After the whirlwind that the legal profession experienced in 2025 — a year where large law firms really had the urge to merge and nonequity partnership ranks continued to expand — your Biglaw firm may be doing quite well financially… but is it among the Am Law 100’s Super Rich?
What qualifies a firm to be designated as among the Super Rich? As it turns out, Biglaw did so incredibly well in 2025 that the American Lawyer had to adjust the parameters needed to be included on this exclusive list. These are the Biglaw firms that had at least $1.45 million in revenue per lawyer (RPL) (up from $1.1 million in 2024) and $625,000 in profits per lawyer (PPL) (up from $550,000 in 2024). The Biglaw firms on this list are rolling around in cash, and they’re not afraid to flaunt it after coming through ahead of peer firms last year. Per Am Law, the Super Rich list is now down to 37 firms, compared to 41 last year.
Before we get to the members of the 2026 Super Rich list, we’ll let you know the four firms that dropped off, and only one was due to a merger. Those firms are Schulte Roth & Zabel (the firm merged with McDermott Will & Emery, and the combined firm, McDermott Will & Schulte, is a Super Rich firm); Fish & Richardson (didn’t make the Am Law 100); Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (didn’t make the new financial cut for the Super Rich); and Jones Day (didn’t make the new financial cut for the Super Rich).
Now, without further ado, here are the top 10 firms on the Super Rich list:
- Wachtell
- Susman Godfrey
- Davis Polk
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Ropes & Gray
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Quinn Emanuel
- Skadden
- Paul, Weiss
- Cravath
Click here to see the complete list of 37 firms.
Congratulations to all of the Biglaw firms that made it into the Super Rich club in 2025! If your firm performs well enough, 2026 could be your year to shine — after all, almost half of the Am Law 100 is already here!
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Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of 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 Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.