Direct answer & research summary
Littler Mendelson is a global-footprint law firm mapped by Sartori & Partners across 95 offices in 27 countries, headcount band 1,500–2,500 attorneys, Sartori Firm Index 55.5, 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
San Francisco, US
Professionals
1,500–2,500 attorneys banded
Countries covered
27 via 95 offices
Office footprint — mapped metros
95 offices · 27 countriesPrincipal practices
Bold chips mark the firm’s deepest mapped practices (major or strong).
Seniority mix — banded, fee earners
≈700 partners · 400 counsel · 800+ 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)
Global · coverage 3 of 355.5
Composite SFI
SFI sub-index · banded
84.2
Scale
SFI sub-index · banded
48.4
Reach
SFI sub-index · banded
0.1
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.
30 listings · Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice
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03 — Sources & verification Last verified 22 Jul 2026 · next review by 22 Aug 2026 · change log
Public sources
- 1 Colombia labor and employment attorneys | Littlerfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 2 L.A. - Downtown labor and employment attorneys | Littlerfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 3 Colombia labor and employment attorneys | Littlerfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 4 France labor and employment attorneys | Littlerfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 5 Philadelphia Becomes the First City in the U.S. to Enact a Mandatory Retirement Savings Program | Littlerfirm_website · 2026-07-21
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.
Corrections from the firm or its representatives are reviewed within five working days.
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