Pa. 100: Fastest Growing and Shrinking Firms

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	Dilworth Paxson LLP	66	90	-24
4	Fox Rothschild	241	263	-22
5	Ballard Spahr LLP	153	172	-19
6	Reed Smith LLP	284	297	-13
7	Dechert LLP	151	163	-12
8	Willig, Williams & Davidson	37	46	-9
9	Zarwin Baum DeVito Schaer Kaplan Toddy	51	58	-7
10	Archer & Greiner, P.C.	92	98	-6
10	Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C.	25	31	-6
12	Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, LLC	19	24	-5
13	Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg LLC	55	59	-4
13	Baker & Hostetler	49	53	-4
13	Saul Ewing LLP	102	106	-4
13	Offit Kurman	38	42	-4