Big Law firms have inked a flurry of office lease deals this year in Washington, D.C., including firms such as Davis Polk & Wardwell; Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

Overall, the legal industry continues to be a driving force in the Washington, D.C., leasing market, with law firms accounting for almost half of all leasing activity in the nation’s capital in the first quarter of this year.