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Rankings: Law360 400
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June 17, 2022
The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
As the legal market adjusted to pressures of a global pandemic and saw demand for complex legal services soar, many law firms spent 2021 locked in a fierce war for talent to meet ever-expanding client needs.
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June 17, 2022
Will BigLaw Regret Its Hiring Spree As The Economy Softens?
The largest 200 law firms in the U.S. boosted their headcount by an average of 5.6% in 2021 — the steepest increase in five years, according to the Law360 400. Here's a look at what those numbers mean and where firms may be headed if the economy slows in the coming year.
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June 17, 2022
The 2022 Law360 400
For the ninth year in a row, Law360 is pleased to announce our list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.
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July 26, 2021
Where Have All The Associates Gone?
Nonpartner attorney headcounts declined slightly across the Law360 400 last year amid the pandemic, leaving many law firms scrambling for associate talent that seems to be evaporating even as many firms see an uptick in work.
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July 26, 2021
The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
As much of the U.S. emerges from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic that upended the world last year, law firms are taking stock of how much their business and their bench strength were affected by the unprecedented pressures of a global health crisis.
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June 12, 2020
The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
Right before the coronavirus pandemic upended the world, the largest U.S. law firms were getting bigger and widening the industry's size gap, according to Law360's annual tracking of the largest law firms in the country.
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June 12, 2020
Will Headcount Matter After COVID-19?
The importance of law firm size had already come under scrutiny before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, with the industry in upheaval, scale is further under the microscope.
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May 23, 2019
How Some IP Boutiques Are Thriving Amid Patent Law Shifts
While some intellectual property boutiques saw their headcounts drop last year amid a changing patent landscape with less litigation, others have bucked the trend and added attorneys. Here's how leaders of those firms say they've been able to thrive in the current patent environment.
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May 16, 2019
The Law360 400
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has redefined what it means to be the biggest of BigLaw — weighing in at 2,116 attorneys by year end 2018 and becoming the first firm since Law360 began tracking law firm head counts to top 2,000 U.S.-based attorneys.
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May 13, 2019
Identity Politics: How Firms Seal The Deal After A Merger
As regional firms join forces with large national firms, they must decide how important it is to maintain those identities. Ultimately, choices on everything from the firm’s name to local office culture must ensure old clients aren’t left behind.
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May 13, 2019
The Dangers Of BigLaw's Merger-Happy Growth Strategy
There are those who say large law firms can at times be like lemmings, playing a dangerous game of follow-the-leader with their peers. A record-breaking year for law firm mergers in 2018, which has driven drastic head count growth, is one example of that, some observers say.
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May 13, 2019
Employment Firms Find Stability In Changing Workplace Law
The top dog in labor and employment law stayed well ahead of the pack last year while a midsize competitor surged as employers around the country clamored for its help in keeping up with an ever-evolving web of state and local laws.
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May 13, 2019
The Firms That Lost The Most Attorneys In 2018
Among the firms that saw their head counts shrink the most in 2018, the losses were indicative of an aggressive lateral market, a shifting business strategy or very little at all in terms of the firm’s overall performance, depending on whom you ask.
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May 13, 2019
Some IP Boutiques Take Hit Amid Shifting Patent Landscape
Some of the nation's largest intellectual property boutiques saw their headcounts drop last year as a dwindling number of new patent complaints and an intense focus on cases at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reshaped the patent landscape.
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May 10, 2019
Megafirms Drive Thirst For Tie-Ups As Firms Scale Up
The biggest of BigLaw raised the bar for size and pace in yet another record-breaking year for mergers, as more firms tried to compete by swelling their ranks, according to Law360's annual law firm ranking.
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May 10, 2019
Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
The annual Law360 400 ranks the largest U.S.-based law firms and vereins with a U.S. component by domestic attorney head count.
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May 10, 2019
These Law Firms Keep Their Partnership Ranks Lean
Want to be a partner at these firms? Better have rainmaker potential. Here is the list of firms with the most elite partnerships, according to Law360's annual law firm ranking.
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April 16, 2018
Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
Lathrop Gage lost more than 15 percent of its attorneys in 2017. Can a new managing partner help bolster its headcount?
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April 16, 2018
Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
Andrews Kurth Kenyon saw a more than 12 percent drop in headcount in the year before its February merger with Hunton & Williams — a story experts expect to become familiar for regional firms in Texas.
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April 16, 2018
Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
BigLaw’s brass ring has grown more elusive in recent years, Law360 data shows, and experts say a number of potentially market-changing forces may be at work.
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April 16, 2018
Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
De-equitized partners. Contracting offices. Declining headcount. The leaders of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan say it’s all part of the plan — a plan that’s already paying dividends.
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April 13, 2018
Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
The biggest of BigLaw are widening the gap between themselves and their rivals, as firms of all sizes grapple with fluctuating demand and seek out their place in the legal landscape.
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April 13, 2018
How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
These firms saw double-digit growth in 2017 — one hire at a time. Here, their leaders tell Law360 of their varied approaches to attracting top talent.
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April 13, 2018
IP Boutiques Tick Down As AIA Settles In
Amid years of attorney migration between intellectual property boutiques and their general practice rivals, the IP specialists saw a slight downtick in 2017, as these firms continued to adjust to practicing under the America Invents Act.
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April 13, 2018
The Law360 400
Kirkland & Ellis LLP leapfrogged its way to the top of this year’s Law360 400, our annual ranking of the largest law firms in the country.