NYLJ 100 - 100 Largest Law Offices in New York State

The NYLJ 100 chart ranks the 100 largest law offices in the state of New York. The ranking is solely on the number of full-time attorneys in a firm's New York State office(s), regardless of the city that the firm may claim for its principal office. The list is not limited to U.S.-based firms.

Rank 2001 Firm Name Principal Office Lawyers in Largest New York Office Total Firm Size Total Partners Total Associates Total Other Attorneys Other Offices
1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP New York 781 1,704 335 1,347 22 Washington, D.C. (222); Chicago (163); Los Angeles (140); Wilmington, Del. (68); London (59); Palo Alto, Calif. (48); Boston (47); San Francisco (31); Paris (20); Brussels (19); Hong Kong (16); Houston (15); Frankfurt (14); Newark (14); Tokyo (11); Toronto (8); Beijing (5); Reston, Va. (5); Singapore (5); Vienna (5); Moscow (4); Sydney (4)
2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York 608 719 138 556 25 Palo Alto, Calif. (38); London (31); Hong Kong (16); Los Angeles (11); Singapore (6); Tokyo (6); Columbus, Ohio (2)
3 Shearman & Sterling New York 599 1,125 215 872 38 London (123); Frankfurt and Dusseldorf (102); Paris (88); Washington, D.C. (67); Bay Area (San Francisco and Menlo Park, Calif.) (57); Singapore (41); Hong Kong (23); Beijing (9); Tokyo (8); Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (4); Brussels (4)
4 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP New York 493 920 236 642 42 London (98); Dallas (64); Washington, D.C. (59); Menlo Park, Calif. (50); Warsaw (43); Houston (36); Miami (26); Prague (25); Brussels (10); Frankfurt (10); Budapest (6)
5 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York 492 619 142 431 46 London (54); Menlo Park, Calif. (29); Hong Kong (20); Tokyo (8); Frankfurt (7); Washington, D.C. (5); Paris (4)
6 Sullivan & Cromwell New York 467 666 139 490 37 London (58); Washington, D.C. (37); Los Angeles (31); Paris (21); Hong Kong (14); Palo Alto, Calif. (14); Tokyo (10); Melbourne, Australia (8); Frankfurt (5); Beijing (1)
7 Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP London 461 3,008 655 2,321 32 London (1,157); Frankfurt (244); Paris (158); Amsterdam (139); Hong Kong (129); Madrid (86); Washington, D.C. (85); Dusseldorf (82); Milan (56); Brussels (45); Rome (38); Berlin (36); Tokyo (35); Munich (34); Barcelona (28); Bangkok (27); Moscow (27); Budapest (24); Dubai, United Arab Emirates (22); Warsaw (22); Singapore (16); Luxembourg (11); Sao Paulo (11); Leipzig, Germany (8); Shanghai (8); Prague (7); Beijing (7); Padua, Italy (5)
8 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York 436 501 101 343 57 Washington, D.C. (24); Hong Kong (20); Beijing (7); Paris (7); Tokyo (7)
8 Sidley Austin Brown & Wood Chicago 436 1,384 500 764 120 Chicago (452); Washington, D.C. (165); Los Angeles (126); London (77); Hong Kong (46); Dallas (27); San Francisco (24); Singapore (10); Shanghai (7); Beijing (6); Seattle (6); Tokyo (2)
10 Debevoise & Plimpton New York 435 541 114 339 28 Paris (31); London (30); Washington, D.C. (20); Frankfurt (9); Hong Kong (9); Moscow (7)
11 Proskauer Rose LLP New York 434 592 151 395 46 Los Angeles (48); Boca Raton, Fla. (35); Washington, D.C. (33); Newark (27); Paris (15)
12 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York 401 426 79 279 68 London (14); Hong Kong (11)
13 White & Case LLP New York 377 1,538 358 1,086 94 London (105); Singapore (99); Washington, D.C. (80); Paris (74); Frankfurt (70); Bangkok (65); Miami (60); Tokyo (60); Warsaw (51); Hamburg (49); Berlin (40); Los Angeles (38); Mexico City (38); Prague (34); Hong Kong (29); Stockholm (29); Brussels (28); Istanbul (24); Moscow (24); Budapest (20); Palo Alto, Calif. (19); Rome (16); Milan (14); Dusseldorf (13); Ankara, Turkey (12); Dresden, Germany (10); Bratislava, Slovakia (9); Johannesburg (9); Helsinki, Finland (8); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (8); São Paulo, Brazil (7); Almaty, Kazakhstan (6); Manama, Bahrain (5); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (5); Shanghai (3); Mumbai, India (0); Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (0)
