List of largest United States–based law firms

This article lists the largest law firms in the United States.

By head count This section lists the largest law firms in the United States by total number of attorneys, as of 2022. The table is also sortable by total number of partners, associates, and total revenue. Rank (2025) Firm name Largest U.S. Office Total number of lawyers (2022) Number of associates (2022) Number of partners (2018) Total revenue (millions, in 2018) Notes 1 Dentons New York City 2 DLA Piper New York City 4028 2492 1317 $2,634 3 Baker McKenzie Chicago 4795 2865 1518 $2,900 4 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago 3025 1772 1158 $3,165 5 Latham & Watkins New York City 3078 2004 821 $3,063 6 Norton Rose Fulbright New York City 3084 1928 1087 $1,958 7 Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. 2532 1757 793 $2,036 8 Greenberg Traurig New York City 2209 841 1087 $1,477 9 White & Case New York City 2464 1589 587 $1,804 10 Jones Day Washington, D.C. 2406 1245 843 $1,959 11 Sidley Austin New York City 1893 1048 648 $2,036 12 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Washington, D.C. 1992 1051 788 $2,001 13 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher New York City 1538 990 412 $1,642 14 Holland & Knight Tampa 1393 505 640 $846 15 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom New York City 1644 1078 320 $2,582 16 Mayer Brown Chicago 1748 900 657 $1,313 17 K&L Gates Seattle 1698 855 757 $96918Goodwin ProcterBoston1315 737417 19 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles 1613 678 895 $470 20 Reed Smith New York City 1673 758 678 $1,11921 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York City1163750228 22 Ropes & Gray Boston 1372 986 265 $1,592 23 Squire Patton Boggs Washington, D.C. 1438 739 480 1,000 24 McDermott Will & Schulte Chicago 1177 459 607 $92525 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani San Francisco 26 King & Spalding Atlanta 1261 565 488 $1,13827Cooley LLPPalo Alto1267808328 28 Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. 1217 708 322 $945 29 Littler Mendelson Miami 986 360 472 $538 30 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York City 1008 686 168 $1,30131Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanLos Angeles 32 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York City 1180 749 263 $1,390 33 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York City 34 Paul Hastings New York City 35 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York City 1025 735 161 $1,240 36 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker New York City 37 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner St. Louis 1252 556 528 $59238Troutman PepperAtlanta1121479479 39 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton New York City 1051 654 165 $1,214 40 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee 1021 434 468 41 Perkins Coie Seattle 1124 507 515 42 Morgan & Morgan Orlando 1062 867 195 43 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto 44 Polsinelli Kansas City 45 Jackson Lewis Los Angeles 46 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco 996 550 298 47 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Minneapolis 1093 392 552 48 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart Raleigh 49 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe New York City 50 Baker & Hostetler New York City

By profits per partner This is a list of American law firms by profits per equity partner (PPEP, sometimes reported as profits per partner or PPP). The list details the profit per equity partner figures of law firms by gross revenue; however, law firms with higher PPEP may not appear on this list if they were not included in the Global 100 by revenue.https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2026/04/14/the-2026-am-law-100-ranked-by-profits-per-equity-partner/

Rank Firm Headquarters 2026 PPEPEquity partners1Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzNew York City$12,152,000792Kirkland & EllisChicago$11,121,0005953Davis Polk & WardwellNew York City$9,800,0001894Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanLos Angeles$9,545,0001875Gibson DunnLos Angeles$8,890,0002726Latham & WatkinsLos Angeles$8,654,0005667Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrisonNew York City$8,631,0002188Simpson Thacher & BartlettNew York City$8,569,0002299Paul Hastings New York City$8,330,00016410MilbankNew York City$7,620,00017211Sullivan & CromwellNew York City$7,567,00018212King & SpaldingAtlanta$7,264,00017913Cravath, Swaine & MooreNew York City$7,200,0008814Ropes & GrayBoston$7,047,00022215Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & FlomNew York City$7,010,00034616DechertPhiladelphia$6,198,00013417Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonNew York City$6,050,00019418Debevoise & PlimptonNew York City$6,001,00015119Sidley AustinChicago$5,967,00025520Weil, Gotshal & MangesNew York City$5,593,000179

See also List of largest law firms by revenue List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms by revenue List of largest Canada-based law firms by revenue List of largest Europe-based law firms by revenue List of largest Japan-based law firms by head count List of largest China-based law firms by revenue

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