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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 |
| 97 | Ballard Spahr | Philadelphia | 550 | 220 | 574 | -4.2% | Northeast | |
| 238 | Morrison Mahoney | Boston | 179 | 98 | 187 | -4.4% | Northeast | |
| 18 | Goodwin Procter | Boston | 1,675 | 609 | 1,754 | -4.5% | Northeast | |
| 175 | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott | Pittsburgh | 258 | 173 | 270 | -4.5% | Northeast | |
| 311 | Liskow & Lewis | New Orleans | 135 | 69 | 142 | -4.6% | South | |
| 148 | Bass, Berry & Sims | Nashville | 333 | 158 | 349 | -4.7% | South | |
| 330 | DeWitt | Madison | 124 | 1 | 130 | -4.7% | Midwest | |
| 232 | Kean Miller | Baton Rouge | 182 | 91 | 191 | -4.8% | South | |
| 46 | Morrison & Foerster | San Francisco | 1,021 | 348 | 1,074 | -4.9% | West | |
| 115 | Fenwick & West | Mountain View | 453 | 138 | 476 | -4.9% | West | |
| 309 | Cox, Castle & Nicholson | Los Angeles | 136 | 87 | 143 | -4.9% | West | |
| 195 | Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo | Cerritos | 233 | 124 | 245 | -5.0% | West | |
| 214 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | New York | 206 | 65 | 217 | -5.0% | Northeast | |
| 228 | Choate Hall & Stewart | Boston | 187 | 97 | 197 | -5.0% | Northeast | |
| 43 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Palo Alto | 1,028 | 283 | 1,089 | -5.6% | West | |
| 273 | McGlinchey Stafford | New Orleans | 151 | 81 | 160 | -5.6% | South | |
| 262 | Stoll Keenon Ogden | Louisville | 162 | 98 | 172 | -5.8% | South | |
| 180 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Denver | 254 | 155 | 270 | -5.9% | West | |
| 322 | Davis & Gilbert | New York | 127 | 68 | 135 | -5.9% | Northeast | |
| 49 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | New York | 994 | 381 | 1,060 | -6.2% | Northeast | |
| 16 | Mayer Brown | Chicago | 1,766 | 651 | 1,891 | -6.6% | Midwest | |
| 326 | Conroy Simberg | Hollywood | 126 | 59 | 135 | -6.6% | South | |
| 331 | Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti | Morristown | 123 | 45 | 132 | -6.6% | Northeast | |
| 196 | Kasowitz Benson Torres | New York | 233 | 88 | 251 | -7.0% | Northeast | |
| 283 | Connell Foley | Roseland | 146 | 81 | 157 | -7.0% | Northeast | |
| 37 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | St. Louis | 1,097 | 439 | 1,186 | -7.5% | Midwest | |
| 296 | McNees Wallace & Nurick | Harrisburg | 142 | 79 | 155 | -8.3% | Northeast | |
| 185 | Kelley Drye & Warren | New York | 248 | 101 | 272 | -8.8% | Northeast | |
| 235 | Morris, Manning & Martin | Atlanta | 182 | 88 | 200 | -8.8% | South | |
| 66 | Dechert | New York | 872 | 304 | 957 | -8.9% | Northeast | |
| 220 | Hanson Bridgett | San Francisco | 193 | 109 | 213 | -9.4% | West | |
| 294 | Davis Graham & Stubbs | Denver | 143 | 67 | 158 | -9.5% | West | |
| 298 | Herrick Feinstein | New York | 140 | 66 | 155 | -9.7% | Northeast | |
| 264 | Richards, Layton & Finger | Wilmington | 160 | 78 | 178 | -10.1% | Northeast | |
| 320 | Sherman & Howard | Denver | 127 | 85 | 141 | -10.1% | West | |
| 160 | Smith, Gambrell & Russell | Atlanta | 292 | 198 | 326 | -10.4% | South | |
| 136 | Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian | Redwood City | 355 | 118 | 403 | -11.9% | West | |
| 333 | Foster Garvey | Seattle | 123 | 81 | 143 | -13.7% | West | |
| 255 | Whiteford Taylor Preston | Baltimore | 167 | 92 | 194 | -13.8% | Northeast | |
| 335 | Hawkins Parnell & Young | Atlanta | 122 | 71 | 144 | -15.5% | South | |
| 310 | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter | Morristown | 135 | 71 | 161 | -16.4% | Northeast | |
| 227 | Berry Appleman & Leiden | Richardson | 187 | 34 | 226 | -17.3% | South | |
| 327 | Taylor English Duma | Atlanta | 125 | 95 | 155 | -19.3% | South | |
| 173 | Armstrong Teasdale | St. Louis | 266 | 166 | 349 | -23.8% | Midwest | |
| 252 | FisherBroyles | Washington | 170 | 168 | 293 | -42.0% | South | |
| 1 | Dentons | New York | 5,931 | 2,024 | N/A | N/A | Northeast | |
| 95 | Maynard Nexsen | Birmingham | 562 | 310 | N/A | N/A | South | |
| 186 | UB Greensfelder | Cleveland | 246 | 152 | N/A | N/A | Midwest | |
| 190 | Cordell & Cordell | St. Louis | 242 | 29 | N/A | N/A | Midwest | |
| 198 | Bricker Graydon | Columbus | 231 | 88 | N/A | N/A | Midwest | |