Following a year of blockbuster mergers and closures, the Pennsylvania legal market was steady in 2024, with much of the growth coming from laterals and bringing in smaller firms, whose leaders were looking to wind down their administrative duties.
This graphic aims to capture some of the firms most impacted by the ups and downs. The interactive graphic allows you to see which firms saw the largest loss and growth by headcount, as well as the largest headcount loss and growth by percentage.
As you will see the past year was one of significant growth for some firms and a noticeable dip in headcount for others.

Growth by Number
Rank Firm Name Total PA Attorneys Attorneys in 2023 Change
1 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 234 219 15
2 Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld 62 50 12
3 Saxton & Stump 94 88 6
4 Faegre Drinker 121 115 6
5 Chartwell Law 49 44 5
6 Kline & Specter, P.C. 55 50 5
7 Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP 65 60 5
8 Kaplin Stewart 33 29 4
9 Ogletree Deakins 35 31 4
10 Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. 41 37 4
11 Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP 32 29 3
12 DLA Piper 88 85 3
13 Post & Schell, P.C. 140 137 3
14 MacElree Harvey 34 32 2
15 Lamb McErlane PC 51 49 2
15 Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP 94 92 2
Shrink by Number
Rank Firm Name Total PA Attorneys Attorneys in 2023 Change
1 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 280 319 -39
2 Holland & Knight LLP 38 64 -26
3 Fox Rothschild 241 263 -22
4 Ballard Spahr LLP 153 172 -19
5 Reed Smith LLP 284 297 -13
6 Dechert LLP 151 163 -12
7 Zarwin Baum DeVito Schaer Kaplan Toddy 51 58 -7
8 Archer & Greiner, P.C. 92 98 -6
9 Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C. 25 31 -6
10 Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, LLC 19 24 -5
11 Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg LLC 55 59 -4
12 Baker & Hostetler 49 53 -4
13 Saul Ewing LLP 102 106 -4
14 Offit Kurman 38 42 -4