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Top Education firms
The firms with the deepest education footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Education firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Education 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 education practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central education is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Education talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fisher & Phillips | 51 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego… |
| 2 | Hall Booth Smith | 46.3 | present | National | 250–500 | Atlanta, New York, Columbus… |
| 3 | Bond Schoeneck & King | 45.7 | strong | National | 250–500 | Syracuse, New York, Rochester… |
| 4 | Wyatt Tarrant & Combs | 45.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville… |
| 5 | AALRR | 41.1 | major | National | 250–500 | Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento… |
| 6 | Browne Jacobson | 40.9 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 7 | McNees Wallace & Nurick | 39.2 | strong | National | 100–250 | Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Lancaster… |
| 8 | Shipman & Goodwin | 36.7 | major | National | 100–250 | Hartford, New York, Boston… |
| 9 | Brooks Pierce | 36.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte… |
| 10 | Burke, Williams & Sorensen | 33.3 | present | National | 100–250 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego |
| 11 | Poyner Spruill | 33.1 | strong | National | 100–250 | Raleigh, Charlotte, Rocky Mount… |
| 12 | Drummond Woodsum | 32.8 | strong | National | 100–250 | Portland, Manchester, Flagstaff… |
| 13 | Bowles Rice | 32.2 | strong | National | 100–250 | Charleston, Morgantown, Martinsburg… |
| 14 | Lewis Thomason | 32.1 | present | National | 100–250 | Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis |
| 15 | Hand Arendall Harrison Sale | 31 | present | National | 50–100 | Mobile, Birmingham, Panama City… |
| 16 | Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost | 30 | major | National | 100–250 | San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles… |
| 17 | Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell | 29.6 | present | National | 100–250 | Orlando, Miami, Tampa… |
| 18 | Liebert Cassidy Whitmore | 29.5 | strong | National | 100–250 | Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento… |
| 19 | Tressler | 29.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Chicago, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 20 | Schenck, Price, Smith & King | 28.2 | strong | National | 50–100 | New York, Newark |
| 21 | Lieff Cabraser | 27.7 | present | National | 50–100 | San Francisco, New York, Nashville… |
| 22 | Selendy Gay Elsberg | 25.5 | present | National | 50–100 | New York |
| 23 | Capehart Scatchard | 24.2 | present | National | 50–100 | Philadelphia |
| 24 | Ahmuty, Demers & McManus | 21.8 | present | National | 50–100 | New York, Albany, New York City… |
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How are the top Education 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 education is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's education work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in education, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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