14 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York 376 586 136 414 36 Washington, D.C. (157); London (24); Los Angeles (20); Paris (9)
15 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York 367 521 122 366 33 Paris (61); Washington, D.C. (51); Frankfurt (19); Milan (12); Rome (9); London (2)
16 Dewey Ballantine LLP New York 364 543 131 380 32 Washington, D.C. (59); Los Angeles (45); London (33); Warsaw (21); Hong Kong (7); Prague (7); Menlo Park, Calif. (4); Budapest (3)
17 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York 360 695 152 519 24 Washington, D.C. (86); Paris (64); Brussels (57); London (48); Frankfurt (35); Rome (26); Hong Kong (13); Tokyo (6)
18 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York 354 461 92 369 0 London (43); Washington, D.C. (33); Charlotte, N.C. (31)
19 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP New York 321 487 115 359 13 Los Angeles (67); London (30); Washington, D.C. (29); Hong Kong (15); Singapore (13); Palo Alto, Calif. (8); Tokyo (4)
20 Kaye Scholer LLP New York 315 434 121 252 61 Los Angeles (59); Washington, D.C. (34); Chicago (9); West Palm Beach, Fla. (6); Hong Kong (5); London (3); Shanghai (3)
21 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP New York 301 301 63 223 15 None
22 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP None 286 1,111 321 717 73 Washington, D.C. (311); Philadelphia (298); Los Angeles (68); Miami (42); Pittsburgh (29); London (20); Princeton, N.J. (15); Frankfurt (12); Northern Virginia (12); Harrisburg, Pa. (11); Brussels (5); Tokyo (2)
23 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP New York 258 321 88 194 39 Los Angeles (56); Miami (7)
24 Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP New York 254 506 191 304 11 Newark (39); Los Angeles (37); White Plains (37); Chicago (26); Miami (21); Dallas (16); San Francisco (16); Albany (15); Philadelphia (14); Boston (10); Washington, D.C. (9); Houston (7); San Diego (3); London (2)
25 Winston & Strawn Chicago 252 850 371 462 17 Chicago (396); Washington, D.C. (139); Los Angeles (27); Paris (27); Geneva (9)
26 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP New York 247 720 226 422 72 Washington, D.C. (68); London (43); Newark (43); Hartford (37); Denver (32); San Francisco (31); Jacksonville, Fla. (30); Pittsburgh (30); Los Angeles (25); Paris (23); Salt Lake City (23); Boston (20); Moscow (17); Albany (14); Houston (12); Almaty, Kazakhstan (5); Beijing (5); Brussels (5); Harrisburg, Pa. (5); Johannesburg (4); Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (3); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1); Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1)
27 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP New York 245 265 78 173 14 Paris (20)
28 Rosenman & Colin LLP New York 235 264 79 135 50 Charlotte, N.C. (21); Washington, D.C. (8); Newark (0)
29 Cahill Gordon & Reindel New York 229 236 60 162 14 Washington, D.C. (4); London (3)
30 Latham & Watkins None 221 1,437 400 972 65 Los Angeles (303); Washington, D.C. (176); Chicago (132); San Francisco (100); San Diego (99); Paris (87); Costa Mesa, Calif. (83); London (69); Menlo Park, Calif. (57); Hamburg (40); Newark (21); Singapore (13); Tokyo (8); Hong Kong (7); Reston, Va. (7); Moscow (6); Boston (4); Frankfurt (4)
31 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP None 211 779 197 455 127 Los Angeles (176); Atlanta (104); San Francisco (72); Washington, D.C. (66); Stamford, Conn. (59); Costa Mesa, Calif. (58); Tokyo (18); London (15)
32 Greenberg Traurig LLP None 202 812 353 352 107 Miami (158); Washington, D.C. (61); Atlanta (40); Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (40); West Palm Beach, Fla. (40); Orlando, Fla. (39); Phoenix (38); Los Angeles (34); Tysons Corner, Va. (34); Chicago (31); Boston (28); Denver (20); Philadelphia (18); Tallahassee, Fla. (18); Boca Raton, Fla. (7); Wilmington, Del. (4)
33 Chadbourne & Parke LLP New York 199 293 95 170 28 Washington, D.C. (49); London (20); Moscow (13); Los Angeles (8); Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2); Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1); Hong Kong (1)
