There are various totally different and thrilling methods to rank regulation companies. How prestigious are they? How a lot cash are they making? How a lot do companions earn? How a lot are associates incomes in money compensation? How huge are they?
Sure, measurement issues, and since the authorized career is obsessive about each single measurable and quantifiable issue regulation companies have to supply, there’s clearly a rating for that.
So, which Biglaw agency is the most important of all of them?
Earlier this week, the Nationwide Legislation Journal unleashed its annual NLJ 500, a rating of largest regulation companies in the USA overlaying the earlier calendar yr. Should you’ve ever questioned about exact regulation agency headcounts, that is the rating for you.
These are the ten largest regulation companies in America, in line with NLJ, together with some insights on the listing:
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- Baker McKenzie
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Hogan Lovells
- Greenberg Traurig
- White & Case
- Jones Day
As a complete, the whole variety of attorneys at NLJ 500 companies rose 5.5% in 2024 in contrast with 2023. And the common agency measurement for the NLJ 500 cohort rose, growing 5.6% from 376 to 396.
The 2024 development is on prime of the beneficial properties made in 2023, when the whole variety of attorneys at NLJ 500 companies elevated by 2.3% from 2022. …
The accelerated head rely development final yr got here amid a 13% rise in gross income for Am Legislation 100 regulation companies final yr and a virtually 11% rise in income for Second Hundred companies, American Lawyer reported.
Click on here to see the NLJ’s full listing of the five hundred largest regulation companies within the nation.
Congratulations exit to Dentons for using extra legal professionals than some other agency. This agency wins the award for placing the “huge” in Biglaw — and managed to elbow DLA Piper out of a repeat prime title. Give a spherical of applause to the remainder of the High 10 for protecting their Biglaw companies greater than all the remainder. As for each different agency, continue to grow and sometime you’ll be a Biglaw behemoth too.
The 2025 NLJ 500: Ranked by Head Count [National Law Journal]
The 2025 NLJ 500: After Head Count Growth Exploded in 2024, Law Firms Pull in the Reins [National Law Journal]
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Legislation, the place she’s labored since 2011. She’d love to listen to from you, so please be at liberty to email her with any suggestions, questions, feedback, or critiques. You possibly can comply with her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or join together with her on LinkedIn.
