Law firms: ranked by number of attorneys in L.A. County offices.
LAW FIRMS
Ranked by number of attorneys in L.A. County offices
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2005) L.A. County
* name Personnel
* address (current/year ago)
* Web site * attorneys
* partners
* equity partners
1 O'Melveny & Myers LLP (3) (1) 337/353
400 S. Hope St. 91/93
Los Angeles 90071 N/A/N/A
omm.com
2 Latham & Watkins LLP (2) 293/290
633 W. Fifth St., Suite 4000 99/95
Los Angeles 90071 WND/WND
lw.com
3 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (3) 225/230
333 S. Grand Ave. 76/75
Los Angeles 90071 76/75
gibsondunn.com
4 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP (4) 203/210
221 N. Figueroa St., Suite 1200 128/120
Los Angeles 90012 28/NA
lbbslaw.com
5 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (5) 192/186
333 S. Hope St., 48th Floor 66/66
Los Angeles 90071 54/56
sheppardmullin.com
6 Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP (6) 179/175
515 S. Flower St. 51/53
Los Angeles 90071 44/46
paulhastings.com
7 Irell & Manella LLP (7) 169/178
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 64/67
Los Angeles 90067 64/67
irell.com
8 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges 168/167
LLP (8) 50/47
865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor 50/47
Los Angeles 90017
quinnemanuel.com
9 Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP (9) 163/165
11355 W. Olympic Blvd. 80/86
Los Angeles 90064 31/NA
manatt.com
10 Munger Tolles & Olson LLP (13) 157/134
355 S. Grand Ave., 35th Floor 80/77
Los Angeles 90071 80/77
mto.com
11 Sidley Austin LLP (10) 157/158
555 W. Fifth St. 63/56
Los Angeles 90013 NA/NA
sidley.com
12 Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP (11) 150/145
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Seventh Floor 67/66
Los Angeles 90067 NA/NA
jmbm.com
13 Jones Day (12) 130/138
555 S. Flower St., 50th Floor 42/39
Los Angeles 90071 NA/NA
jonesday.com
14 Christensen Miller Fink Jacobs Glaser 128/128
Weil & Shapira LLP (14) 28/28
10250 Constellation Blvd., 19th Floor NA/NA
Los Angeles 90067
chrismill.com
15 Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (15) 125/125
11377 W. Olympic Blvd. 64/59
Los Angeles 90034 64/59
msk.com
16 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 118/119
(16) 31/29
300 S. Grand Ave. 31/29
Los Angeles 90071
skadden.com
17 Greenberg Glusker (18) 115/115
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 21st Floor 59/56
Los Angeles 90067 53/53
ggfirm.com
18 Loeb & Loeb LLP (22) 112/103
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200 56/52
Los Angeles 90067 18/21
loeb.com
19 Kirkland & Ellis LLP (19) 111/114
777 S. Figueroa St. 49/45
Los Angeles 90017 NA/NA
kirkland.com
20 Morrison & Foerster LLP (17) 111/117
555 W. Fifth St., Suite 3500 43/43
Los Angeles 90013 43/43
mofo.com
21 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (20) 103/103
725 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2800 42/39
Los Angeles 90017 NA/NA
pillsburylaw.com
22 Bingham McCutchen LLP (21) 101/104
355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 4400 37/39
Los Angeles 90071 NA/NA
bingham.com
23 Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & 95/88
Regenstreif LLP (26) 28/27
1100 Glendon Ave., 14th Floor 28/27
Los Angeles 90024
linerlaw.com
24 Manning & Marder Kass Ellrod Ramirez LLP 94/79
(33) 23/18
660 S. Figueroa St., 23rd Floor NA/NA
Los Angeles 90017
mmker.com
25 Greenberg Traurig LLP (28) 93/85
2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 400 East 43/38
Santa Monica 90404 NA/NA
gtlaw.com
26 Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP (23) 90/94
1620 26th St., Fourth Floor North Tower 60/54
Santa Monica 90404 NA/NA
agsk.com
27 Buchalter Nemer (24) 90/89
1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1500 39/38
Los Angeles 90017 30/31
buchalter.com
28 Reed Smith LLP (39) 87/71
355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2900 35/30
Los Angeles 90071 17/15
reedsmith.com
29 McDermott Will & Emery (32) 86/79
2049 Century Park East, 34th Floor 61/59
Los Angeles 90067 NA/NA
mwe.com
30 Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP (31) 85/81
2049 Century Park East, 28th Floor 40/40
Los Angeles 90067 NA/NA
coxcastle.com
31 Seyfarth Shaw LLP (30) 84/82
2029 Century Park East, Suite 3300 29/27
Los Angeles 90067 22/NA
seyfarth.com
32 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (27) 81/87
300 S. Grand Ave., 22nd Floor 31/33
Los Angeles 90071 WND/WND
morganlewis.com
33 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (25) 79/89
2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 33/34
Los Angeles 90067 24/NA
akingump.com
34 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP 78/76
(35) 41/37
515 S. Figueroa St., Seventh Floor 41/37
Los Angeles 90071
allenmatkins.com
35 Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP (29) 78/82
1 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2000 58/56