34 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP New York 194 356 107 226 23 Washington, D.C. (55); Los Angeles (33); Stamford, Conn. (27); Tysons Corner, Va. (18); Chicago (13); Parsippany, N.J. (11); Hong Kong (4); Brussels (1)
35 Pillsbury Winthrop LLP None 193 873 307 520 46 San Francisco (223); Los Angeles (116); Silicon Valley, Calif. (91); McLean, Va. (79); San Diego (48); Orange County, Calif. (28); Stamford, Conn. (23); Washington, D.C. (19); Sacramento (17); London (10); Hong Kong (6); Singapore (6); Palm Beach, Fla. (5); Tokyo (5); Sydney (4)
36 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP None 189 599 206 343 50 San Francisco (160); Silicon Valley, Calif. (73); Los Angeles (53); Washington, D.C. (37); Sacramento (28); Seattle (26); Tokyo (18); London (9); Singapore (6)
37 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York 187 187 72 94 21 None
38 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP New York 186 279 78 154 47 Paris (25); Los Angeles (24); Miami (23); Washington, D.C. (21)
39 Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP New York 180 180 49 112 19 None
40 Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP New York 173 173 58 101 14 None
41 Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue None 168 1,610 476 976 158 Cleveland (262); Washington, D.C. (218); Dallas (160); Chicago (151); Atlanta (120); Los Angeles (102); Columbus, Ohio (72); Paris (58); Pittsburgh (51); Frankfurt (40); London (40); Houston (23); Madrid (20); Brussels (17); Hong Kong (17); Irvine, Calif. (17); T'aipei, Taiwan (17); Milan (14); Mumbai, India (8); New Delhi (8); Palo Alto, Calif. (6); Shanghai (6); Singapore (6); Tokyo (6); Sydney (3)
42 Mayer, Brown & Platt Chicago 166 979 343 549 87 Chicago (508); Washington, D.C. (107); Los Angeles (54); Houston (44); Frankfurt (39); Charlotte, N.C. (29); London (19); Cologne, Germany (7); Palo Alto, Calif. (6)
43 Fish & Neave New York 161 187 47 133 7 Palo Alto, Calif. (26)
44 Thacher Proffitt & Wood New York 153 191 54 130 7 White Plains (18); Washington, D.C. (9); Mexico City (7); Jersey City (4)
45 Hodgson Russ LLP Buffalo 143 193 96 97 0 Boca Raton, Fla. (21); New York City (15); Albany (11); Gloversville, N.Y. (2); Toronto (1)
46 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP None 141 1,023 350 447 226 Washington, D.C. (294); Dallas (146); Los Angeles (130); Houston (74); San Antonio (73); Austin, Tex. (69); Philadelphia (31); McLean, Va. (28); London (12); Moscow (12); Denver (7); Brussels (6); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (0)
46 Coudert Brothers New York 141 690 241 411 38 Sydney (70); Brussels (59); Paris (57); Frankfurt (43); Washington, D.C. (39); London (33); San Francisco (33); Los Angeles (28); Hong Kong (23); Milan (18); Antwerp, Belgium (16); Montreal (16); Moscow (16); San Jose, Calif. (15); Palo Alto, Calif. (11); Almaty, Kazakhstan (10); Beijing (10); Denver (9); Singapore (8); Bangkok (7); Berlin (7); Munich (7); Ghent, Belgium (4); Shanghai (3); St. Petersburg, Russia (3); Tokyo (3); Jakarta, Indonesia (1); Budapest (0); Mexico City (0); Prague (0); Rome (0); Stockholm (0)
48 Kenyon & Kenyon New York 140 202 44 149 9 Washington, D.C. (49); San Jose, Calif. (13)
49 Holland & Knight LLP None 139 1,329 740 488 101 Washington, D.C. (204); Miami (126); Boston (113); Tampa, Fla. (111); Atlanta (83); Orlando, Fla. (83); Chicago (75); Jacksonville, Fla. (62); Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (57); Los Angeles (45); Tallahassee, Fla. (32); San Francisco (28); St. Petersburg, Fla. (25); Providence, R.I. (24); West Palm Beach, Fla. (24); McLean, Va. (23); Lakeland, Fla. (16); San Antonio (14); Seattle (12); Portland, Ore. (11); Melbourne, Fla. (10); Bradenton, Fla. (6); Bethesda, Md. (5); Annapolis, Maryland (1)
50 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles 136 740 238 452 50 Los Angeles (193); Washington, D.C. (113); Orange County, Calif. (77); Dallas (50); San Francisco (48); Palo Alto, Calif. (30); London (28); Century City, Calif. (26); Denver (26); Paris (13)
