Cleveland was one of the cities hardest hit by the Great Recession, and the effects linger still. The metropolitan area lost 5,600 jobs between May 2012 and May 2013, ranking No. 1 in the country in terms of job losses, according to recent U.S. Labor Department reports.
Still, the local legal community comprises more than 1,500 lawyers practicing at NLJ 350 firms including Jones Day; Baker & Hostetler; and Calfee, Halter & Griswold. The NLJ 350 measures the nation's largest law firms by headcount.
