Largest Law Firms*
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Ranked by Number of Local Attorneys
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Company Name
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Number of Local Attorneys
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Total Number of Attorneys
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Percent of practice
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| DLA Piper US LLP |
124 |
3,500 |
32% litigation, 30% IP, 16% corporate, 6% real estate, 5% labor and employment, 5%, trusts and estates, 3% tax, 3% other (includes IT, government affairs, finance) |
| Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP |
121 |
183 |
Business/Corporate tranactional, 16%, business litigation 20%, commercial, finance & insolvency 5%, employment law 4%, family wealth & exempt organization 9%, insurance bad faith litigation 11%, real estate 14%, real estate/environmental litigation 19%, o |
| Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP |
120 |
189 |
100% litigation |
| Latham & Watkins LLP |
111 |
2,128 |
45% litigation, (including disputes concerning insurance coverage, toxic torts, patents and other IP, corporate securities, internal corporate audits and general commercial litigation) 30% general company representation, securities, 20% banking, 5% enviro |
| Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP |
109 |
110 |
22% corporate/M&A, 30% litigation, 13% IP, 11% tax/trusts, 12% real estate, 5% environmental, 4% labor/employment, 2% bankruptcy, 1% other |
| Gordon & Rees LLP |
92 |
383 |
12.5% employment/labor 12.5%, commercial litigation, 10% environmental, 10% IP, 10%/securities, 10% product liability, 10% real estate, 10% insurance, 5% bankruptcy, 5% construction, 5% other (ie. healthcare, hospitality, maritime, estate plannings) |
| Cooley Godward Kronish LLP |
91 |
650 |
wnd |
| Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
86 |
551 |
wnd |
| Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek |
69 |
69 |
60% litigation, 40% real estate related |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP |
67 |
1,032 |
45% litigation, 35% corporate, 20% patent prosecution//////IP = 30%, 45% litigation, 35% corporate, 20% patent protection |
| Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP |
61 |
61 |
65%, Civil litigation, 35%, business/corporate transaction |
| Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP |
55 |
260 |
100% IP prosecution, litigation, licensing and client counseling |
| Foley & Lardner LLP |
53 |
1,001 |
Various |
| Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP |
44 |
699 |
Appellate, construction, directors and offices coverage and litigation, employment and labor, environmental law, toxic tor, general liability, insurance coverage and bad faith, insurance regulatory and reinsurance, medical malpractice, professional liabil |
| Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
40 |
230 |
100%, IP |
| Fish & Richardson P.C. |
38 |
434 |
30% patent prosecution, 5% trademark and copyright, 15% business litigation |
| Heller Ehrman LLP (closed as of 9/26/08) |
36 |
650 |
50% IP litigation, 40% complex commercial litigation, 5% corporate, 5% licensing partnering |
| Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP |
36 |
1,059 |
38% corporate, 17% employment, 24% litigation, 15% real estate, 3% tax///// IP: 70% IP litigation, 15% patent prosecution, 15% general IP counseling, transactions and licensing |
| Best Best & Krieger LLP |
35 |
177.1 |
16% eminent domain, 15% litigation, 15% special districts, 13% school law, 8% environmental/natural resources, 8% public finance, 7% labor/employment, 6%, business, 6% municipal/redevelopment, 6%, real estate |
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP |
35 |
737 |
Business 47% (includes corporate and securities, executive compensation and beneifts, finance, real estate and tax), IP, 17%, litigation 36% (includes insolvency and restructuring litigation) |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. |
35 |
600 |
