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Top Intellectual Property firms
The firms with the deepest intellectual property footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Intellectual Property firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Intellectual Property 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 intellectual property practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central intellectual property is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Intellectual Property talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 78.4 | present | Global | 4,000+ | London, Toronto, New York… |
| 2 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 75.7 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | Washington, London, New York… |
| 3 | DLA Piper | 75.6 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 4 | Baker McKenzie | 71.5 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Chicago, Amsterdam… |
| 5 | CMS | 71 | present | Global | 4,000+ | London, Paris, Amsterdam… |
| 6 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 70 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 7 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 69.3 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Seattle, London, New York… |
| 8 | HSF Kramer | 68.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Sydney… |
| 9 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 65.3 | strong | International | 1,500–2,500 | Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 10 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65 | present | 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 | White & Case | 64.1 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, London, Paris… |
| 14 | Eversheds Sutherland | 64 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Atlanta, Washington… |
| 15 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 62.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 16 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 62.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 17 | Goodwin Procter | 62.3 | strong | 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 | Covington & Burling | 61.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 22 | Winston Taylor | 60.9 | strong | 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 | Jones Day | 59.2 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 25 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 26 | Sheppard | 59 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Diego… |
| 27 | Kirkland & Ellis | 58.1 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 28 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 58.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Columbia, Miami… |
| 29 | Morrison & Foerster | 57.2 | major | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 30 | K&L Gates | 57.1 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Pittsburgh, Melbourne, Washington… |
| 31 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 56.4 | major | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 32 | Dinsmore | 56.4 | major | National | 500–1,000 | Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville… |
| 33 | Morgan Lewis | 56.3 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 34 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 35 | FBT Gibbons | 55.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Louisville, Cincinnati, Newark… |
| 36 | Spencer Fane | 55.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Denver, Houston… |
| 37 | Baker Donelson | 55.4 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nashville, Memphis, Baltimore… |
| 38 | Squire Patton Boggs | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Washington, Los Angeles… |
| 39 | Haynes and Boone | 55 | major | International | 500–1,000 | Dallas, New York, Houston… |
| 40 | King & Wood | 54.5 | major | Global | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 41 | Maynard Nexsen | 54.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Columbia, Huntsville… |
| 42 | Bird & Bird | 54.1 | major | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Paris, Düsseldorf… |
| 43 | Dickinson Wright | 54 | major | International | 500–1,000 | Troy, Toronto, Detroit… |
| 44 | Bradley | 53.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta… |
| 45 | Cooley | 53.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Washington, New York… |
| 46 | Knights | 53.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 47 | Husch Blackwell | 52.9 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | St. Louis, Kansas City, Washington… |
| 48 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 52.6 | major | International | 1,500–2,500 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Bristol, Winston-Salem… |
| 49 | Mayer Brown | 52.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, London, New York… |
| 50 | Barnes & Thornburg | 52.4 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Indianapolis, Chicago, Atlanta… |
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How are the top Intellectual Property 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 intellectual property is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's intellectual property work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in intellectual property, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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