firms list, which we release each year at this time. This comprehensive listing provides essential insights into law firms and their offices across New Jersey, including attorney headcount, leadership teams, practice areas, and—where available—client details and starting salary information. Explore the sections below for details on these key data points. As always, our supplements package also includes our other major data-driven features, such as the Top 40 Firms and Top Personal Injury Awards, all featured in the feed below.

largest law firms: Ranking Categories

NJ and Firmwide Attorney Count

This year's numbers marked a nearly 10% increase over last year's median office size, going from 43 to 47.

Leadership and Practices

We're seeing a broad range of financial services, with a small uptick in the number of firms listing private equity and venture capital services - a sure sign of firms' efforts to capture an expanding market.

Locations, Starting Salary and Clients

Newark once again was the top most documented office location, with 21 in total, followed by Princeton, with 13.

largest law firms Insights & Analysis

July 25, 2024

New Jersey Top 40: Specialty Practices, Room for Rate Increases Boosted Law Firm Revenue

Max Mitchell

According to this year's annual New Jersey Top 40 report, only four firms saw significant revenue declines, while 17 saw gross revenue growth of more than 5% compared with 2022.

September 20, 2024

Personal Injury Special Section 2024

Donovan Swift

This year's personal injury special section covers how to handle a minor witness' testimony, common mistakes in personal injury practice, as well as "reptile theory" and how it applies to trucking cases.

July 23, 2024

Summer Associate Programs Remain 'a Special Place to Build a Career'

Donovan Swift

"So many of our current partners started their career as a McCarter summer associate," said Christine Lydon, chief human resources officer at McCarter & English.

March 12, 2024

Lawyer-Lobbyist Receipts Continue to Outpace Overall Expenditures on State Lobbying

Colleen Murphy

"My impression, overall, is that the utilization of law firms to take on government affairs projects and clients is increasing, which is really positive," David Pascrell, chair of Gibbons' government and regulatory affairs group, said.

Previous Years of largest law firms

The 2023 NJ Largest Law Firms

The 2022 NJ Largest Law Firms

The 2021 NJ Largest Law Firms

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