Antitrust, business litigation and consulting, clean technology and renewable energy, consumer litigation, consumer regulatory and privacy, corporate finance, corporate law and governance, employee benefits and compensation, employment law, export control |
| Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
33 |
475 |
5% bankruptcy, 30% corporate, 15% employment, 20% IP litigation, 25% litigation |
| Klinedinst PC |
32 |
56 |
Business transactional, construction/real estate, professional liability, employment, transportation |
| Daley & Heft LLP |
30 |
30 |
61% personal injury/property damage-defense, 15% property/real estate, 1% personal injury/property damage - plaintiff, 23% other |
| Jones Day |
30 |
2,621 |
50% IP, (litigation, prosecution, transactional), 30%, labor & employment (litigation and transactional labor), 20% trial practice (white collar, civil and business litigation) |
| Lorber, Greenfield & Polito LLP |
29 |
49 |
100% insurance defense litigation, 90% construction defect |
| Solomon, Ward, Seidenwurm and Smith LLP |
29 |
29 |
Bankruptcy & Insolvency; Business Litigation; Construction Law; Corporate & Business Law, Employment Law, International Law, Real Estate, Taxation, Securities Arbitrations & Compliance, Trusts & Estate Planning |
| Duane Morris LLP |
28 |
711 |
IP 21%, 10% business reorganization and financial restructuring, 10% corporate, 17% employment and immigration, 28% IP, 3% real estate, 31% trial (IP, 21%) 32% trial, 25% IP, 22% corporate, 9% business reorganization and financial restruc |
| Marks, Golia & Finch, LLP |
28 |
28 |
55% construction law, 20% labor and employment, 20% Other-commercial litigation and transactional, 5% real etsate |
| Neil, Dymott, Frank, McFall & Trexler APLC |
27 |
28 |
80% civil litigation, 10% employment, 5% wills, trusts and estates, 3% real estate, 2% other |
| Kimball, Tirey & St. John, LLP |
26 |
52 |
50% landlord/tenant, 20% collections, 20% real estate/business litigation, 5 % fair housing defense, 5% estate planning |
| Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz A.P.C. |
26 |
41 |
25% construction defect, 25% employment practices, 20% education/law/school exposures, 20% insurance defense, 5% commercial real estate, 3% administrative law, 1% copyright/patent/trademark, 1% plaintiff |
| Littler Mendelson PC |
25 |
743 |
100% employment and labor |
| Paul Plevin Sullivan and Connaughton, LLP |
25 |
25 |
100% employment and labor |
| LaFave and Rice Attorneys at Law |
24 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Goodwin LLP |
23 |
23 |
43% general civil litigation representing both plaintiffs/defendants, 32% estate planning, trust administration and related litigation. 25% business and employment counseling and related litigation |
| Wilson,Turner, Kosmo, LLP |
22 |
22 |
50% employment law, 30% product liability litigation, 20% general business litigation |
| Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne |
21 |
22 |
wnd |
| Fredrickson, Mazeika & Grant LLP |
21 |
24 |
100% litigation |
| Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel, APLC |
21 |
23 |
40% bankruptcy, 40% civil litigation, 10% transactional, 10% construction defect |
| Branton & Wilson APC |
20 |
20 |
n/a |
| Epsten Grinnell & Howell APC |
19 |
19 |
58% homeowners association counsel, 32% construction defect, 5% employment law, 5% civil litigation |
| Baker & McKenzie LLP |
18 |
3,910 |
70% litigation, 30% prosecution, IP, counseling, transaction, licensing |
| Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLP |
18 |
18 |
Real estate, land use, business, lending and commercial litigation |
| Cozen O'Connor |
17 |
554 |
n/a |
| Grimm, Vranjes McCormick & Graham LLP |
17 |
17 |
70% civil litigation, 30% insurance coverage |
| Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower, APC |
17 |
17 |
30% litigation, 20% real estate, 30% corporate, 20% other |
| Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
16 |
52 |
100% Litigation |
| Grace Brandon Hollis LLP |
16 |
25 |
1% Corporate and Business organization, 94% Insurance defense, 2% Labor management, 3% Personal injusry-Plaintiff |
| Brownwood, Chazen & Cannon |
15 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge, LLP |
15 |
15 |
