So which Biglaw firm is the biggest of them all? Not like the firm that has the biggest cases or the most M&A deals but just big in the employs-the-largest-amount-of-lawyers kind of way. Well, good news for all you headcount acolytes out there — the 2019 National Law Journal 500 is officially here.
As you may recall, the NLJ 500 ranks firms by overall headcount — temporary and contract attorneys don’t count and any non-lawyer professionals do not either. The list is also focused on U.S.-centric firms, meaning they have more attorneys in the U.S. than any other country.
Before we start our counting expedition, let’s get some help from an old friend.
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That was nostalgia inducing, wasn’t it? Anyway, without further ado, here is the NLJ 500 Top 10:
- Baker McKenzie: 4,720
- DLA Piper: 3,702
- Norton Rose Fulbright: 3,376
- Hogan Lovells: 2,636
- Latham & Watkins: 2,540
- Jones Day: 2,518
- Kirkland & Ellis: 2,307
- White & Case: 2,150
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius: 2,015
- Greenberg Traurig: 1,962
You can check out the rest of the rankings here.
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