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| No. | Law Firm | Base Office | Attorneys | Partners | Associates | Region | Attorneys | Change | Salary | Profile |
| 1 | Baker McKenzie | Chicago | 4,795 | 1,485 | 2,865 | Midwest | 4,699 | 2.0% | — | |
| 2 | DLA Piper | New York | 4,028 | 1,304 | 2,492 | Northeast | 3,998 | 0.8% | — | |
| 3 | Norton Rose Fulbright | New York | 3,084 | 1,074 | 1,928 | Northeast | 3,178 | -3.0% | — | |
| 4 | Latham & Watkins | New York | 3,078 | 879 | 2,004 | Northeast | 2,858 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Kirkland & Ellis | New York | 3,025 | 1,253 | 1,772 | Northeast | 2,725 | 11.0% | — | |
| 6 | Hogan Lovells | Washington | 2,532 | 775 | 1,757 | South | 2,612 | -3.1% | — | |
| 7 | White & Case | New York | 2,464 | 643 | 1,589 | Northeast | 2,257 | 9.2% | — | |
| 8 | Jones Day | New York | 2,406 | 846 | 1,245 | Northeast | 2,490 | -3.4% | — | |
| 9 | Greenberg Traurig | New York | 2,209 | 1,101 | 841 | Northeast | 2,171 | 1.8% | — | |
| 10 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Washington | 1,992 | 778 | 1,051 | South | 2,014 | -1.1% | — | |
| 11 | Sidley Austin | New York | 1,893 | 644 | 1,048 | Northeast | 1,882 | 0.6% | — | |
| 12 | Mayer Brown | Chicago | 1,748 | 677 | 900 | Midwest | 1,685 | 3.7% | — | |
| 13 | K&L Gates | Seattle | 1,698 | 803 | 855 | West | 1,623 | 4.6% | — | |
| 14 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | New York | 1,644 | 321 | 1,078 | Northeast | 1,594 | 3.1% | — | |
| 15 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | Los Angeles | 1,613 | 932 | 678 | West | 1,560 | 3.4% | — | |
| 16 | Reed Smith | New York | 1,573 | 664 | 758 | Northeast | 1,616 | -2.7% | — | |
| 17 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | New York | 1,538 | 435 | 990 | Northeast | 1,424 | 8.0% | — | |
| 18 | Squire Patton Boggs | Washington | 1,438 | 452 | 739 | South | 1,452 | -1.0% | — | |
| 19 | Holland & Knight | Dallas | 1,393 | 722 | 505 | South | 1,158 | 20.3% | — | |
| 20 | Ropes & Gray | Boston | 1,372 | 268 | 986 | Northeast | 1,297 | 5.8% | — | |
| 21 | Goodwin Procter | Boston | 1,315 | 450 | 737 | Northeast | 1,187 | 10.8% | — | |
| 22 | Cooley | Palo Alto | 1,267 | 350 | 808 | West | 1,072 | 18.2% | — | |
| 23 | King & Spalding | Atlanta | 1,261 | 501 | 565 | South | 1,219 | 3.5% | — | |
| 24 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | St. Louis | 1,252 | 491 | 556 | Midwest | 1,370 | -8.6% | — | |
| 25 | Covington & Burling | Washington | 1,217 | 322 | 708 | South | 1,174 | 3.7% | $202k–$205k | |
| 26 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York | 1,180 | 263 | 749 | Northeast | 1,132 | 4.2% | — | |
| 27 | McDermott Will & Emery | Chicago | 1,177 | 607 | 459 | Midwest | 1,119 | 5.2% | — | |
| 28 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | New York | 1,163 | 228 | 750 | Northeast | 1,044 | 11.4% | — | |
| 29 | Perkins Coie | Seattle | 1,124 | 515 | 507 | West | 1,093 | 2.8% | — | |
| 30 | Troutman Pepper | Atlanta | 1,121 | 479 | 479 | South | 1,118 | 0.3% | — | |
| 31 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | Minneapolis | 1,093 | 552 | 392 | Midwest | 1,142 | -4.3% | — | |
| 32 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York | 1,051 | 165 | 654 | Northeast | 1,090 | -3.6% | — | |
| 33 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York | 1,025 | 161 | 735 | Northeast | 980 | 4.6% | — | |
| 34 | Foley & Lardner | Milwaukee | 1,021 | 468 | 434 | Midwest | 1,003 | 1.8% | — | |
| 35 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | New York | 1,008 | 168 | 686 | Northeast | 1,017 | -0.9% | — | |
| 36 | Morrison & Foerster | San Francisco | 996 | 298 | 550 | West | 1,025 | -2.8% | — | |
| 37 | Littler Mendelson | Miami | 986 | 472 | 360 | South | 1,061 | -7.1% | — | |
| 38 | Paul Hastings | New York | 979 | 273 | 594 | Northeast | 947 | 3.4% | — | |
| 39 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Palo Alto | 963 | 248 | 597 | West | 879 | 9.6% | — | |
| 40 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | New York | 960 | 326 | 520 | Northeast | 992 | -3.2% | — | |
| 41 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | San Francisco | 957 | 443 | 288 | West | 871 | 9.9% | — | |
| 42 | Baker & Hostetler | Cleveland | 932 | 383 | 336 | Midwest | 909 | 2.5% | $175k–$205k | |
| 43 | Dechert | New York | 928 | 302 | 548 | Northeast | 960 | -3.3% | — | |
| 44 | McGuireWoods | Richmond | 921 | 411 | 356 | South | 933 | -1.3% | — | |
| 45 | Jackson Lewis | Los Angeles | 902 | 468 | 363 | West | 895 | 0.8% | $107k–$170k | |
| 46 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | Washington | 902 | 292 | 444 | South | 901 | 0.1% | — | |
| 47 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | New York | 900 | 280 | 498 | Northeast | 821 | 9.6% | — | |
| 48 | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago | 893 | 428 | 265 | Midwest | 888 | 0.6% | — | |
| 49 | Fox Rothschild | New York | 882 | 363 | 222 | Northeast | 875 | 0.8% | $130k–$190k | |
| 50 | Womble Bond Dickinson | Winston-Salem | 880 | 391 | 419 | South | 886 | -0.7% | $170k–$200k | |