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Top Healthcare & Life Sciences firms
The firms with the deepest healthcare & life sciences footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Healthcare & Life Sciences firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Healthcare & Life Sciences 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 healthcare & life sciences practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central healthcare & life sciences is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Healthcare & Life Sciences 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 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 62.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 5 | Covington & Burling | 61.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 6 | Wilson Elser | 60.8 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 7 | Sheppard | 59 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Diego… |
| 8 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 58.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Columbia, Miami… |
| 9 | Spencer Fane | 55.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Denver, Houston… |
| 10 | Baker Donelson | 55.4 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Nashville, Memphis, Baltimore… |
| 11 | Holland & Knight | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, Miami… |
| 12 | Sidley Austin | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 13 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 54.8 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Atlanta… |
| 14 | Kennedys | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, New York, Manchester… |
| 15 | Bradley | 53.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta… |
| 16 | Husch Blackwell | 52.9 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | St. Louis, Kansas City, Washington… |
| 17 | Barnes & Thornburg | 52.4 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Indianapolis, Chicago, Atlanta… |
| 18 | DAC Beachcroft | 52.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Bristol, Leeds… |
| 19 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 51.7 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Chicago, Miami, New York… |
| 20 | Foley & Lardner | 51.2 | present | International | 1,500–2,500 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington… |
| 21 | Quarles | 50.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Phoenix… |
| 22 | Marshall Dennehey | 50.6 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 23 | King & Spalding | 50.4 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Atlanta, New York, Washington… |
| 24 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 49.8 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington… |
| 25 | Faegre Drinker | 49.3 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Chicago… |
| 26 | Manatt | 49.1 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Washington… |
| 27 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 49 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston… |
| 28 | Phelps Dunbar | 48.8 | present | International | 500–1,000 | New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Tampa… |
| 29 | Ropes & Gray | 48.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, London… |
| 30 | McGuireWoods | 48 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Richmond, Charlotte, Washington… |
| 31 | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | 47.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Miami… |
| 32 | Benesch | 47.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Cleveland, Chicago, New York… |
| 33 | Polsinelli | 47.5 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis… |
| 34 | Butler Snow | 47.4 | present | International | 250–500 | Jackson, Memphis, Nashville… |
| 35 | BakerHostetler | 46.8 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Cleveland, Washington… |
| 36 | Bass Berry & Sims | 46.1 | major | National | 250–500 | Nashville, Memphis, Washington… |
| 37 | Davis Wright Tremaine | 45.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Seattle, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 38 | Irwin Mitchell | 45.9 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | London, Sheffield, Birmingham… |
| 39 | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | 45.7 | strong | National | 250–500 | Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta… |
| 40 | Foley Hoag | 45.6 | present | International | 250–500 | Boston, New York, Washington… |
| 41 | Alston & Bird | 45.5 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, New York, Washington… |
| 42 | Arnold & Porter | 45.4 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, San Francisco… |
| 43 | O'Melveny & Myers | 45.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Washington… |
| 44 | Crowell & Moring | 45.1 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 45 | Carlton Fields | 45 | present | National | 250–500 | Tampa, Miami, New York… |
| 46 | Nixon Peabody | 44.6 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Boston, Washington, New York… |
| 47 | Weightmans | 43.8 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Liverpool, London, Manchester… |
| 48 | Browne Jacobson | 43.5 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 49 | Hall Booth Smith | 43.5 | major | National | 250–500 | Atlanta, New York, Columbus… |
| 50 | Hill Dickinson | 42.9 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Liverpool, Manchester… |
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How are the top Healthcare & Life Sciences 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 healthcare & life sciences is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's healthcare & life sciences work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in healthcare & life sciences, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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