The 2024 Pa Law 100

Welcome to Pa Law 2024, our 31th annual report on the legal profession in the Keystone state. For the past three decades we've kept a close eye on the most important developments for the Pennsylvania legal world, and reported back to you the reader. The Pennsylvania legal market in 2024 did not quite match the flurry of blockbuster mergers and law firm collapses that we saw in 2023, however, mergers continued at a strong clip, with numerous smaller regional acquisitions - often as a solution for succession planning - as well as a handful of very large-scale moves set to take effect at the start of next year. Verdicts, however, remained as active as ever. Strong sentiments from jurors fueling much of the staggering verdicts we saw in the first few years out of the pandemic showed no signs of weakening. As always, in the graphics and articles below we aim to provide the numbers and statistics underlying these trends, in the hopes that learning from the past can help us bring at least a little more stability to our future.

pa law 100: Ranking Categories

Pa. 100: Fastest Growing and Shrinking Firms

Following a year of blockbuster mergers and closures, the Pennsylvania legal market was more 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.

Pa 100: Largest Firms

Mid-market deal work and litigation practices proved to be stabilizing forces for Pennsylvania’s AmLaw 200 firms, who were able to grow their revenues while facing ongoing transactional headwinds and inflated expenses.

Largest Verdicts and Settlement

The strong jury sentiments that marked the first few years out of the pandemic did not show much signs of cooling.

Pa. 100: Law Schools

As part of our effort to measure key aspect of the legal community, every year The Legal provides information about the largest law schools in the state and surrounding area.

PA Law Firms Diversity Rankings

Every year Pa. Law 100 aims to give you a snapshot of the gender and ethnic diversity at Pennsylvania's top law firms.

pa law 100 Insights & Analysis

December 18, 2024

Increased Costs Proved a Drag on Profits for PA's AmLaw 200 in 2024

Amanda O'Brien

Mid-market dealwork and litigation practices proved to be stabilizing forces for Pennsylvania’s AmLaw 200 firms, who were able to grow their revenues while facing ongoing transactional headwinds and inflated expenses.

Previous Years of pa law 100

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The 2022 PA Law 100

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