Los Angeles 90017 NA/NA
mpglaw.com
36 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (49) 78/70
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1800 12/11
Los Angeles 90067 12/11
stroock.com
37 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (38) 74/74
555 S. Flower St., 41st Floor 32/31
Los Angeles 90071 NA/NA
fulbright.com
38 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (41) 73/69
601 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1500 34/30
Los Angeles 90017 16/15
sonnenschein.com
39 DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP 72/55
550 S Hope St., Suite 2300 30/21
Los Angeles 90071 NA/NA
dlapiper.com
40 Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Homo (47) 71/64
17871 Park Plaza Drive, Suite 200 25/20
Cerritos 90703 WND/WND
aalrr.com
41 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP (37) 71/75
601 S. Figueroa St., 30th Floor 16/15
Los Angeles 90017 16/15
milbank.com
42 Arnold & Porter LLP (34) 68/77
777 S. Figueroa St. 27/29
Los Angeles 90017 29/27
aporter.com
43 Katien Muchin Rosenman LLP (36) 68/75
2029 Century Park East, Suite 2600 32/36
Los Angeles 90067 WND/WND
kattenlaw.com
44 Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold LLP (43) 68/67
801 S Figueroa St., 18th Floor 21/18
Los Angeles 90017 NA/NA
sdma.com
45 Weston Benshoot Rocheforl Rubalcava & 67/65
MacCuish LLP (44) 39/33
333 S. Hope St., 16th Floor NA/NA
Los Angeles 90071
wbcounsel.com
46 Holland & Knight LLP (45) 66/65
633 W Fifth St., 21st Floor 30/25
Los Angeles 90071 9/NA
hklaw.com
47 Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP 65/67
350 S. Grand Ave., 25th Floor 24/23
Los Angeles 90071 NA/NA
mayerbrownrowe.com
48 White & Case LLP 65/59
633 W. Fifth St., 19th Floor 18/18
Los Angeles 90071 NA/NA
whitecase.com
49 Bryan Cave LLP 64/58
120 Broadway 26/24
Santa Monica 90401 N/A/N/A
bryancave.com
50 Kaye Scholer LLP (46) 64/65
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 17th Floor 18/19
Los Angeles 90067 18/19
kayescholer.com
Rank Financials Specialties
(2005/2004) (partial list)
* revenues (1)
* profits-per-
partner (2)
1 $808/$697 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
1,615/1,310 ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime
2 1,413/1,206 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
1,602/1,403 ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime, private
equity
3 746/693 appellate, media and entertainment, public
1,635/1,516 policy, telecommunications, government
contracts, global finance, legal malpractice
defense, environmental and natural resources,
land use, consumer class actions
4 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology
5 264/233 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
785/685 ment, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, real estate, tax,
white-collar crime, finance, government
contracts, construction
6 667/609 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
1,325/1,175 ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment,
litigation, m&a, real estate, tax, technolo-
gy, venture capital, white-collar crime
7 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
white-collar crime
8 193/160 litigation
1,960/1,920
9 196/181 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
1,033/920 ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime,
advertising
10 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, real
estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
white-collar crime
11 1,124/1,030 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
white-collar crime, public finance, product
liability
12 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, envi-
WND/WND ronmental, health care, intellectual
property, labor and employment, litigation,
m&a, real estate, tax, technology, venture
capital, sports, hospitality
13 WND/WND antitrust, corporate, entertainment, health
WND/WND care, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime,
biotechnology
14 WND/WND antitrust, corporate, entertainment, environ-
WND/WND mental, litigation, real estate, tax, estate
and probate
15 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
white-collar crime
16 WND/WND corporate, labor and employment, litigation,
WND/WND real estate, tax, corporate restructuring,
banking and institutional investing, employee
benefits and compensation
17 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, envi-
WND/WND ronmental, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, real estate
18 146/122 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
926/725 ment, environmental, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, technology, white-collar crime
19 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime
20 687/593 antitrust, corporate, entertainment, environ-
1,050/940 mental, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
tax, technology, venture capital, white-col-
lar crime, financial services, transactions
