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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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| No. | Law Firm | Base Office | Attorneys | Partners | Attorneys | Change | Region | Profile |
| 1 | Dentons | New York | 5,931 | 2,024 | N/A | N/A | Northeast | |
| 2 | DLA Piper | New York | 4,827 | 1,378 | 4,562 | 5.8% | Northeast | |
| 3 | Baker McKenzie | Chicago | 4,595 | 1,432 | 4,559 | 0.8% | Midwest | |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | New York | 3,828 | 1,676 | 3,515 | 8.9% | Northeast | |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins | New York | 3,584 | 957 | 3,449 | 3.9% | Northeast | |
| 6 | Norton Rose Fulbright | New York | 3,290 | 1,087 | 3,081 | 6.8% | Northeast | |
| 7 | Hogan Lovells | Washington | 2,703 | 812 | 2,562 | 5.5% | South | |
| 8 | Greenberg Traurig | New York | 2,644 | 1,312 | 2,537 | 4.2% | Northeast | |
| 9 | White & Case | New York | 2,598 | 698 | 2,560 | 1.5% | Northeast | |
| 10 | Jones Day | New York | 2,422 | 883 | 2,342 | 3.4% | Northeast | |
| 11 | Sidley Austin | New York | 1,979 | 661 | 2,042 | -3.1% | Northeast | |
| 12 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Washington | 1,960 | 807 | 2,012 | -2.6% | South | |
| 13 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | New York | 1,940 | 480 | 1,835 | 5.7% | Northeast | |
| 14 | Holland & Knight | Nashville | 1,791 | 877 | 1,711 | 4.7% | South | |
| 15 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | New York | 1,774 | 343 | 1,734 | 2.3% | Northeast | |
| 16 | Mayer Brown | Chicago | 1,766 | 651 | 1,891 | -6.6% | Midwest | |
| 17 | K&L Gates | Pittsburgh | 1,732 | 854 | 1,766 | -1.9% | Northeast | |
| 18 | Goodwin Procter | Boston | 1,675 | 609 | 1,754 | -4.5% | Northeast | |
| 19 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | Los Angeles | 1,569 | 950 | 1,552 | 1.1% | West | |
| 20 | Reed Smith | Pittsburgh | 1,536 | 629 | 1,516 | 1.3% | Northeast | |
| 21 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | New York | 1,490 | 315 | 1,368 | 8.9% | Northeast | |
| 22 | Ropes & Gray | Boston | 1,466 | 298 | 1,482 | -1.1% | Northeast | |
| 23 | Squire Patton Boggs | Washington | 1,458 | 458 | 1,446 | 0.8% | South | |
| 24 | McDermott Will & Emery | New York | 1,336 | 633 | 1,348 | -0.9% | Northeast | |
| 25 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | San Francisco | 1,334 | 593 | 1,165 | 14.5% | West | |
| 26 | King & Spalding | Atlanta | 1,331 | 522 | 1,315 | 1.2% | South | |
| 27 | Cooley | New York | 1,318 | 384 | 1,305 | 1.0% | Northeast | |
| 28 | Covington & Burling | Washington | 1,263 | 319 | 1,211 | 4.3% | South | |
| 29 | Littler Mendelson | Miami | 1,258 | 510 | 1,146 | 9.8% | South | |
| 30 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton | New York | 1,250 | 217 | 1,010 | 23.8% | Northeast | |
| 31 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | New York | 1,236 | 294 | 1,120 | 10.4% | Northeast | |
| 32 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York | 1,228 | 285 | 1,217 | 0.9% | Northeast | |
| 33 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | New York | 1,183 | 355 | 1,120 | 5.6% | Northeast | |
| 34 | Paul Hastings | New York | 1,175 | 332 | 1,056 | 11.3% | Northeast | |
| 35 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York | 1,175 | 182 | 1,089 | 7.9% | Northeast | |
| 36 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | New York | 1,164 | 336 | 1,018 | 14.3% | Northeast | |
| 37 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | St. Louis | 1,097 | 439 | 1,186 | -7.5% | Midwest | |
| 38 | Troutman Pepper | Atlanta | 1,081 | 471 | 1,073 | 0.7% | South | |
| 39 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York | 1,078 | 191 | 1,075 | 0.3% | Northeast | |
| 40 | Foley & Lardner | Milwaukee | 1,073 | 501 | 1,050 | 2.2% | Midwest | |
| 41 | Perkins Coie | Seattle | 1,064 | 467 | 1,088 | -2.2% | West | |
| 42 | Morgan & Morgan | Orlando | 1,062 | 195 | 1,041 | 2.0% | South | |
| 43 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Palo Alto | 1,028 | 283 | 1,089 | -5.6% | West | |
| 44 | Polsinelli | Kansas City | 1,027 | 582 | 963 | 6.6% | Midwest | |
| 45 | Jackson Lewis | Los Angeles | 1,025 | 463 | 953 | 7.5% | West | |
| 46 | Morrison & Foerster | San Francisco | 1,021 | 348 | 1,074 | -4.9% | West | |
| 47 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | Minneapolis | 1,009 | 500 | 958 | 5.3% | Midwest | |
| 48 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart | Raleigh | 998 | 428 | 947 | 5.4% | South | |
| 49 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | New York | 994 | 381 | 1,060 | -6.2% | Northeast | |
| 50 | Baker & Hostetler | New York | 994 | 429 | 974 | 2.1% | Northeast | |