Law firms by attorneys on the New York register
Counted from the register, not from surveys
- Firms with 10 or more
- 1,229
- Register file
- Sep 29, 2026
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has the most attorneys on the New York register: 1,464 living registrants, wherever they work, list it as their employer on the file of Sep 29, 2026, followed by Latham & Watkins LLP (1,434) and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (1,308). The count is not a firm’s head count or its New York office.
The 20 law firms with the most attorneys on the register
| Rank | Law firm | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | 1,464 |
| 2 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 1,434 |
| 3 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 1,308 |
| 4 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | 1,148 |
| 5 | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | 1,105 |
| 6 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 894 |
| 7 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 843 |
| 8 | White & Case LLP | 830 |
| 9 | Sidley Austin LLP | 800 |
| 10 | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 773 |
| 11 | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | 763 |
| 12 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | 753 |
| 13 | Milbank LLP | 677 |
| 14 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 668 |
| 15 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | 665 |
| 16 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 649 |
| 17 | DLA Piper LLP | 628 |
| 18 | Ropes & Gray LLP | 623 |
| 19 | Paul Hastings LLP | 596 |
| 20 | McDermott Will & Schulte LLP | 589 |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).
All 1,229 firms with ten or more, A to Z
| Firm | Attorneys | Registered, current or due |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Weinrib Rudell + Vassallo LLP | 10 | 100% |
| Frazer & Feldman, LLP | 10 | 100% |
| Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. | 18 | 89% |
| Fredson Statmore Bitterman | 12 | 100% |
| Freedman Normand Friedland LLP | 23 | 100% |
| Freehill Hogan & Mahar | 22 | 91% |
| Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP | 40 | 98% |
| Frenkel, Lambert, Weisman & Gordon, LLP | 14 | 100% |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 89 | 78% |
| Freshfields US LLP | 396 | 98% |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | 572 | 98% |
| Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP | 54 | 100% |
| Friedman Vartolo LLP | 51 | 100% |
| Frier Levitt | 22 | 100% |
| Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. | 49 | 98% |
| Frost Brown Todd LLP | 10 | 90% |
| Fuchs Rosenzweig PLLC | 16 | 100% |
| Fullerton Beck LLP | 26 | 100% |
| Fulton Vittoria LLP | 12 | 100% |
| Fumuso Christesen LLP | 22 | 100% |
| Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP | 35 | 97% |
| Fusco, Brandenstein & Rada, P.C. | 15 | 100% |
| Futterman Lanza, LLP | 15 | 100% |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.
Public and in-house employers with the most attorneys
| Employer | Attorneys | Registered, current or due |
|---|---|---|
| The Legal Aid Society | 1,140 | 96% |
| Morgan Stanley | 468 | 94% |
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | 421 | 97% |
| New York City Law Department | 415 | 97% |
| New York County District Attorney’s Office | 374 | 98% |
| Kings County District Attorney’s Office | 325 | 97% |
| Ernst & Young LLP | 309 | 89% |
| Brooklyn Defender Services | 300 | 98% |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.