21 574/433 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmen-
765/780 tal, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
tax, technology, venture capital, white-
collar crime, retail
22 593/566 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmen-
WND/WND tal, intellectual property, labor and employ-
ment, litigation, m&a, real estate, tax,
technology, private equity, affordable
housing, finance, estate, Japanese practice
23 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, intel-
WND/WND lectual property, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, white-collar crime, ERISA
litigation
24 WND/WND litigation, insurance defense, general civil
WND/WND litigation, workers' compensation defense,
police civil liability, construction defense,
sports
25 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, technology, media entertainment
litigation, Asia practice
26 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, health
WND/WND care, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
tax, technology, venture capital
27 95/90 bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, health
WND/WND care, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
tax, technology, venture capital
28 563/504 bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, health
800/662 care, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
tax, technology, venture capital
29 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, health care, intellec-
WND/WND tual property, litigation, tax, labor and
business crimes, private client
30 WND/WND bankruptcy, environmental, labor and
WND/WND employment, litigation, real estate, tax
31 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime
32 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, health care, intellec-
tual property, labor and employment, litiga-
tion, m&a, real estate, tax, technology,
venture capital, white-collar crime, energy
33 618/612 antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, environmental, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, white-collar crime
34 129/114 bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, health
675/580 care, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, m&a, real estate,
tax, technology, venture capital
35 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, health care, intellec-
WND/WND tual property, labor and employment,
litigation, m&a, real estate, tax, appellate,
trusts and estates
36 257/238 entertainment, litigation, real estate, tax,
WND/1,060 white-collar crime
37 WND/WND corporate, environmental, health care,
WND/WND intellectual property, labor and employment,
litigation, real estate, tax
38 448/441 bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, health
800/720 care, intellectual property, labor and
employment, litigation, real estate, tax,
venture capital, franchise
39 1,500/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmen-
WND/WND tal, health care, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, technology, venture capital,
white-collar crime
40 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, labor and employment,
WND/WND litigation, real estate, tax
41 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, litigation, m&a, real
WND/WND estate, tax, venture capital, project
finance, corporate finance, restructuring
42 WND/WND antitrust, corporate, intellectual property,
WND/WND labor and employment, litigation, real
estate, tax, technology, white-collar crime
43 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, health care, intellectual property,
labor and employment, litigation, m&a, real
estate, technology, venture capital, white-
collar crime, trusts and estates
44 WND/WND antitrust, entertainment, environmental,
WND/WND intellectual property, labor and employment,
litigation, real estate, technology
45 WND/WND corporate, environmental, intellectual
WND/WND property, labor and employment, litigation,
real estate, construction, insurance, land
use
46 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, intel-
WND/WND lectual property, labor and employment,
litigation, m&a, real estate, Indian Law,
private wealth services
47 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, labor
WND/WND and employment, litigation, real estate, tax
48 WND/WND antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, entertain-
WND/WND ment, intellectual property, labor and em-
ployment, litigation, m&a, real estate, tax,
technology, venture white-collar capital,
crime, energy, project finance
49 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, intel-
WND/WND lectual property, labor and employment,
litigation, m&a, real estate, technology,
venture capital, international trade
50 WND/WND bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment,
WND/WND intellectual property, litigation, m&a, real
estate, tax, product liability, corporate
finance, project finance, finance
Rank Profile Executive Managing Partner(s)
