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Top Construction firms
The firms with the deepest construction footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Construction firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Construction footprint, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring built entirely from public data. The ranking reflects how large and active each firm's presence is, not the quality or prestige of its construction practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central construction is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Construction talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 70 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 2 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 3 | Clyde & Co | 63.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Manchester, New York… |
| 4 | Wilson Elser | 60.8 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 5 | Clark Hill | 59.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dallas… |
| 6 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 7 | Pinsent Masons | 56.4 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 8 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 9 | Mills & Reeve | 55.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 10 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 54.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Atlanta… |
| 11 | Kennedys | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, New York, Manchester… |
| 12 | Addleshaw Goddard | 54.3 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Manchester, Leeds… |
| 13 | Bradley | 53.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta… |
| 14 | Birketts | 53.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge… |
| 15 | Knights | 53.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 16 | DWF | 52.8 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Warsaw… |
| 17 | Freeths | 52.4 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, London, Birmingham… |
| 18 | DAC Beachcroft | 52.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Bristol, Leeds… |
| 19 | HFW | 51.8 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Hong Kong, Paris… |
| 20 | Gowling WLG | 51.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Ottawa, Toronto, Birmingham… |
| 21 | Marshall Dennehey | 50.6 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 22 | Ogletree Deakins | 50.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 23 | Thompson Hine | 49.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York… |
| 24 | Cozen O'Connor | 49.1 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 25 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 49 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston… |
| 26 | Shook Hardy & Bacon | 48 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Los Angeles, Houston… |
| 27 | Brodies | 47.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen… |
| 28 | HWL Ebsworth | 47.9 | strong | National | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 29 | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | 47.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Miami… |
| 30 | Kilpatrick | 47.6 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, San Francisco, Winston-Salem… |
| 31 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 47.3 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Tampa… |
| 32 | Jones Walker | 47.1 | present | National | 250–500 | New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Jackson… |
| 33 | Burr & Forman | 47 | present | National | 250–500 | Birmingham, Atlanta, Columbia… |
| 34 | Smith Gambrell Russell | 46.5 | present | International | 250–500 | Atlanta, Chicago, New York… |
| 35 | Adams and Reese | 46 | strong | National | 250–500 | New Orleans, Nashville, Tampa… |
| 36 | Fennemore | 46 | present | National | 250–500 | Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco… |
| 37 | Mallesons | 46 | present | International | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 38 | Borden Ladner Gervais | 45.9 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver… |
| 39 | Carlton Fields | 45 | strong | National | 250–500 | Tampa, Miami, New York… |
| 40 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 44.9 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Guildford, Cheltenham… |
| 41 | Amundsen Davis | 44.9 | present | National | 250–500 | Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis… |
| 42 | Wyatt Tarrant & Combs | 44.5 | present | National | 250–500 | Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville… |
| 43 | Goldberg Segalla | 44.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | New York, Buffalo, Princeton… |
| 44 | GrayRobinson | 44.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | Orlando, Miami, Tampa… |
| 45 | Stoel Rives | 44.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Portland, Seattle, Sacramento… |
| 46 | Hall Booth Smith | 43.5 | present | National | 250–500 | Atlanta, New York, Columbus… |
| 47 | Hill Dickinson | 42.9 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Liverpool, Manchester… |
| 48 | Winstead | 42.7 | present | National | 250–500 | Dallas, Austin, Houston… |
| 49 | Cipriani & Werner | 42.6 | present | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 50 | GvW Graf von Westphalen | 42.6 | strong | International | 250–500 | Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich… |
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How are the top Construction firms ranked?
Firms are ordered by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 score built from public signals (scale, geographic and practice reach, live hiring). This page lists firms for whom construction is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's construction work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in construction, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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