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Top law firms in Wilmington

The firms with the largest mapped presence in Wilmington, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.

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Leading firms in Wilmington by Index

These law firms have the largest mapped presence in Wilmington, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring, built from public data. The ranking reflects the size and momentum of each firm's overall public footprint, not the quality of its Wilmington office or a claim about local headcount. Use it to see which firms dominate the Wilmington market and where momentum points.

#FirmIndexTierAttorneys mappedStrengths
1 Skadden Arps 59.4 Global 500–1,000 Corporate & M&A, Litigation & Disputes, Finance & Banking
2 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 56.2 Global 1,000–1,500 Corporate & M&A, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Disputes
3 Marshall Dennehey 53.2 National 500–1,000 Litigation & Disputes, Insurance, Construction
4 Barnes & Thornburg 51.3 National 1,000–1,500 Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property, Corporate & M&A
5 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison 50.5 Global 500–1,000 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Finance & Banking
6 Blank Rome 49.6 International 1,500–2,500 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Finance & Banking
7 McCarter & English 48.8 National 250–500 Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property, Corporate & M&A
8 Ice Miller 48.5 National 250–500 Corporate & M&A, Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate
9 Benesch 48.2 National 500–1,000 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Real Estate
10 Offit Kurman 47.3 National 250–500 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Corporate & M&A
11 Robinson & Cole 47 National 250–500 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Finance & Banking
12 Venable 46.9 National 500–1,000 Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property, Corporate & M&A
13 Armstrong Teasdale 45.6 National 250–500 Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property, Corporate & M&A
14 Lowenstein Sandler 45 National 250–500 Corporate & M&A, Litigation & Disputes, Intellectual Property
15 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 44.2 National 250–500 Litigation & Disputes, Employment & Labor, Intellectual Property
16 Cahill Gordon & Reindel 41.8 International 250–500 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Finance & Banking
17 Stevens & Lee 41.3 National 100–250 Corporate & M&A, Litigation & Disputes, Employment & Labor
18 Stradley Ronon 41.1 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Finance & Banking, Securities & Capital Markets
19 Whiteford Taylor Preston 38.7 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Corporate & M&A
20 Archer & Greiner 38 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Environmental
21 Manning Gross + Massenburg 37.3 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Construction, Environmental
22 Kaufman Dolowich Voluck 37 National 250–500 Employment & Labor, Litigation & Disputes, Insurance
23 Brooks Pierce 36 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Real Estate
24 Ward and Smith 35.7 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Private Client & Estate Planning, Real Estate
25 White and Williams 35.3 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Insurance, Construction
26 Cole Schotz 35.2 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Real Estate
27 Connell Foley 34.5 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Insurance
28 Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 33.9 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Family Law, Real Estate
29 Burns White 33 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Employment & Labor
30 Dilworth Paxson 32.4 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Finance & Banking
31 Weber Gallagher 32.4 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Employment & Labor, Insurance
32 Flaster Greenberg 32.1 National 100–250 Intellectual Property, Corporate & M&A, Private Client & Estate Planning
33 Margolis Edelstein 31.9 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Employment & Labor, Insurance
34 McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter 31.6 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Construction, Employment & Labor
35 Post & Schell 31.4 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Employment & Labor, Healthcare & Life Sciences
36 Richards Layton & Finger 30.7 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Finance & Banking, Corporate & M&A
37 Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd 30.3 National 100–250 Securities & Capital Markets, Litigation & Disputes, Antitrust & Competition
38 Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor 30.3 National 100–250 Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A
39 Potter Anderson & Corroon 29.9 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Bankruptcy & Restructuring
40 Cohen Seglias 29 National 50–100 Construction, Litigation & Disputes, Employment & Labor
41 Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 28.6 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Real Estate, Bankruptcy & Restructuring
42 Rawle & Henderson 26.9 National 50–100 Litigation & Disputes, Insurance, Construction
43 Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell 26.4 National 100–250 Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A, Bankruptcy & Restructuring
44 Labaton Sucharow 25 International 50–100 Securities & Capital Markets, Litigation & Disputes, Corporate & M&A

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Law firms in Wilmington — common questions

How are the top firms in Wilmington ranked?

Firms are ordered by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 score from public signals (scale, reach, live hiring). This page lists firms with a recorded attorney presence in Wilmington, ranked by their overall Index. It reflects public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's Wilmington office.

Does a presence in Wilmington mean a large local office?

Not necessarily. The Index records that a firm maps attorneys to the Wilmington market on public sources; it does not claim a specific office size. Headcount is shown only as ranges.

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