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2025 Rankings
The definitive ranking of U.S. law firms by attorney headcount — updated for 2025 with over a decade of historical data. Sort by size, partners, or region, search for any firm, and open a detailed profile with year-over-year trends.
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
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| No. | Law Firm | Base Office | Attorneys | Partners | Attorneys | Change | Region | Profile |
| 96 | Locke Lord | Houston | 553 | 225 | 556 | -0.6% | South | |
| 272 | von Briesen & Roper | Milwaukee | 151 | 112 | 152 | -0.6% | Midwest | |
| 150 | Honigman | Detroit | 325 | 214 | 327 | -0.5% | Midwest | |
| 132 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | New York | 363 | 76 | 365 | -0.5% | Northeast | |
| 114 | Jenner & Block | Chicago | 459 | 186 | 461 | -0.5% | Midwest | |
| 147 | Ice Miller | Indianapolis | 335 | 175 | 336 | -0.4% | Midwest | |
| 166 | Knobbe Martens | Irvine | 278 | 151 | 279 | -0.4% | West | |
| 209 | Best Best & Krieger | Los Angeles | 215 | 106 | 216 | -0.4% | West | |
| 139 | Burr & Forman | Birmingham | 345 | 232 | 346 | -0.3% | South | |
| 295 | Rutan & Tucker | Irvine | 142 | 96 | 142 | -0.2% | West | |
| 167 | Lathrop GPM | Kansas City | 277 | 135 | 278 | -0.2% | Midwest | |
| 157 | Carlton Fields | Tampa | 305 | 181 | 305 | -0.1% | South | |
| 137 | Moore & Van Allen | Charlotte | 349 | 159 | 349 | -0.1% | South | |
| 62 | McGuireWoods | Richmond | 922 | 405 | 923 | -0.1% | South | |
| 152 | Vedder Price | Chicago | 317 | 172 | 317 | 0.0% | Midwest | |
| 187 | Rivkin Radler | Uniondale | 245 | 121 | 245 | 0.0% | Northeast | |
| 64 | Akin | New York | 893 | 320 | 893 | 0.0% | Northeast | |
| 201 | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Phoenix | 221 | 127 | 221 | 0.0% | West | |
| 250 | Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson | Charlotte | 172 | 89 | 172 | 0.0% | South | |
| 84 | Clark Hill | Chicago | 642 | 313 | 641 | 0.1% | Midwest | |
| 281 | Wiggin and Dana | New Haven | 148 | 80 | 148 | 0.2% | Northeast | |
| 251 | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | New York | 171 | 54 | 171 | 0.2% | Northeast | |
| 240 | Munger, Tolles & Olson | Los Angeles | 179 | 67 | 179 | 0.2% | West | |
| 256 | Stites & Harbison | Louisville | 166 | 114 | 166 | 0.2% | South | |
| 91 | Cole, Scott & Kissane | Miami | 597 | 270 | 596 | 0.2% | South | |
| 165 | Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | Washington | 282 | 123 | 281 | 0.3% | South | |
| 39 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York | 1,078 | 191 | 1,075 | 0.3% | Northeast | |
| 177 | Wiley Rein | Washington | 257 | 114 | 256 | 0.4% | South | |
| 258 | Kirton McConkie | Salt Lake City | 165 | 94 | 164 | 0.4% | West | |
| 142 | McCarter & English | Newark | 342 | 218 | 340 | 0.5% | Northeast | |
| 101 | Kutak Rock | Omaha | 542 | 341 | 539 | 0.6% | Midwest | |
| 38 | Troutman Pepper | Atlanta | 1,081 | 471 | 1,073 | 0.7% | South | |
| 299 | Kelly Hart & Hallman | Fort Worth | 139 | 82 | 138 | 0.7% | South | |
| 69 | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | New York | 783 | 144 | 778 | 0.7% | Northeast | |
| 85 | Baker Botts | Houston | 630 | 249 | 625 | 0.8% | South | |
| 3 | Baker McKenzie | Chicago | 4,595 | 1,432 | 4,559 | 0.8% | Midwest | |
| 314 | Barley Snyder | Lancaster | 134 | 55 | 133 | 0.8% | Northeast | |
| 23 | Squire Patton Boggs | Washington | 1,458 | 458 | 1,446 | 0.8% | South | |
| 313 | Swanson, Martin & Bell | Chicago | 134 | 84 | 133 | 0.8% | Midwest | |
| 306 | Hall Estill | Tulsa | 136 | 74 | 135 | 0.8% | West | |
| 206 | Goulston & Storrs | Boston | 217 | 111 | 215 | 0.9% | Northeast | |
| 32 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York | 1,228 | 285 | 1,217 | 0.9% | Northeast | |
| 151 | Fish & Richardson | Washington | 322 | 176 | 319 | 1.0% | South | |
| 172 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | New York | 267 | 86 | 264 | 1.0% | Northeast | |
| 345 | Dilworth Paxson | Philadelphia | 119 | 76 | 118 | 1.0% | Northeast | |
| 27 | Cooley | New York | 1,318 | 384 | 1,305 | 1.0% | Northeast | |
| 288 | FordHarrison | Atlanta | 144 | 88 | 142 | 1.1% | South | |
| 344 | McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce | Chicago | 120 | 45 | 119 | 1.1% | Midwest | |
| 19 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | Los Angeles | 1,569 | 950 | 1,552 | 1.1% | West | |
| 247 | Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers | Atlanta | 175 | 66 | 173 | 1.2% | South | |