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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 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 69.3 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 2 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65.5 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 3 | Clyde & Co | 63.9 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Manchester, Dubai… |
| 4 | Wilson Elser | 61.4 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 5 | Clark Hill | 60.4 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Detroit, Dallas, Chicago… |
| 6 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 7 | Pinsent Masons | 56.5 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Birmingham, Melbourne… |
| 8 | Seyfarth Shaw | 56.1 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 9 | Littler Mendelson | 55.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bogotá… |
| 10 | Birketts | 54.7 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge… |
| 11 | Bradley | 54.5 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta… |
| 12 | Freeths | 53.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, London, Birmingham… |
| 13 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 53.2 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Chicago… |
| 14 | DWF | 52.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Warsaw… |
| 15 | Knights | 52.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 16 | Addleshaw Goddard | 52.5 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Leeds… |
| 17 | Kennedys | 52.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, New York, Melbourne… |
| 18 | Mills & Reeve | 52.1 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Cambridge, Birmingham, London… |
| 19 | DAC Beachcroft | 51.5 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Bristol, Leeds… |
| 20 | HFW | 51.4 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Hong Kong, Paris… |
| 21 | Gowling WLG | 51.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Ottawa, Toronto, Birmingham… |
| 22 | Ogletree Deakins | 50.5 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh… |
| 23 | Thompson Hine | 50.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York… |
| 24 | Brodies | 50 | strong | National | 250–500 | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen… |
| 25 | Marshall Dennehey | 49.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 26 | Cozen O'Connor | 49.4 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 27 | HWL Ebsworth | 49.1 | strong | National | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 28 | Cole Scott & Kissane | 49 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Tampa… |
| 29 | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | 49 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 30 | Burr & Forman | 48.6 | present | National | 250–500 | Birmingham, Atlanta, Columbia… |
| 31 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | 48.2 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia… |
| 32 | Smith Gambrell Russell | 47.3 | present | International | 250–500 | Atlanta, Chicago, New York… |
| 33 | Mallesons | 47.3 | strong | International | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 34 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 47.1 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Paris, Guildford… |
| 35 | Adams and Reese | 46.8 | strong | National | 250–500 | New Orleans, Nashville, Tampa… |
| 36 | Fennemore | 46.7 | present | National | 250–500 | Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco… |
| 37 | Carlton Fields | 46.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | Tampa, Miami, New York… |
| 38 | Hall Booth Smith | 46.2 | strong | National | 250–500 | Atlanta, New York, Columbus… |
| 39 | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | 46 | present | National | 250–500 | Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta… |
| 40 | Borden Ladner Gervais | 45.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver… |
| 41 | Kilpatrick | 45.6 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, San Francisco, Winston-Salem… |
| 42 | Goldberg Segalla | 45.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | New York, Buffalo, Princeton… |
| 43 | Stoel Rives | 45.1 | present | National | 250–500 | Portland, Seattle, Sacramento… |
| 44 | GrayRobinson | 45 | strong | National | 250–500 | Miami, Orlando, Tampa… |
| 45 | Cipriani & Werner | 44 | present | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 46 | Winstead | 43.9 | present | National | 250–500 | Dallas, Austin, Houston… |
| 47 | Miller Thomson | 43.6 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver… |
| 48 | Chartwell Law | 43.1 | present | National | 250–500 | New York, Philadelphia, Miami… |
| 49 | Hill Dickinson | 42.8 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Manchester, Liverpool… |
| 50 | MinterEllison | 42.5 | strong | International | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
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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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