This is a list the law firms on the National Law Journal's 2008 list of the 250 biggest firms in the United States, by number of lawyers (commonly known as the "NLJ 250"). | Rank | Firm name | Principal City | No. of Attorneys | | 1 | DLA Piper | Chicago, IL | 3,785 | | 2 | Baker & McKenzie | Chicago, IL | 3,627 | | 3 | Jones Day | Cleveland, OH | 2,523 | | 4 | Latham & Watkins | Los Angeles, CA | 2,322 | | 5 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | New York City | 2,251 | | 6 | White & Case | New York City | 2,205 | | 7 | Sidley Austin | Chicago, IL | 1,877 | | 8 | Greenberg Traurig | Miami, FL | 1,840 | | 9 | Mayer Brown | Chicago, IL | 1,809 | | 10 | K&L Gates | Pittsburgh, PA | 1,726 | | 11 | Reed Smith | Pittsburgh, PA | 1,558 | | 12 | Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago, IL | 1,490 | | 13 | Dewey & LeBoeuf | New York City | 1,455 | | 14 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Philadelphia, PA | 1,441 | | 15 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York City | 1,359 | | 16 | Morrison & Foerster | San Francisco, CA | 1,202 | | 17 | O'Melveny & Myers | Los Angeles, CA | 1,193 | | 18 | McDermott Will & Emery | Chicago, IL | 1,187 | | 19 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | Washington, DC | 1,180 | | 20 | Hogan & Hartson | Washington, DC | 1,175 | | 21 | Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker | Los Angeles, CA | 1,175 | | 22 | Holland & Knight | Miami, FL | 1,094 | | 23 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | New York City | 1,076 | | 24 | Foley & Lardner | Milwaukee, WI | 1,032 | | 25 | Dechert | Philadelphia, PA | 1,019 | | 26 | Winston & Strawn | Chicago, IL | 1,004 | | 27 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York City | 1,000 | | 28 | King & Spalding | Atlanta, GA | 992 | | 29 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Washington, DC | 983 | | 30 | Hunton & Williams | Richmond, VA | 950 | | 31 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Los Angeles, CA | 948 | | 32 | Alston & Bird | Atlanta, GA | 924 | | 33 | Bingham McCutchen | Boston, MA | 903 | | 34 | Fulbright & Jaworski | Houston, TX | 896 | | 35 | McGuireWoods | Richmond, VA | 880 | | 36 | Shearman & Sterling | New York City | 870 | | 37 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | New York City | 869 | | 38 | Squire, Sanders & Dempsey | Cleveland, OH | 856 | | 39 | Bryan Cave | St. Louis, MO | 852 | | 40 | Ropes & Gray | Boston, MA | 843 | | 41 | Baker Botts | Houston, TX | 827 | | 42 | Proskauer Rose | New York City | 784 | | 43 | Goodwin Procter | Boston, MA | 781 | | 44 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York City | 774 | | 45 | Debevoise & Plimpton | New York City | 772 | | 46 | Vinson & Elkins | Houston, TX | 759 | | 47 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | New York City | 752 | | 48 | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago, IL | 750 | | 49 | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York City | 748 | | 50 | Howrey | Washington, DC | 743 | | 51 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | New York City | 732 | | 52 | Littler Mendelson | San Francisco, CA | 722 | | 53 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | San Francisco, CA | 710 | | 54 | Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell | Dallas, TX | 707 | | 55 | Nixon Peabody | Boston, MA | 699 | | 56 | Drinker Biddle & Reath | Philadelphia, PA | 685 | | 57 | Troutman Sanders | Atlanta, GA | 780 | | 58 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | New York City | 675 | | 59 | Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal | Chicago, IL | 671 | | 60 | Dorsey & Whitney | Minneapolis, MN | 670 | | 61 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | New York City | 669 | | 62 | Covington & Burling | Washington, DC | 662 | | 63 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | Chicago, IL | 658 | | 64 | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | New York City | 657 | | 65 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | Los Angeles, CA | 654 | | 66 | Arnold & Porter | Washington, DC | 651 | | 67 | Perkins Coie | Seattle, WA | 632 | | 68 | Husch Blackwell Sanders | St. Louis, MO | 629 | | 69 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Palo Alto, CA | 620 | | 70 | Cooley Godward Kronish | Palo Alto, CA | 618 | | 71 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | New York City | 610 | | 72 | Duane Morris | Philadelphia, PA | 594 | | 73 | Baker & Hostetler | Cleveland, OH | 594 | | 74 | Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge | Boston, MA | 576 | | 75 | Venable LLP | Washington, DC | 569 | | 76 | Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll | Philadelphia, PA | 554 | | 77 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | New York City | 554 | | 78 | Thelen A | New York City | 553 | | 79 | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz | Memphis, TN | 549 | | 80 | Kaye Scholer | New York City | 530 | | 81 | Patton Boggs | Washington, DC | 529 | | 82 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | Pittsburgh, PA | 529 | | 83 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon | Kansas City, MO | 520 | | 84 | Jackson Lewis | White Plains, NY | 517 | | 85 | Pepper Hamilton | Philadelphia, PA | 514 | | 86 | Steptoe & Johnson LLP | Washington, DC | 506 | | 87 | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice | Winston-Salem, NC | 505 | | 88 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | Boston, MA | 504 | | 89 | Blank Rome | Philadelphia, PA | 503 | | 90 | Faegre & Benson | Minneapolis, MN | 502 | | 91 | Haynes and Boone | Dallas, TX | 495 | | 92 | Akerman Senterfitt | Miami, FL | 484 | | 93 | Jenner & Block | Chicago, IL | 482 | | 94 | Chadbourne & Parke | New York City | 481 | | 95 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | New York City | 481 | | 96 | Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia, PA | 478 | | 97 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | Chicago, IL | 477 | | 98 | Davis Wright Tremaine | Seattle, WA | 467 | | 99 | Kilpatrick Stockton | Atlanta, GA | 466 | | 100 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | Los Angeles, CA | 458 | | 101 | Thompson & Knight | Dallas, TX | 458 | | 102 | Quarles & Brady | Milwaukee, WI | 450 | | 103 | Dinsmore & Shohl | Cincinnati, OH | 450 | | 104 | Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia, PA | 440 | | 105 | Snell & Wilmer | Phoenix, AZ | 440 | | 106 | McKenna Long & Aldridge | Atlanta, GA | 435 | | 107 | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan | Atlanta, GA | 429 | | 108 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart | Greenville, SC | 428 | | 109 | Fish & Richardson | Boston, MA | 428 | | 110 | Barnes & Thornburg | Indianapolis, IN | 427 | | 111 | Bracewell & Giuliani | Houston, TX | 425 | | 112 | Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin | Philadelphia, PA | 408 | | 113 | Crowell & Moring | Washington, DC | 408 | | 114 | Andrews Kurth | Houston, TX | 407 | | 115 | Holland & Hart | Denver, CO | 406 | | 116 | Day Pitney | Florham Park, NJ | 405 | | 117 | Dickstein Shapiro | Washington, DC | 403 | | 118 | Kutak Rock | Omaha, NE | 399 | | 119 | McCarter & English | Newark, NJ | 399 | | 120 | Thompson Hine | Cleveland, OH | 396 | | 121 | Schiff Hardin | Chicago, IL | 395 | | 122 | Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease | Columbus, OH | 392 | | 123 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | Columbia, SC | 391 | | 124 | Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone | Detroit, MI | 387 | | 125 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges | Los Angeles, CA | 382 | | 126 | Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold | San Francisco, CA | 380 | | 127 | Kelley Drye & Warren | New York City | 378 | | 128 | Dykema Gossett | Detroit, MI | 374 | | 129 | Epstein Becker & Green | New York City | 372 | | 130 | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | New York City | 372 | | 131 | Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | Washington, DC | 366 | | 132 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | Los Angeles, CA | 358 | | 133 | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | New York City | 357 | | 134 | Stoel Rives | Portland, OR | 350 | | 135 | Jackson Walker | Dallas, TX | 345 | | 136 | Thompson Coburn | St. Louis, MO | 344 | | 137 | Frost Brown Todd | Cincinnati, OH | 342 | | 138 | Baker & Daniels | Indianapolis, IN | 342 | | 139 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | Cincinnati, OH | 337 | | 140 | Arent Fox | Washington, DC | 336 | | 141 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | New York City | 334 | | 142 | Williams Mullen | Richmond, VA | 326 | | 143 | Stinson Morrison Hecker | Kansas City, MO | 324 | | 144 | Gordon & Rees | San Francisco, CA | 322 | | 145 | Loeb & Loeb | Los Angeles, CA | 310 | | 146 | Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus | Kansas City, MO | 304 | | 147 | LeClairRyan | Richmond, VA | 300 | | 148 | Moore & Van Allen | Charlotte, NC | 300 | | 149 | Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen E | Philadelphia, PA | 298 | | 150 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | New York City | 287 | | 151 | Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman | New York City | 286 | | 152 | Carlton Fields | Tampa, FL | 281 | | 153 | Gardere Wynne Sewell | Dallas, TX | 281 | | 154 | Winstead P.C. | Dallas, TX | 281 | | 155 | Lathrop & Gage | Kansas City, MO | 281 | | 156 | Thacher Proffitt & Wood C | New York City | 280 | | 157 | Lowenstein Sandler | Roseland, NJ | 278 | | 158 | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott | Pittsburgh, PA | 273 | | 159 | Stites & Harbison | Louisville, KY | 272 | | 160 | Fenwick & West | Mountain View, CA | 271 | | 161 | Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi | Minneapolis, MN | 267 | | 162 | Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz | Chicago, IL | 265 | | 163 | Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre | New Orleans, LA | 264 | | 164 | Adorno & Yoss | Miami, FL | 262 | | 165 | Wiley Rein | Washington, DC | 262 | | 166 | Ice Miller | Indianapolis, IN | 262 | | 167 | Bell, Boyd & Lloyd D | Chicago, IL | 260 | | 168 | Phelps Dunbar | New Orleans, LA | 258 | | 169 | Bradley Arant Rose & White | Birmingham, AL | 255 | | 170 | Adams and Reese | New Orleans, LA | 253 | | 171 | Armstrong Teasdale | St. Louis, MO | 252 | | 172 | Porter Wright Morris & Arthur | Columbus, OH | 251 | | 173 | Foley Hoag | Boston, MA | 251 | | 174 | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear | Irvine, CA | 249 | | 175 | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | Charlotte, NC | 248 | | 176 | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | Los Angeles, CA | 247 | | 177 | Balch & Bingham | Birmingham, AL | 244 | | 178 | Butzel Long | Detroit, MI | 243 | | 179 | Boies, Schiller & Flexner | New York City | 237 | | 180 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | Denver, CO | 235 | | 181 | Williams & Connolly | Washington, DC | 235 | | 182 | Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle | New York City | 235 | | 183 | Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn | Detroit, MI | 234 | | 184 | Fredrikson & Byron | Minneapolis, MN | 233 | | 185 | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter | Morristown, NJ | 232 | | 186 | Saul Ewing | Philadelphia, PA | 231 | | 187 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | New York City | 231 | | 188 | Gibbons P.C. | Newark, NJ | 230 | | 189 | Michael Best & Friedrich | Milwaukee, WI | 229 | | 190 | Dickinson Wright | Detroit, MI | 228 | | 191 | Holme Roberts & Owen | Denver, CO | 228 | | 192 | Irell & Manella | Los Angeles, CA | 228 | | 193 | Roetzel & Andress | Akron, OH | 227 | | 194 | Hodgson Russ | Buffalo, NY | 227 | | 195 | Townsend and Townsend and Crew | San Francisco, CA | 227 | | 196 | Miles & Stockbridge | Baltimore, MD | 224 | | 197 | Chapman and Cutler | Chicago, IL | 219 | | 198 | White and Williams | Philadelphia, PA | 216 | | 199 | Warner Norcross & Judd | Grand Rapids, MI | 215 | | 200 | Robinson & Cole | Hartford, CT | 215 | | 201 | Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis | Nashville, TN | 214 | | 202 | GrayRobinson | Orlando, FL | 213 | | 203 | Brown Rudnick | Boston, MA | 213 | | 204 | Bass, Berry & Sims | Nashville, TN | 211 | | 205 | Burr & Forman | Birmingham, AL | 208 | | 206 | Fisher & Phillips | Atlanta, GA | 208 | | 207 | Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg | Chicago, IL | 204 | | 208 | Shutts & Bowen | Miami, FL | 203 | | 209 | Choate, Hall & Stewart | Boston, MA | 202 | | 210 | McKee Nelson F | New York City | 202 | | 211 | Fowler White Boggs Banker | Tampa, FL | 201 | | 212 | Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren | Milwaukee, WI | 201 | | 213 | Lewis and Roca | Phoenix, AZ | 199 | | 214 | Miller & Martin | Chattanooga, TN | 198 | | 215 | Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs | Louisville, KY | 198 | | 216 | Best Best & Krieger | Riverside, CA | 198 | | 217 | Goulston & Storrs | Boston, MA | 195 | | 218 | Powell Goldstein B | Atlanta, GA | 195 | | 219 | Strasburger & Price | Dallas, TX | 194 | | 220 | Fennemore Craig | Phoenix, AZ | 194 | | 221 | Stevens & Lee | Reading, PA | 193 | | 222 | Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon | Chicago, IL | 192 | | 223 | Munger, Tolles & Olson | Los Angeles, CA | 190 | | 224 | Leonard, Street and Deinard | Minneapolis, MN | 189 | | 225 | Bond, Schoeneck & King | Syracuse, NY | 189 | | 226 | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis | Philadelphia, PA | 189 | | 227 | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | New York City | 188 | | 228 | Hiscock & Barclay | Syracuse, NY | 187 | | 229 | Jackson Kelly PLLC | Charleston, WV | 187 | | 230 | Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps | San Diego, CA | 187 | | 231 | Herrick, Feinstein | New York City | 186 | | 232 | Lindquist & Vennum | Minneapolis, MN | 185 | | 233 | Godfrey & Kahn | Milwaukee, WI | 185 | | 234 | Steptoe & Johnson PLLC | Clarksburg, WV | 182 | | 235 | Sullivan & Worcester | Boston, MA | 182 | | 236 | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | New York City | 182 | | 237 | Smith, Gambrell & Russell | Atlanta, GA | 181 | | 238 | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young | Philadelphia, PA | 181 | | 239 | Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick | Toledo, OH | 180 | | 240 | Calfee, Halter & Griswold | Cleveland, OH | 180 | | 241 | Kenyon & Kenyon | New York City | 180 | | 242 | Ford & Harrison | Atlanta, GA | 179 | | 243 | Harris Beach | Rochester, NY | 179 | | 244 | Phillips Lytle | Buffalo, NY | 179 | | 245 | Shughart Thomson & Kilroy | Kansas City, MO | 179 | | 246 | Broad and Cassel | Orlando, FL | 179 | | 247 | Ulmer & Berne | Cleveland, OH | 176 | | 248 | Briggs and Morgan | Minneapolis, MN | 175 | | 249 | Ruden McClosky | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 175 | | 250 | Nexsen Pruet | Columbia, SC | 174 | [edit] See also [edit] Source |
