100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania
Total FT
Attorneys Total FT
in PA
Attorneys
5YearsAgo in PA ‘09
Change
in FT PA
Attorneys Rank
‘09–’10
2009
303
308
15
2
Rank
Firm Name
Total FT
Total
Total FT Attorneys Attorneys Gross
Revenue
Attorneys inPrincipal in All
in PA
Office
Offices‡ 2009
1.
Reed Smith
323
179
1,562
2.
Pepper Hamilton
302
223
474
$333,000,000 $105,000 – $145,000 289
331
-29
1
3.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
299
277
1,395
$1,068,697,486 WND
291
294
5
3
4.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
272
178
452
$265,000,000 WND
199
266
6
4
5.
Marshall DenneheyWarner Coleman & Goggin 238
117
418
WND
233
243
-5
6
6.
Cozen O’Connor
237
211
523
$290,712,427 $135,000
202
257
-20
5
7. (tie)
Blank Rome
233
233
505
$322,150,000 $130,000
248
240
-7
8
7. (tie)
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
233
131
331
WND
WND
220
236
-3
10
9.
K&L Gates
232
212
1,855
$1,034,476,000 WND
267
237
-5
9
10.
Drinker Biddle & Reath*
221
195
641
$373,000,000 $105,000**
180
223
-2
11
11. (tie) Dechert
208
208
818
$713,000,000 $145,000
277
242
-34
7
11. (tie) Fox Rothschild
208
95
489
$216,955,000 $125,000
165
210
-2
13
13.
Duane Morris
205
189
714
$387,500,000 $145,000
172
207
-2
14
14.
Ballard Spahr
189
189
469
$271,000,000 WND
221
222
-33
12
15.
White & Williams
159
136
224
WND
WND
181
177
-18
15
16.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
152
126
198
WND
WND
142
151
1
17
17.
Stevens & Lee
148
55
185
$108,500,000 WND
138
154
-6
16
18.
Post & Schell
143
82
154
WND
WND
142
148
-5
18
19.
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
118
95
182
WND
WND
120
125
-7
20
20.
McNees Wallace & Nurick
116
104
128
WND
$90,000
100
115
1
23
21.
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote
115
100
138
WND
WND
117
128
-13
19
22.
Saul Ewing
112
79
237
$115,194,000 $110,000
137
119
-7
21
23.
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
111
100
124
WND
WND
115
116
-5
22
24.
Cohen & Grigsby
109
109
128
WND
WND
92
107
2
24
25.
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
97
88
128
WND
$100,000
126
103
-6
25
26.
Rawle & Henderson
95
78
114
WND
WND
77
94
1
27
27.
Thorp Reed & Armstrong
91
74
111
WND
WND
89
99
-8
26
28.
Swartz Campbell
86
41
109
WND
WND
74
87
-1
29
29. (tie) Margolis Edelstein
84
53
124
WND
WND
85
88
-4
28
29. (tie) Burns White
84
67
91
WND
WND
61
78
6
32
31.
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg
83
83
94
WND
WND
83
84
-1
31
32.
Dilworth Paxson
80
75
103
WND
$110,000
89
86
-6
30
33.
Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check
78
78
83
WND
WND
42
71
7
35
34.
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti 74
56
77
WND
WND
60
74
0
33
35.
Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir
72
66
78
WND
$100,000
54
69
3
36
70
64
71
WND
WND
72
66
4
37
36. (tie) WeberGallagherSimpsonStapletonFires&Newby 70
50
102
WND
WND
54
74
-4
33
38.
Thomas Thomas & Hafer
69
38
75
WND
WND
51
59
10
41
39.
Barley Snyder
65
WND
65
WND
WND
70
60
5
40
40.
Berger & Montague
64
64
66
WND
WND
60
62
2
39
41.
Woodcock Washburn
59
59
77
WND
$130,000
71
66
-7
37
42.
Cipriani & Werner
57
21
64
WND
WND
35
55
2
43
43.
Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski
53
35
60
WND
$92,000
38
50
3
47
44.
Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman
52
42
58
WND
$100,000
36
52
0
44
45. (tie) Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg
50
39
51
WND
WND
25
47
3
51
45. (tie) Jones Day
50
50
2,469
$1,520,000,000 WND
51
56
-6
42
47. (tie) Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio
49
49
62
WND
WND
50
52
-3
44
47. (tie) Meyer Unkovic & Scott
49
49
49
WND
WND
55
51
-2
46
47. (tie) The Chartwell Law Offices
49
19
62
WND
WND
14
48
1
49
50.
