NLJ 250 Shed 2900 Lawyers in 2010

National Law Journal, The NLJ 250:

The NLJ 250, The National Law Journal's annual survey of the nation’s largest law firms, shows that Big Law continued to shed lawyers at a brisk clip in 2010. Nearly 2,900 fewer lawyers worked for the 250 top firms last year. That's in addition to the approximately 6,600 attorneys who departed in 2009. In the 34 years the NLJ has been surveying large firms to gather headcount numbers, there have never been multiyear declines of this magnitude.

Rank	Law Firm	Principal Office	Attorneys
1	Baker McKenzie	Chicago	3738
2	DLA Piper	Chicago	3348
3	Jones Day	D.C.	2502
4	Hogan Lovells	D.C.	2363
5	Latham&Watkins	New York	1931
6	Skadden	New York	1858
7	White & Case	New York	1814
8	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh	1763
9	Greenberg Tr.	New York	1761
10	Mayer Brown	Chicago	1645
11	Sidley Austin	Chicago	1538
12	Reed Smith	Pittsburgh	1449
13	Kirkland & Ellis	Chicago	1379
14	Morgan Lewis	Philadelphia	1239
15	Weil Gotshal	New York	1152
16	Cleary Gottlieb	New York	1127
17	Dewey LeBouef	New York	1045
18	Morrison & Foer.	San Francisco	1029
19	Gibson Dunn	Los Angeles	1029
20	Orrick Herrington	San Francisco	1022
21	McDermott	Chicago	970