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Top Construction firms
The firms with the deepest construction footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Construction firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Construction footprint, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring built entirely from public data. The ranking reflects how large and active each firm's presence is, not the quality or prestige of its construction practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central construction is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Construction talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 79.3 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Toronto, New York… |
| 2 | CMS | 71.5 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Paris, Amsterdam… |
| 3 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 68.2 | strong | National | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 4 | Clyde & Co | 67.7 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Manchester, New York… |
| 5 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 6 | Wilson Elser | 61.4 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 7 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 60.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 8 | Pinsent Masons | 59.9 | major | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 9 | Clark Hill | 59.4 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago… |
| 10 | DAC Beachcroft | 59.3 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Bristol, Leeds… |
| 11 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.3 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 12 | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | 54.8 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, San Francisco, Winston-Salem… |
| 13 | Bradley Arant | 54.2 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta… |
| 14 | Birketts | 53.7 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge… |
| 15 | DWF | 53.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Warsaw… |
| 16 | Addleshaw Goddard | 53.3 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Leeds… |
| 17 | Freeths | 53.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, London, Birmingham… |
| 18 | Marshall Dennehey | 53.2 | major | National | 500–1,000 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 19 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 52.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Chicago… |
| 20 | Gowling WLG | 52.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Ottawa, Toronto, London… |
| 21 | Knights | 52.4 | present | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 22 | Mills & Reeve | 51.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Cambridge, Birmingham, London… |
| 23 | Holman Fenwick Willan | 51 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Hong Kong, Paris… |
| 24 | Brodies | 50 | strong | National | 250–500 | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen… |
| 25 | Fox Rothschild | 49.8 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis… |
| 26 | Thompson Hine | 49.7 | strong | National | 250–500 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York… |
| 27 | Cozen O'Connor | 49.6 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 28 | Shook Hardy & Bacon | 48.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 29 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 48.4 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Tampa, Orlando… |
| 30 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 48.2 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Paris, Guildford… |
| 31 | Burr & Forman | 48.1 | strong | National | 250–500 | Birmingham, Atlanta, Columbia… |
| 32 | Minter Ellison | 48 | strong | International | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 33 | HWL Ebsworth | 47.7 | strong | National | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 34 | Freeman Mathis Gary | 47.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia… |
| 35 | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | 47.5 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Orlando… |
| 36 | Smith Gambrell Russell | 46.6 | present | International | 250–500 | Atlanta, Chicago, New York… |
| 37 | Adams and Reese | 46.4 | strong | National | 250–500 | New Orleans, Nashville, Tampa… |
| 38 | Mallesons (Australia/Singapore) | 46.3 | strong | International | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 39 | Borden Ladner Gervais | 46.2 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver… |
| 40 | Fennemore Craig | 46.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco… |
| 41 | Jones Walker | 46.1 | present | National | 250–500 | New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Jackson… |
| 42 | Carlton Fields | 46 | strong | National | 250–500 | Tampa, Miami, New York… |
| 43 | Hall Booth Smith | 45.5 | strong | National | 250–500 | Atlanta, New York, Columbus… |
| 44 | Goldberg Segalla | 45.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | New York, Buffalo, Princeton… |
| 45 | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | 45.1 | present | National | 250–500 | Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta… |
| 46 | Stoel Rives | 44.8 | present | National | 250–500 | Portland, Seattle, Sacramento… |
| 47 | SmithAmundsen | 44 | present | National | 250–500 | Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis… |
| 48 | Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale | 43.9 | strong | National | 250–500 | St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati… |
| 49 | GrayRobinson | 43.8 | strong | National | 250–500 | Orlando, Miami, Tampa… |
| 50 | Reynolds Porter Chamberlain | 43.6 | present | International | 250–500 | London, Bristol, Hong Kong… |
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How are the top Construction firms ranked?
Firms are ordered by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 score built from public signals (scale, geographic and practice reach, live hiring). This page lists firms for whom construction is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's construction work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in construction, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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