List of largest United States–based law firms
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This article lists the largest law firms in the United States.
By head count
This section lists the largest law firms in the United States by total number of attorneys, as of 2022. The table is also sortable by total number of partners, associates, and total revenue.[1]
| Rank (2025)[2] | Firm name | Largest U.S. Office[3] | Total number of lawyers (2022)[3] | Number of associates (2022)[3] | Number of partners (2018)[3] | Total revenue (millions, in 2018)[4] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | New York City | |||||
| 2 | DLA Piper | New York City | 4028 | 2492 | 1317 | $2,634 | |
| 3 | Baker McKenzie | Chicago | 4795 | 2865 | 1518 | $2,900 | |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | 3025 | 1772 | 1158 | $3,165 | |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins | New York City | 3078 | 2004 | 821 | $3,063 | |
| 6 | Norton Rose Fulbright | New York City | 3084 | 1928 | 1087 | $1,958 | |
| 7 | Hogan Lovells | Washington, D.C. | 2532 | 1757 | 793 | $2,036 | |
| 8 | Greenberg Traurig | New York City | 2209 | 841 | 1087 | $1,477 | |
| 9 | White & Case | New York City | 2464 | 1589 | 587 | $1,804 | |
| 10 | Jones Day | Washington, D.C. | 2406 | 1245 | 843 | $1,959 | |
| 11 | Sidley Austin | New York City | 1893 | 1048 | 648 | $2,036 | |
| 12 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Washington, D.C. | 1992 | 1051 | 788 | $2,001 | |
| 13 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | New York City | 1538 | 990 | 412 | $1,642 | |
| 14 | Holland & Knight | Tampa | 1393 | 505 | 640 | $846 | |
| 15 | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom | New York City | 1644 | 1078 | 320 | $2,582 | |
| 16 | Mayer Brown | Chicago | 1748 | 900 | 657 | $1,313 | |
| 17 | K&L Gates | Seattle | 1698 | 855 | 757 | $969 | |
| 18 | Goodwin Procter | Boston | 1315 | 737 | 417 | ||
| 19 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | Los Angeles | 1613 | 678 | 895 | $470 | |
| 20 | Reed Smith | New York City | 1673 | 758 | 678 | $1,119 | |
| 21 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | New York City | 1163 | 750 | 228 | ||
| 22 | Ropes & Gray | Boston | 1372 | 986 | 265 | $1,592 | |
| 23 | Squire Patton Boggs | Washington, D.C. | 1438 | 739 | 480 | 1,000 | |
| 24 | McDermott Will & Schulte | Chicago | 1177 | 459 | 607 | $925 | |
| 25 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | San Francisco | |||||
| 26 | King & Spalding | Atlanta | 1261 | 565 | 488 | $1,138 | |
| 27 | Cooley LLP | Palo Alto | 1267 | 808 | 328 | ||
| 28 | Covington & Burling | Washington, D.C. | 1217 | 708 | 322 | $945 | |
| 29 | Littler Mendelson | Miami | 986 | 360 | 472 | $538 | |
| 30 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | New York City | 1008 | 686 | 168 | $1,301 | |
| 31 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | Los Angeles | |||||
| 32 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York City | 1180 | 749 | 263 | $1,390 | |
| 33 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | New York City | |||||
| 34 | Paul Hastings | New York City | |||||
| 35 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York City | 1025 | 735 | 161 | $1,240 | |
| 36 | Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker | New York City | |||||
| 37 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | St. Louis | 1252 | 556 | 528 | $592 | |
| 38 | Troutman Pepper | Atlanta | 1121 | 479 | 479 | ||
| 39 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York City | 1051 | 654 | 165 | $1,214 | |
| 40 | Foley & Lardner | Milwaukee | 1021 | 434 | 468 | ||
| 41 | Perkins Coie | Seattle | 1124 | 507 | 515 | ||
| 42 | Morgan & Morgan | Orlando | 1062[5] | 867 | 195 | ||
| 43 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Palo Alto | |||||
| 44 | Polsinelli | Kansas City | |||||
| 45 | Jackson Lewis | Los Angeles | |||||
| 46 | Morrison & Foerster | San Francisco | 996 | 550 | 298 | ||
| 47 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath | Minneapolis | 1093 | 392 | 552 | ||
| 48 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart | Raleigh | |||||
| 49 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | New York City | |||||
| 50 | Baker & Hostetler | New York City | |||||
By profits per partner
This is a list of American law firms by profits per equity partner (PPEP, sometimes reported as profits per partner or PPP). The list details the profit per equity partner figures of law firms by gross revenue; however, law firms with higher PPEP may not appear on this list if they were not included in the Global 100 by revenue.[6]
| Rank | Firm | Headquarters | 2026 PPEP | Equity partners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | New York City | $12,152,000 | 79 |
| 2 | Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | $11,121,000 | 595 |
| 3 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | New York City | $9,800,000 | 189 |
| 4 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | Los Angeles | $9,545,000 | 187 |
| 5 | Gibson Dunn | Los Angeles | $8,890,000 | 272 |
| 6 | Latham & Watkins | Los Angeles | $8,654,000 | 566 |
| 7 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | New York City | $8,631,000 | 218 |
| 8 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | New York City | $8,569,000 | 229 |
| 9 | Paul Hastings | New York City | $8,330,000 | 164 |
| 10 | Milbank | New York City | $7,620,000 | 172 |
| 11 | Sullivan & Cromwell | New York City | $7,567,000 | 182 |
| 12 | King & Spalding | Atlanta | $7,264,000 | 179 |
| 13 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | New York City | $7,200,000 | 88 |
| 14 | Ropes & Gray | Boston | $7,047,000 | 222 |
| 15 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | New York City | $7,010,000 | 346 |
| 16 | Dechert | Philadelphia | $6,198,000 | 134 |
| 17 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York City | $6,050,000 | 194 |
| 18 | Debevoise & Plimpton | New York City | $6,001,000 | 151 |
| 19 | Sidley Austin | Chicago | $5,967,000 | 255 |
| 20 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | New York City | $5,593,000 | 179 |