In the lead up to our June 25 release of the 2019 NLJ 500, we continue our preview of the top U.S. cities on this year’s list. Here’s a peek at the No. 3 city, Chicago. Come back tomorrow, June 25, for the full report, including the No. 1 and No. 2 cities.

  • # of lawyers working at NLJ 500 offices in this market: 8,920
  • # of NLJ 500 offices in this market: 133
  • % of all NLJ 500 lawyers working in this market: 5%
  • Average headcount of NLJ 500 offices in this market: 67
  • % change in size in NLJ 500 firms (2017-2018): 1%

For more of a preview, here are cities No. 4 and 5 from this year’s NLJ 500.