* offices Director or * name
(county/total) Administrator * phone
* year established
* headquarters
1 2/13 Bruce Boulware Seth Aronson
1885 Joseph Calabrese
N/A (213) 430-6000
2 1/22 Eric Goldreich John Clair
1934 (213) 485-1234
N/A
3 2/13 Charles E. Peter Ziegler
1872 Woodhouse Marjorie Lewis
Los Angeles (213) 229-7000
4 1/11 Les Sullivan Timothy R. Graves
1979 (213) 250-1800
Los Angeles
5 2/9 Robert L. Zuber Tracey Kennedy
1927 Linda Michaelson
Los Angeles (213) 620-1780
6 1/17 Tim Wright Greg Nitzkowski
1951 (213) 683-6000
Los Angeles
7 1/2 Jeanne Walker David Siegel
1936 (310) 277-1010
Los Angeles
8 1/5 David Henri John B. Quinn
1986 (213) 443-3000
Los Angeles
9 1/7 Edith Gould Paul H. Irving
1965 (310) 312-4000
Los Angeles
10 1/2 Thomas B. Edwards Mark B. Helm
1962 Bart H. Williams
Los Angeles (213) 683-9100
11 1/15 Carol Phillips Moshe Kupietzky
1980 (213) 896-6000
N/A
12 1/2 Mark Verbecken Bruce Jeffer
1981 (310) 203-8080
Los Angeles
13 1/30 Lisa Y. Takata Rick L. McKnight
1973 (213) 489-3939
WND
14 1/1 Ed Getz Terry Christensen
1988 (310) 553-3000
Los Angeles
15 1/2 Jerry Kaufman Thomas Lambert
1908 (310) 312-2000
Los Angeles
16 1/22 N/A Rand S. April
1983 (213) 687-5000
New York
17 1/1 Renate De Leon Norman H. Levine
1959 (310) 553-3610
Los Angeles
18 1/4 Jerome C. Post Mickey Mayerson
1908 (310) 282-2000
New York/
Los Angeles
19 1/7 Cynthia Barnes Jeffrey S. Davidson
1989 (213) 680-8400
N/A
20 2/19 N/A A. Max Olson
1974 (213) 892-5200
N/A
21 2/16 Ruth Brazer Sheryl E. Stein
1929 Denise D. Behrens Christopher J.
N/A McNevin
(213) 488-7100
22 1/11 Toni Conrad Richard J. Welch
1929 (213) 680-6400
Boston
23 1/2 Candia Shaffer Stuart A. Liner
1996 (310) 500-3500
Los Angeles
24 1/5 Kurt F. Yoe Steven Manning
1994 John Marder
Los Angeles (213) 624-6900
25 1/28 Jim Burns Jeff E. Scott
2000 Thomas S. Loo
N/A (310) 586-7700
26 1/1 Richard Jones Bruce Friedman
1952 (310) 907-1000
Santa Monica
27 1/4 Rick Cohen Rick Cohen
1948 (213) 891-0700
Los Angeles
28 2/18 John V. Purins Peter Kennedy
1990 (213) 457-8000
N/A
29 1/9 Murray E. Heltzer Gordon Greenberg
1987 Robert Mallory
Chicago (310) 277-4110
30 1/3 Edward Brose N/A (3)
1968 (310) 277-4222
Los Angeles
31 1/10 N/A Kenwood C.
1974 Youmans
Chicago (310) 277-7200
32 1/19 Natasha von David Schrader
1976 Rathjen (213) 612-2500
Philadelphia
33 1/15 John T. Singsank David C. Allen
1997 (310) 229-1000
N/A
34 2/6 Michael E. Palmer Brian C. Leck
1977 (213) 622-5555
Los Angeles
35 1/6 Robert W. Muse R. Joseph De Briyn
1954 (213) 629-7600
Los Angeles
36 1/3 Judi Ciasulli Michael Perlis
1975 Julia Strickland
New York (310) 556-5800
37 1/12 Lynne Stevens Peter Mason
1989 (213) 892-9200
Houston
38 1/9 Sharon A. Atkinson Edwin B. Reeser III
1990 (213) 623-9300
Chicago
39 2/58 Carol M. Bostick Michael E. Meyer
2005 (213) 330-7700
N/A
40 1/5 Marilyn O. Phillip Steven D. Atkinson
1979 (562) 653-3200
Cerritos
41 1/10 Erica S. Tamblyn Kenneth J. Baronsky
1987 (213) 892-4000
New York
42 1/8 T. Alburtus John J. Quinn
1991 (213) 243-4000
Washington D.C.
43 1/8 N/A Gail M. Title
1989 (310) 788-4400
Chicago
44 1/10 Kathy M. Whang Michael R. Davisson
1979 (213) 426-6900
San Francisco
45 1/2 Wayne Mitchell Ed Casey
1984 (213) 576-1000
Los Angeles
46 1/24 Arlene D. Martin Bruce S. Ross
2000 (213) 896-2400
Lakeland, Fla.
47 1/13 Connie Kislow Louis P. Eatman
1985 (213) 229-9500
Chicago
48 1/39 Betty Archer Richard K. Smith
1986 (213) 620-7700
New York
49 1/13 N/A Jeffrey A. Modisett
1979 (310) 576-2100
St. Louis
50 1/9 Aurel Van Michael D. Fernhoff
1988 Iderstine (310) 788-1000
New York
N/A--Not Available
(1) Firmwide revenues in millions.
(2) Firmwide profits-per-partner in thousands.
(3) Management committee.
Researched by David Nusbaum
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