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Top Employment & Labor firms
The firms with the deepest employment & labor footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Employment & Labor firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Employment & Labor 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 employment & labor practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central employment & labor is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Employment & Labor talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 78.4 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Toronto, New York… |
| 2 | DLA Piper | 75.6 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 3 | Baker McKenzie | 71.5 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Chicago, Amsterdam… |
| 4 | CMS | 71 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Paris, Amsterdam… |
| 5 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 70 | major | National | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 6 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 69.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Seattle, London, New York… |
| 7 | HSF Kramer | 68.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Sydney… |
| 8 | A&O Shearman | 66.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Amsterdam… |
| 9 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 65.3 | present | International | 1,500–2,500 | Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 10 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65 | strong | National | 1,500–2,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 11 | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | 64.9 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, Washington… |
| 12 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 64.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Houston… |
| 13 | Eversheds Sutherland | 64 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Atlanta, Washington… |
| 14 | Clyde & Co | 63.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Manchester, New York… |
| 15 | Clifford Chance | 63.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 16 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 62.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 17 | Goodwin Procter | 62.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, Washington… |
| 18 | Freshfields | 62 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 19 | Taft | 61.9 | strong | National | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis… |
| 20 | Greenberg Traurig | 61.6 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | Miami, New York, London… |
| 21 | Linklaters | 60.9 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Paris, Frankfurt… |
| 22 | Winston Taylor | 60.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Chicago, New York… |
| 23 | Wilson Elser | 60.8 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 24 | Clark Hill | 59.9 | strong | International | 1,000–1,500 | Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dallas… |
| 25 | Jones Day | 59.2 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 26 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 27 | Sheppard | 59 | major | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Diego… |
| 28 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 58.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 29 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 58.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Columbia, Miami… |
| 30 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 57.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 31 | K&L Gates | 57.1 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Pittsburgh, Melbourne, Washington… |
| 32 | Littler Mendelson | 56.8 | major | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Bogotá, San Francisco, Los Angeles… |
| 33 | Pinsent Masons | 56.4 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 34 | Skadden | 56.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 35 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 56.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 36 | Dinsmore | 56.4 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville… |
| 37 | Morgan Lewis | 56.3 | major | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 38 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.9 | major | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 39 | Proskauer | 55.8 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 40 | FBT Gibbons | 55.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Louisville, Cincinnati, Newark… |
| 41 | Spencer Fane | 55.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Denver, Houston… |
| 42 | Baker Donelson | 55.4 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Nashville, Memphis, Baltimore… |
| 43 | Holland & Knight | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, Miami… |
| 44 | Squire Patton Boggs | 55.3 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Washington, Los Angeles… |
| 45 | Mills & Reeve | 55.1 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 46 | Haynes and Boone | 55 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Dallas, New York, Houston… |
| 47 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 54.8 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Atlanta… |
| 48 | Reed Smith | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Pittsburgh, New York… |
| 49 | Kennedys | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, New York, Manchester… |
| 50 | Maynard Nexsen | 54.5 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Columbia, Huntsville… |
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How are the top Employment & Labor 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 employment & labor is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's employment & labor work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in employment & labor, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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