50 Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco 136 942 272 587 83 San Francisco (277); Los Angeles (117); Palo Alto, Calif. (104); Washington, D.C. (64); Orange County, Calif. (49); San Diego (39); Tokyo (31); Denver (25); Walnut Creek, Calif. (19); Virginia Beach, Va. (16); Hong Kong (15); Century City, Calif. (12); London (11); Sacramento (10); Beijing (6); Brussels (6); Singapore (5)
52 Thelen Reid & Priest LLP None 132 412 186 202 24 San Francisco (157); Los Angeles (50); Washington, D.C. (45); Silicon Valley (23); Morristown, N.J. (5)
53 Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP New York 131 131 47 67 17 None
54 Mendes & Mount LLP New York 129 166 76 89 1 Los Angeles (23); Newark (14)
55 Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP New York 127 165 46 107 12 Hartford (18); Los Angeles (12); Toronto (5); Morristown, N.J. (3)
55 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC 1 Dallas 127 620 247 297 76 Dallas (274); Houston (46); Austin, Tex. (44); Chicago (44); Los Angeles (31); San Antonio (26); Washington, D.C. (28)
57 Pennie & Edmonds LLP New York 125 179 58 121 0 Palo Alto, Calif. (28); Washington, D.C. (26)
58 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago 124 768 292 446 30 Chicago (425); Washington, D.C. (122); Los Angeles (74); London (23)
59 Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber LLP Buffalo 123 177 91 72 14 Rochester (26); New York City (21); Jamestown, N.Y. (4); Fredonia, N.Y. (3)
60 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP New York 121 159 47 81 31 Mexico City (8); Milan (7); Stamford, Conn. (6); Houston (4); Washington, D.C. (4); Newark (3); Paris (3); Frankfurt (1); London (1); Muscat, Oman (1)
61 Nixon Peabody LLP None 118 579 296 240 43 Boston (118); Washington, D.C. (78); San Francisco (76); New York City (70); Garden City, N.Y. (40); McLean, Va. (18); Manchester, N.H. (16); Albany (14); Providence, R.I. (14); Buffalo (12); Orange County, Calif. (5); Hartford (0)
62 Epstein Becker & Green PC New York 117 326 139 164 23 Washington, D.C. (78); Boston (33); Atlanta (26); Los Angeles (22); Newark (19); San Francisco (12); Stamford, Conn. (9); Dallas (6); Chicago (4)
63 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto New York 116 149 54 95 0 Washington, D.C. (20); Costa Mesa, Calif. (13)
63 McDermott, Will & Emery Chicago 116 953 499 442 12 Chicago (287); Washington, D.C. (216); Boston (112); Los Angeles (81); London (63); Orange County, Calif. (26); Miami (23); Silicon Valley (21); Vilnius, Lithuania (5); Moscow (3)
65 Rivkin Radler LLP Uniondale 115 131 55 74 2 Santa Rosa, Calif. (9); Summit, N.J. (4); New York City (3)
66 King & Spalding Atlanta 112 697 203 494 0 Atlanta (424); Washington, D.C. (103); Houston (58)
67 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP None 111 783 306 336 141 Houston (292); Austin, Tex. (94); Washington, D.C. (92); Dallas (77); Los Angeles (52); San Antonio (52); Hong Kong (5); London (4); Minneapolis (4)
68 Bingham Dana LLP Boston 110 514 189 295 30 Boston (298); Hartford (68); Washington, D.C. (24); London (9); Los Angeles (3); Singapore (2)
69 Seward & Kissel LLP New York 108 115 37 69 9 Washington, D.C. (7)
70 O'Melveny & Myers LLP None 105 722 219 503 0 Los Angeles (276); Washington, D.C. (106); Century City, Calif. (74); San Francisco (68); Orange County, Calif. (63); Shanghai (16); London (7); Tokyo (7)
71 Carter, Ledyard & Milburn New York 100 113 40 51 22 Washington, D.C. (13)
71 Harris Beach LLP Rochester 100 212 98 78 36 New York City (49); Buffalo (17); Albany (11); Plattsburgh, N.Y. (11); Syracuse (9); Ithaca, N.Y. (8); Newark (5); Washington, D.C. (2)
73 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP New York 99 121 33 69 19 Houston (16); Atlanta (6); Newark (0)
74 Davis & Gilbert LLP New York 98 98 34 57 7 None
74 Herrick, Feinstein LLP New York 98 119 43 54 22 Newark (11); Princeton, N.J. (9); Albany (1)
76 Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP New York 97 97 32 51 14 None
77 Bond, Schoeneck & King LLP Syracuse 96 144 86 51 7 Albany (19); Naples, Fla. (14); Buffalo (7); Overland Park, Kan. (4); Bonita Springs, Fla. (2); Oswego, N.Y. (2)