47
40
52
WND
$125,000
44
50
-3
47
51. (tie) Rhoads & Sinon
45
45
51
WND
WND
49
48
-3
49
51. (tie) Spector Gadon & Rosen
45
45
57
WND
WND
37
46
-1
52
53.
MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton
43
43
44
WND
WND
43
41
2
54
54.
Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy
42
40
50
WND
WND
29
41
1
54
55. (tie) Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett
41
40
42
WND
WND
39
40
1
56
55. (tie) Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst
41
41
57
WND
WND
19
37
4
61
57. (tie) DLA Piper
40
40
3,500
$1,014,000,000† $130,000
32
40
0
56
57. (tie) Gibbons
40
40
230
$111,000,000 $135,000
3
44
-4
53
59.
39
29
80
WND
WND
31
35
4
66
60. (tie) Littler Mendelson
37
37***
731
$370,600,000 WND
27
37
0
61
60. (tie) Volpe & Koenig
37
37
38
WND
$130,000
22
39
-2
59
62. (tie) Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young
36
36
44
WND
WND
40
32
4
69
62. (tie) Conrad O’Brien
36
36
40
WND
WND
32
37
-1
61
62. (tie) Rubin Fortunato & Harbison
36
36
40
WND
WND
25
40
-4
56
65.
35
35
37
WND
WND
33
37
-2
61
66. (tie) Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein
34
34
35
WND
WND
30
34
0
68
66. (tie) McQuaide Blasko
34
WND
34
WND
WND
31
35
-1
66
68. (tie) Archer & Greiner
33
33
177
$65,305,000
$110,000
4
31
2
72
68. (tie) Greenberg Traurig
33
33
1,800
$1,173,100,000 WND
20
29
4
79
68. (tie) Houston Harbaugh
33
33
34
WND
WND
35
29
4
79
68. (tie) Willig Williams & Davidson
33
32
39
WND
WND
36
32
1
69
72. (tie) Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald
32
30
34
WND
WND
37
30
2
73
72. (tie) Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino
32
32
147
WND
WND
28
38
-6
60
72. (tie) The Webb Law Firm
32
32
34
WND
WND
25
30
2
73
75. (tie) McGuire Woods
31
31
888
$509,000,000 WND
33
32
-1
69
75. (tie) Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo 31
29
31
WND
WND
31
30
1
73
75. (tie) Zimmer Kunz
31
WND
32
WND
WND
31
25
6
94
78. (tie) Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe
30
30
30
WND
WND
33
30
0
73
78. (tie) Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
30
29
30
WND
WND
20
30
0
73
80. (tie) MacElree Harvey
29
25
32
WND
WND
32
29
0
79
80. (tie) CGA Law Firm
29
28
30
WND
WND
22
28
1
83
82. (tie) Curtin & Heefner
28
24
30
WND
WND
20
28
0
83
82. (tie) Gross McGinley
28
26
28
WND
WND
17
27
1
88
82. (tie) Kline & Specter
28
28
28
WND
WND
35
28
0
83
82. (tie) Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck
28
22
28
WND
WND
33
28
0
83
82. (tie) Reger Rizzo & Darnall
28
24
40
WND
WND
22
37
-9
61
87. (tie) Eastburn & Gray
27
23
27
WND
WND
24
27
0
88
87. (tie) Edgar Snyder & Associates
27
21
28
WND
WND
NA
NA
NA
NR
87. (tie) Goehring Rutter & Boehm
27
26
27
WND
WND
21
27
0
88
87. (tie) Grogan Graffam
27
27
27
WND
WND
20
26
1
91
87. (tie) Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin
27
27
30
WND
WND
23
29
-2
79
87. (tie) Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt
27
25
32
WND
WND
23
25
2
94
93. (tie) Hartman Underhill & Brubaker
26
26
26
WND
WND
22
24
2
100
93. (tie) Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers
26
22
70
WND
WND
25
25
1
94
93. (tie) Ratner Prestia
26
26
31
WND
WND
28
26
0
91
93. (tie) Rothman Gordon
26
26
26
WND
WND
29
28
-2
83
93. (tie) Wisler Pearlstine
26
26
28
WND
WND
23
25
1
94
98. (tie) Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry
25
7
25
WND
WND
27
30
-5
73
98. (tie) German Gallagher & Murtagh
25
25
26
WND
WND
26
25
0
94
100. (tie) Caesar Rivise Bernstein Cohen & Pokotilow
24
24
24
WND
WND
23
26
-2
91
100. (tie) Goldberg Persky & White
24
24
26
WND
WND
29
24
0
100
36. (tie) Tucker Arensberg
Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin
Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney
Sherrard German & Kelly
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$942,000,000
$117,500(Philadelphia)
WND
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