100% litigation |
| Mulvaney, Kahan & Barry LLP |
15 |
15 |
40% litigation, 20% banking, 20% corporate, 20% other |
| Troutman Sanders, LLP |
13 |
680 |
30% business transactions, 30% real estate and construction, 30% commercial litigation, antitrust 10% |
| Coast Law Group, LLP |
12 |
12 |
30% business transactions/corporate, 25% environmental, 15% IP, 25% litigation, 5% real estate-zoning/planning |
| McDermott Will & Emery |
12 |
983 (does not include Shanghai) |
66%, IP, 34, other |
| Simpson Delmore Greene LLP |
12 |
12 |
45% construction litigation, 35% commercial litigation, 5% bodily injury litigation, 7% corporate general and securities, 5% real estate, 2% arbitration, 1% trademark/copyright |
| Covington and Burling, LLP |
11 |
772 |
20% IP, 80% other |
| Goodwin Proctor, LLP |
10 |
900 |
Corporate/transactional, 38%, litigatin, 30%, real estate, 11%, IP, 11%, specialty practices, 10% |
| Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak LLP |
10 |
10 |
Land use project entitlements, development agreements, 30%, real property, 20%, redevelopment, 10%, environmental, 10%, corporate and property owner association matters, 10%, business: planning, formation, contracts and employment, 10%, municipal and bond |
| Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire |
10 |
11 |
100% litigation |
| Tyson & Mendes LLP |
10 |
10 |
100% litigation |
| Winet, Patrick & Weaver |
9 |
13 |
98% litigation, 2% advisory opionions |
| Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, LLP |
8 |
461 |
45% real estate, 30% corporate finance, 15% litigation, 10% water law |
| Catalyst Law Group APC |
8 |
8 |
(Law Firms) 50% IP, 25% litigation, 15% corporate/transactional, 10% real estate (IP Firms 65%) 30% litigation, 45% IP, 20% corporate, 5% tax, trust, estate |
| Greenman, Lacy, Klein, O'Harra & Heffron Attorneys At Law |
8 |
8 |
52% domestic law, 33% (trust, wills, estate planning, probate), 15% business & civil litigation |
| Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. |
8 |
49 |
50% litigation, 20% tranactional, 30% regulatory |
| Law Offices of Beatrice L. Snider, APC |
8 |
8 |
100% family law |
| Tosdal, Smith, Steiner & Wax |
8 |
8 |
n/a |
| Brown Law Group |
7 |
7 |
n/a |
| Duke Gerstel Shearer LLP |
7 |
7 |
n/a |
| Kaye, Rose & Partners, LLP |
7 |
12 |
100% litigation |
| Stokes Roberts & Wagner, ALC |
7 |
12 |
100% litigation: emplpyment insurance, general business, class action defense and general corporate |
| Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP |
7 |
194 |
40% IP litigation, 40% IP prosecution, 20% licensing |
| Kolodny and Pressman APC |
6 |
6 |
n/a |
| Worden Williams APC |
6 |
6 |
40% environmental, 40% civil litigation, 10%, estate planning, 10% business |
| Feist, Vetter, Knauf & Loy |
5 |
5 |
30% community association representation, 20% estate planning, 15% probate/trust administration, 10% real estate transactions, 15% corporate/business representation, 10% litigation |
| Kirby and McGuinn APC |
5 |
5 |
38% expert witness/commercial transaction, 31% bankpruptcy/creditors, 22% civil litigation |
| Liebman Quigley Sheppard & Soulema APLC |
5 |
13 |
50%, civil litigation, 50% WCAB administrative |
| Marcus Family Law Center, PLC |
5 |
6 |
90% family law, 10% bankruptcy |
| Bellon & Lisiecki LLP |
4 |
4 |
90% Personal injury, 5% criminal, 5% military |
| Burkhardt & Larson |
4 |
4 |
n/a |
| Milberg & DePhillips |
4 |
4 |
60% civil litigation, 40% business transactions, real estate transactions and bankruptcy |
| Naumann, Levine & SIlldorf, LLP |
4 |
4 |
Litigation 95%, business 5% |
| Bartlett & Lievers |
3 |
3 |
100% litigation |
| Fine, Boggs & Perkins, LLP |
3 |
9 |
n/a |
| Hinchy, Witte, Wood & Anderson, LLP |
3 |
3 |
60% estate planning and probate, 40% business, corporate and real estate |
| Scholefield Associates, P.C. |
3 |
3 |
85% litigation, 10% transactional, 5% training |
| Achtel Law Firm |
2 |
2 |
n/a |
| K&L Gates |
n/a |
1,900 |
n/a |
| Prairie Schwartz Heidel, LLP |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
wnd = would not disclose
n/a = Not Available
N/A = Not Applicable
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