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Be sure to take a look at this year’s top ranking states.
June 18, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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By ALM Staff |
June 18, 2024 at 10:04 AM
See which states came out on top in this year’s NLJ 500, measured by total headcounts of NLJ 500 firms. And take a peek at state-specific stats as well as the largest firm in each state.
The data is presented below in a sortable graphic and table. The full 2024 NLJ 500 report can be found here. For more ways to analyze the data, go to Law.com Compass.
| 2024 Rank | 2023 Rank | State | NLJ 500 Lawyers in 2024 | Average No. of Lawyers | No. Of Offices in the state | NLJ 500 Firm With Most Attorneys (Number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New York | 31,074 | 79 | 393 | Kirkland & Ellis (842) |
| 2 | 2 | California | 21,163 | 32 | 652 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (267) |
| 3 | 3 | District of Columbia | 14,588 | 65 | 226 | Covington & Burling (624) |
| 4 | 4 | Texas | 10,526 | 29 | 359 | Vinson & Elkins (231) |
| 5 | 5 | Illinois | 9,997 | 50 | 200 | Kirkland & Ellis (750) |
| 6 | 6 | Florida | 9,237 | 19 | 488 | Morgan & Morgan (180) |
| 7 | 7 | Pennsylvania | 6,692 | 28 | 236 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (275) |
| 8 | 8 | Massachusetts | 5,842 | 50 | 118 | Ropes & Gray (535) |
| 9 | 9 | Georgia | 4,464 | 41 | 108 | King & Spalding (350) |
| 10 | 11 | New Jersey | 3,907 | 23 | 172 | Lowenstein Sandler (160) |
| 11 | 10 | Ohio | 3,685 | 32 | 116 | Jones Day (176) |
| 12 | 12 | North Carolina | 3,176 | 25 | 128 | Moore & Van Allen (327) |
| 13 | 13 | Missouri | 2,685 | 36 | 74 | Shook, Hardy & Bacon (242) |
| 14 | 14 | Michigan | 2,631 | 25 | 106 | Honigman (151) |
| 15 | 15 | Colorado | 2,523 | 26 | 96 | Holland & Hart (168) |
| 16 | 16 | Minnesota | 2,207 | 40 | 55 | Fredrikson & Byron (306) |
| 17 | 17 | Washington | 1,803 | 31 | 58 | Perkins Coie (295) |
| 18 | 18 | Tennessee | 1,782 | 24 | 75 | Bass, Berry & Sims (268) |
| 19 | 19 | Virginia | 1,668 | 21 | 79 | McGuireWoods (188) |
| 20 | 20 | Wisconsin | 1,464 | 28 | 52 | Foley & Lardner (172) |
| 21 | 21 | Indiana | 1,393 | 26 | 54 | Barnes & Thornburg (197) |
| 22 | 22 | Arizona | 1,302 | 22 | 58 | Snell & Wilmer (186) |
| 23 | 23 | Alabama | 1,248 | 24 | 52 | Maynard, Cooper & Gale (208) |
| 24 | 25 | Louisiana | 1,211 | 22 | 56 | Jones Walker (160) |
| 25 | 24 | Connecticut | 1,144 | 15 | 77 | Robinson & Cole (103) |
| 26 | 27 | Maryland | 998 | 21 | 48 | Venable (151) |
| 27 | 26 | Delaware | 995 | 15 | 66 | Richards, Layton & Finger (178) |
| 28 | 28 | South Carolina | 974 | 15 | 64 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (98) |
| 29 | 29 | Utah | 953 | 23 | 42 | Parsons Behle & Latimer (119) |
| 30 | 31 | Kentucky | 791 | 19 | 41 | Frost Brown Todd (143) |
| 31 | 30 | Oregon | 787 | 24 | 33 | Stoel Rives (125) |
| 32 | 33 | Nevada | 600 | 11 | 55 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith (62) |
| 33 | 32 | Oklahoma | 577 | 29 | 20 | McAfee & Taft (136) |
| 34 | 34 | West Virginia | 539 | 13 | 40 | Jackson Kelly (58) |
| 35 | 35 | Nebraska | 441 | 49 | 9 | Kutak Rock (180) |
| 36 | 36 | Maine | 413 | 32 | 13 | Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson (92) |
| 37 | 37 | Mississippi | 391 | 15 | 26 | Butler Snow (117) |
| 38 | 38 | Arkansas | 259 | 18 | 14 | Friday, Eldredge & Clark (72) |
| 39 | 43 | New Hampshire | 196 | 11 | 18 | McLane Middleton (56) |
| 40 | 39 | Rhode Island | 192 | 11 | 18 | Hinckley, Allen & Snyder (37) |
| 41 | 40 | Iowa | 180 | 20 | 9 | Nyemaster Goode (76) |
| 42 | 41 | Kansas | 162 | 11 | 15 | Foulston Siefkin (57) |
| 43 | 42 | Montana | 154 | 11 | 14 | Crowley Fleck (55) |
| 44 | 44 | Idaho | 120 | 12 | 10 | Holland & Hart (36) |
| 45 | 45 | Hawaii | 86 | 12 | 7 | Cades Schutte (73) |
| 46 | 47 | Alaska | 55 | 6 | 9 | Stoel Rives (11) |
| 47 | 46 | North Dakota | 52 | 6 | 9 | Crowley Fleck (18) |
| 48 | 49 | New Mexico | 50 | 3 | 16 | Holland & Hart (12) |
| 49 | 48 | Wyoming | 48 | 5 | 9 | Holland & Hart (11) |
| 50 | 50 | South Dakota | 16 | 3 | 5 | Ballard Spahr (9) |
| 51 | 51 | Vermont | 6 | 2 | 3 | Fenwick & West (2) |
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