Rank. Firm Name, Principal Office, Lawyers in Largest NY Office

  1. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York , 741
  2. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, 570
  3. Shearman & Sterling, New York, 551
  4. Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, 492
  5. Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells, London, 455
  6. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, 451
  7. Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, 410
  8. Proskauer Rose, New York, 400
  9. Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, 392
10. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, 390
11. Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, 368
12. Dewey Ballantine, New York, 366
13. White & Case, New York, 354
14. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, 343
14. Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, 343
16. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, 325
17. Brown & Wood, New York, 312
18. Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York, 301
19. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, 296
20. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, 289
21. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, None, 286
22. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York, 256
23. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York, 254
24. Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York, 248
25. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, 243
26. Rosenman & Colin, New York, 241
27. Winston & Strawn, Chicago, 240
28. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York, 222
29. Greenberg Traurig, Miami, 221
30. Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, 211
31. Chadbourne & Parke, New York, 207
32. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York, 203
33. Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York, 195
34. Kelley Drye & Warren, New York, 188
35. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, 182
36. Latham & Watkins, None, 179
37. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, 172
38. Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, 166
39. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York, 162
40. Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman, New York, 161
41. Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, 157
42. Fish & Neave, New York, 155
43. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, 149
43. Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, 149
45. Thelen Reid & Priest, None, 148
46. Coudert Brothers, New York, 146
47. Pennie & Edmonds, New York, 144
48. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, None, 137
49. Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Buffalo, 135
49. Thacher Proffitt & Wood, New York, 135
51. Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, None, 133
52. O’Melveny & Myers, None, 130
52. Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, New York, 130
54. Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn, New York, 128
55. Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, 127
56. Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, 125
57. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York, 124
57. Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, 124
59. Parker Chapin, New York, 123
60. Nixon Peabody, None, 121
61. Mendes & Mount*, New York, 119
62. Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Uniondale, 118
63. Epstein Becker & Green, New York, 113
64. Fulbright & Jaworski, None, 111
64. O'Sullivan Graev & Karabell, New York, 111
66. Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York, 108
67. Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 106
68. Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, 105
68. Holland & Knight, None, 105
70. McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, 104
71. Harris Beach & Wilcox, Rochester, 102
71. Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, New York, 102
73. Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, Washington, D.C., 98
73. Seward & Kissel, New York, 98
75. Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman, New York, 95
76. Harter, Secrest & Emery, Rochester, 93
77. Morgan & Finnegan, New York, 92
77. Salans Hertzfeld Heilbronn Christy & Viener, None, 92
79. Herrick, Feinstein, New York, 90
80. Carter, Ledyard & Milburn*, New York, 88
81. Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley**, Philadelphia, 87
82. Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, None, 84
82. D'Amato & Lynch*, New York, 84
84. Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, 82
85. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, 81
85. Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York, 81
87. King & Spalding, Atlanta, 80
88. Baker Botts, None, 78
88. Dechert, Philadelphia, 78
88. Loeb & Loeb, None, 78
88. Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, New York, 78
92. Herzfeld & Rubin, New York, 76
93. Richards & O'Neil, New York, 75
93. Darby & Darby, New York, 75
93. Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, New York, 75
93. Baer Marks & Upham, New York, 75
97. Hinman, Howard & Kattell, Binghamton, 72
97. Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York, 72
99. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York, 71
100. Rubin Baum, New York, 70

(*) Firm refused to provide data. Numbers were taken from Martindale-Hubbell online.

(**) The New York office is known as Blank Rome Tenzer Greenblatt LLP

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