Direct answer & research summary
Blank Rome is a international-footprint law firm mapped by Sartori & Partners across 15 offices in 2 countries, headcount band 1,500–2,500 attorneys, Sartori Firm Index 49.2, last verified 22 Jul 2026. Sartori & Partners has completed 400+ placements since 2017 (230+ in-house), including 52 general counsel and chief legal officer searches, with a median of 11 weeks from brief to accepted offer. A NASDAQ-listed medtech in Boston accepted its successor general counsel in week 11, from a shortlist of four at day 24.
01 — Public record
Facts on file
Compiled from public sources. Figures are shown as bands where exact counts are not published; nothing here is provided by the firm.
Website
Largest mapped office
Philadelphia, US
Professionals
1,500–2,500 attorneys banded
Countries covered
2 via 15 offices
Office footprint — mapped metros
15 offices · 2 countriesPrincipal practices
Bold chips mark the firm’s deepest mapped practices (major or strong).
Seniority mix — banded, fee earners
≈750 partners · 225 counsel · 500+ associates
Mapped from public bios and firm pages; exact counts are not published, so figures are shown as approximate bands.
Sartori Firm Index — footprint (a different lens from the Atlas tiers)
International · coverage 3 of 349.2
Composite SFI
SFI sub-index · banded
80.8
Scale
SFI sub-index · banded
34.2
Reach
SFI sub-index · banded
0.2
Hiring
SFI sub-index · banded
The Sartori Firm Index measures footprint and momentum (scale · reach · hiring), not practice quality. It never assigns an Atlas tier, and the Atlas never reuses this number — the two lenses are deliberately separate.
02 — Where this firm is ranked
Ranking Atlas & Firm Index
No composite firm score is published. Atlas tiers are assigned per market or practice from public footprint and evidence; the Firm Index leaderboards are a separate footprint lens.
9 listings · Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice
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| Best law firms in United States | Atlas ranking | Market leaders | → |
| Best law firms in New York | Atlas ranking | Highly active | → |
| Best law firms in Washington | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Los Angeles | Atlas ranking | Highly active | → |
| Best law firms in Philadelphia | Atlas ranking | Market leaders | → |
| Best law firms in Pennsylvania | Atlas ranking | Market leaders | → |
| Best law firms in Princeton | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Best law firms in Ohio | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — United States | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
03 — Sources & verification Last verified 22 Jul 2026 · next review by 22 Aug 2026 · change log
Public sources
- 1 Blank Rome — office pagesfirm_website · 2026-07-20
- 2 Blank Rome — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · 2026-07-20
- 3 Blank Rome — news & announcementsfirm_website · 2026-07-20
Know the limits of this data
- —Figures are bands, not audited counts; public sources lag reality by weeks or months.
- —Atlas tiers are Sartori’s independent editorial opinion — not the firm’s claim, and not a client-satisfaction measure.
- —No firm-level numeric score exists; Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice.
- —No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input.
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