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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 |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | New York | 3,828 | 1,676 | 3,515 | 8.9% | Northeast | |
| 21 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | New York | 1,490 | 315 | 1,368 | 8.9% | Northeast | |
| 57 | Husch Blackwell | St. Louis | 939 | 401 | 861 | 9.1% | Midwest | |
| 218 | Varnum | Grand Rapids | 196 | 101 | 179 | 9.2% | Midwest | |
| 81 | Blank Rome | New York | 659 | 355 | 603 | 9.3% | Northeast | |
| 241 | Porter Wright Morris & Arthur | Columbus | 177 | 111 | 162 | 9.3% | Midwest | |
| 125 | Phelps Dunbar | New Orleans | 391 | 150 | 357 | 9.4% | South | |
| 119 | Williams & Connolly | Washington | 429 | 116 | 392 | 9.5% | South | |
| 253 | Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf | New York | 169 | 70 | 154 | 9.5% | Northeast | |
| 29 | Littler Mendelson | Miami | 1,258 | 510 | 1,146 | 9.8% | South | |
| 342 | Kiernan Trebach | Washington | 120 | 64 | 109 | 9.8% | South | |
| 349 | Koley Jessen | Omaha | 119 | 51 | 108 | 9.9% | Midwest | |
| 229 | Cullen and Dykman | New York | 185 | 99 | 168 | 10.0% | Northeast | |
| 31 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | New York | 1,236 | 294 | 1,120 | 10.4% | Northeast | |
| 328 | Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor | Wilmington | 124 | 62 | 112 | 10.6% | Northeast | |
| 107 | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | New York | 500 | 170 | 450 | 11.1% | Northeast | |
| 94 | Fisher & Phillips | Irvine | 568 | 283 | 511 | 11.2% | West | |
| 347 | Tarter Krinsky & Drogin | New York | 119 | 73 | 107 | 11.2% | Northeast | |
| 34 | Paul Hastings | New York | 1,175 | 332 | 1,056 | 11.3% | Northeast | |
| 193 | Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete | Los Angeles | 237 | 117 | 212 | 11.8% | West | |
| 338 | Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby | Philadelphia | 121 | 86 | 107 | 12.7% | Northeast | |
| 199 | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | Los Angeles | 228 | 117 | 200 | 14.1% | West | |
| 211 | Manning Gross + Massenburg | Boston | 209 | 93 | 183 | 14.2% | Northeast | |
| 36 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | New York | 1,164 | 336 | 1,018 | 14.3% | Northeast | |
| 323 | Harter Secrest & Emery | Rochester | 127 | 58 | 111 | 14.4% | Northeast | |
| 25 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | San Francisco | 1,334 | 593 | 1,165 | 14.5% | West | |
| 304 | Howard & Howard | Detroit | 136 | 99 | 118 | 15.4% | Midwest | |
| 315 | Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell | Denver | 134 | 45 | 116 | 15.5% | West | |
| 98 | Buchalter | Los Angeles | 549 | 201 | 474 | 15.8% | West | |
| 109 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | Chicago | 495 | 292 | 427 | 15.8% | Midwest | |
| 343 | Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel | Miami | 120 | 62 | 103 | 16.5% | South | |
| 312 | Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl | Pittsburgh | 134 | 86 | 114 | 17.5% | Northeast | |
| 270 | Beveridge & Diamond | Washington | 154 | 73 | 131 | 17.6% | South | |
| 293 | Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey | Grand Rapids | 143 | 73 | 122 | 17.6% | Midwest | |
| 127 | Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff | Cleveland | 384 | 187 | 325 | 18.2% | Midwest | |
| 182 | Harris Beach | Pittsford | 251 | 134 | 211 | 19.0% | Northeast | |
| 234 | Boies Schiller Flexner | New York | 182 | 91 | 153 | 19.0% | Northeast | |
| 318 | Keker, Van Nest & Peters | San Francisco | 131 | 45 | 109 | 19.9% | West | |
| 336 | Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial | Atlanta | 122 | 67 | 102 | 20.0% | South | |
| 221 | Roetzel & Andress | Akron | 191 | 117 | 158 | 21.1% | Midwest | |
| 170 | Chartwell Law Offices | Miami | 270 | 145 | 222 | 21.5% | South | |
| 204 | Lippes Mathias | Buffalo | 219 | 139 | 178 | 23.0% | Northeast | |
| 303 | Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden | Purchase | 137 | 79 | 111 | 23.3% | Northeast | |
| 30 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton | New York | 1,250 | 217 | 1,010 | 23.8% | Northeast | |
| 105 | Spencer Fane | Denver | 520 | 252 | 419 | 24.0% | West | |
| 348 | Jones, Skelton & Hochuli | Phoenix | 119 | 67 | 96 | 24.0% | West | |
| 138 | Michael Best & Friedrich | Milwaukee | 347 | 184 | 268 | 29.5% | Midwest | |
| 341 | Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost | Oakland | 121 | 49 | 86 | 40.0% | West | |
| 141 | Fennemore Craig | Phoenix | 342 | 211 | 242 | 41.3% | West | |
| 259 | Lydecker | Miami | 163 | 28 | 112 | 45.5% | South | |