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The 55 largest law firms in the United States employ more than 99,900 lawyers globally. Combined, these legal juggernauts had about 204,300 employees on staff as of Nov. 1. Dentons US LLP came out on top of our new ranking. With 6,000 firmwide attorneys, the Washington, D.C.-based business is one of the largest legal firms in the world. New York-based DLA Piper LLP and Chicago-based Baker McKenzie LLP came in second and third, with 5,160 and 4,660 attorneys, respectively. Information on The List — part of a planned collection of national Lists by industry — was obtained through The Business Journals research or supplied by individual firms through questionnaires that The Business Journals could not independently verify. In case of ties, firms are ranked by total employees and then listed alphabetically if ties remain. To qualify for the List, companies must be based in the United States or have a meaningful presence in the country. Inclusion on the inaugural ranking required each firm to have a minimum of 1,000 total attorneys. (Future versions of the national List are expected to include other large and midsize law firms.) The new List also is part of a shift in our research methodology and philosophy in 2025, one that will emphasize more data and context for readers while better coordinating the resources available to us and our 46 sister publications under The Business Journals flag. We anticipate this effort will identify thousands of new local records — and cumulatively, tens of thousands of new businesses across our footprint — this year alone. For information about this and other American City Business Journals Lists, please contact Andrew Vaupel, director of newsroom research at American City Business Journals, at avaupel@bizjournals.com or 816-777-2231, or National Data Reporter Joanne Drilling at jdrilling@bizjournals.com or 513-368-7077. Interested in the results of our local legal industry rankings? Here’s what’s available to explore to subscribers: Albany | Albuquerque | Atlanta | Austin | Baltimore | Birmingham | Boston | Buffalo | Charlotte | Cincinnati | Columbus | Dallas | Dayton | Denver | Greensboro/Winston-Salem | Honolulu | Houston | Jacksonville | Kansas City | Louisville | Memphis | Miami/Fort Lauderdale | Milwaukee | Minneapolis/St. Paul | Nashville | Orlando | Philadelphia | Phoenix | Pittsburgh | Portland | Raleigh/Durham | Sacramento | San Antonio | San Francisco | Seattle | Silicon Valley | St. Louis | Tampa Bay | Washington, D.C. | Wichita
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