78 O'Sullivan LLP New York 95 95 24 69 2 None
79 Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld LLP New York 94 110 51 59 0 Los Angeles (16)
80 Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP None 90 816 355 414 47 Chicago (288); Washington, D.C. (191); Baltimore (179); Philadelphia (19); Tampa, Fla. (18); Dallas (13); Reston, Va. (12); Los Angeles (5); Easton, Md. (1)
81 Dechert None 88 724 224 475 25 Philadelphia (299); London (128); Washington, D.C. (99); Boston (33); Princeton, N.J. (30); Paris (13); Brussels (11); Hartford (10); Newport Beach, Calif. (9); Harrisburg, Pa. (4)
81 Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP Rochester 88 100 48 43 9 Buffalo (8); Naples, Fla. (3); Albany (1)
83 Morgan & Finnegan LLP New York 87 99 41 53 5 Washington, D.C. (12)
83 Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP Washington, D.C. 87 307 99 154 54 Washington, D.C. (220)
85 Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP 2 Philadelphia 84 412 204 179 29 Philadelphia (231); Washington, D.C. (25); Cherry Hill, N.J. (18); Wilmington, Del. (16); Baltimore (13); Boca Raton, Fla. (7); Media, Pa. (7); Allentown, Pa. (6); Cincinnati (3); Trenton (2)
85 Dorsey & Whitney LLP Minneapolis 84 714 297 310 107 Minneapolis (315); Seattle (96); Washington, D.C. (48); Denver (41); London (22); Des Moines (20); Anchorage (15); Salt Lake City (12); Billings, Mont. (10); Brussels (10); Costa Mesa, Calif. (9); Fargo, N.D. (8); Hong Kong (8); Rochester, Minn. (5); Great Falls, Mont. (4); Tokyo (4); Missoula, Mont. (2); Vancouver, Canada (1)
87 Morrison, Cohen, Singer & Weinstein LLP New York 83 83 43 33 7 None
87 Salans Hertzfeld Heilbronn Christy & Viener None 83 339 102 216 21 Paris (123); London (44); Warsaw (40); Moscow (17); Kyiv, Ukraine (9); Almaty, Kazakhstan (8); Baku, Azerbaijan (8); St. Petersburg, Russia (7)
89 D'Amato & Lynch New York 82 82 30 50 2 None
89 Loeb & Loeb LLP None 82 185 86 81 18 Century City, Calif. (54); Los Angeles (45); Nashville (4)
91 Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP San Francisco 80 876 208 610 58 San Francisco (231); Palo Alto, Calif. (163); San Diego (99); Austin, Tex. (83); Los Angeles (81); Irvine, Calif. (57); Washington, D.C. (30); Denver (28); Dallas (17); Reston, Va. (7)
92 Darby & Darby PC New York 79 79 21 45 13 None
92 Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP New York 79 190 65 118 7 San Diego (78); San Francisco (18); Boca Raton, Fla. (7); Los Angeles (7); Washington, D.C. (1);
94 Anderson Kill & Olick PC 3 New York 75 92 63 20 9 Philadelphia (7); Chicago (4); Newark (4); Washington, D.C. (2)
95 Baker Botts LLP None 74 648 238 368 42 Houston (267); Dallas (146); Washington, D.C. (89); Austin, Tex. (52); London (13); Baku, Azerbaijan (5); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2)
96 Herzfeld & Rubin PC New York 73 104 38 57 9 Los Angeles (11); Miami (9); Bucharest, Romania (7); Livingston, N.J. (4)
96 Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard & Kristol New York 73 77 29 32 16 Washington, D.C. (4)
98 Hawkins, Delafield & Wood New York 72 98 47 48 3 Los Angeles (7); Newark (7); Washington, D.C. (6); San Fransisco (5); Hartford (2)
98 Hinman, Howard & Kattell LLP Binghamton 72 87 34 18 35 Syracuse (3); White Plains (2); Albany (2); Latham, N.Y. (2); Oneonta, N.Y. (2); Boynton Beach, Fla. (1); New York City (1); Norwich, N.Y. (1)
100 Damon & Morey LLP Buffalo 71 72 37 23 12 Rochester (1)
100 Hunton & Williams None 71 729 270 415 44 Richmond, Va. (228); Washington, D.C. (112); Atlanta (99); McLean, Va. (44); Miami (39); Raleigh, N.C. (33); Warsaw (32); Charlotte, N.C. (20); Norfolk, Va. (15); Asia (13); Brussels (8); London (8); Knoxville, Tenn. (6)
1 The New York office is known as Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP
2 The New York office is known as Blank Rome Tenzer Greenblatt LLP.
3 Firm refused to provide data. Numbers were obtained from firm's Web site and martindale.com.
(New York Law Journal, December 2001)


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