The 500 Largest Law Firms In America (2020)
Size matters in the legal profession.
There are many different and exciting ways to rank law firms. How prestigious are they? How much money are they making? How much take-home cash do partners earn? How big are they?
Yes, size matters, and because the legal profession is obsessed with every single measurable and quantifiable factor law firms have to offer, there’s obviously a ranking for that.
Today, the National Law Journal unleashed its annual NLJ 500, a ranking of largest law firms in the United States covering the previous calendar year. If you’ve ever wondered about precise law firm headcounts, this is the ranking for you.
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- Baker McKenzie: 4,809
- DLA Piper: 3,894
- Norton Rose Fulbright: 3,266
- Latham & Watkins: 2,720
- Hogan Lovells: 2,642
- Kirkland & Ellis: 2,598
- Jones Day: 2,514
- White & Case: 2,204
- Greenberg Traurig: 2,070
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius: 2,063
Congratulations go out to Baker McKenzie for employing more lawyers than any other firm. Once again, this firm wins the award for putting the “big” in Biglaw.
Head to the National Law Journal if you’re curious about the firms ranked 11-500.
The NLJ 500: Our 2020 Survey of the Nation’s Largest Law Firms [National Law Journal]
The NLJ 500: Main Chart [National Law Journal]
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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