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Top Private Client & Estate Planning firms
The firms with the deepest private client & estate planning footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Private Client & Estate Planning firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Private Client & Estate Planning 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 private client & estate planning practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central private client & estate planning is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Private Client & Estate Planning talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 62.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 2 | Taft | 61.9 | strong | National | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis… |
| 3 | Clark Hill | 59.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dallas… |
| 4 | Dinsmore | 56.4 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville… |
| 5 | Holland & Knight | 55.7 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, Miami… |
| 6 | Spencer Fane | 55.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Denver, Houston… |
| 7 | Mills & Reeve | 55.1 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 8 | Birketts | 53.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge… |
| 9 | Dickinson Wright | 53.9 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Troy, Toronto, Detroit… |
| 10 | Knights | 53.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 11 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 53.3 | present | International | 1,500–2,500 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Bristol, Winston-Salem… |
| 12 | Husch Blackwell | 53.2 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | St. Louis, Kansas City, Washington… |
| 13 | Withersworldwide | 52.8 | major | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, New York… |
| 14 | Freeths | 52.4 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, London, Birmingham… |
| 15 | Thompson Coburn | 51.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | St. Louis, Chicago, New York… |
| 16 | Holland & Hart | 51 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Denver, Salt Lake City, Boise… |
| 17 | Keystone Law | 50.7 | present | National | 500–1,000 | London |
| 18 | Quarles | 50.7 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Phoenix… |
| 19 | Buchalter | 50.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco… |
| 20 | Taylor Wessing | 50.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Hamburg, Düsseldorf… |
| 21 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 50.3 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 22 | Snell & Wilmer | 49.5 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Phoenix, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City… |
| 23 | Cozen O'Connor | 49.4 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 24 | Michael Best & Friedrich | 49.2 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison… |
| 25 | Jackson Walker | 48.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Dallas, Austin, Houston… |
| 26 | Saul Ewing | 48.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore… |
| 27 | Phelps Dunbar | 48.8 | present | International | 500–1,000 | New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Tampa… |
| 28 | Honigman | 48.6 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Detroit, Chicago, Kalamazoo… |
| 29 | Fredrikson & Byron | 48.6 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Minneapolis, Des Moines, Fargo… |
| 30 | Gunster | 48.4 | major | National | 250–500 | Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville… |
| 31 | Fox Rothschild | 48.2 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis… |
| 32 | Loeb & Loeb | 48.1 | major | International | 500–1,000 | New York, Los Angeles, Chicago… |
| 33 | Brodies | 47.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen… |
| 34 | McCarter & English | 47.8 | present | National | 250–500 | Newark, Boston, New York… |
| 35 | Vorys | 47.7 | present | International | 250–500 | Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland… |
| 36 | Offit Kurman | 47.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | Washington, New York, Philadelphia… |
| 37 | Dorsey & Whitney | 47 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Seattle… |
| 38 | Moore & Van Allen | 47 | present | National | 250–500 | Charlotte, Charleston, Atlanta… |
| 39 | Irwin Mitchell | 46.9 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | London, Sheffield, Birmingham… |
| 40 | Venable | 46.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Baltimore… |
| 41 | Duane Morris | 46.2 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Philadelphia, New York, Chicago… |
| 42 | Bass Berry & Sims | 46.1 | present | National | 250–500 | Nashville, Memphis, Washington… |
| 43 | Harris Beach Murtha | 46.1 | strong | National | 250–500 | New York, Rochester, Boston… |
| 44 | Fennemore | 46.1 | strong | National | 250–500 | Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco… |
| 45 | Nixon Peabody | 45.9 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Boston, Washington, New York City… |
| 46 | Flick Gocke Schaumburg | 45.9 | strong | National | 250–500 | Bonn, Hamburg, Düsseldorf… |
| 47 | Lathrop GPM | 45.6 | strong | National | 250–500 | Kansas City, Minneapolis, San Francisco… |
| 48 | Shumaker Loop & Kendrick | 45.6 | strong | National | 250–500 | Tampa, Toledo, Sarasota… |
| 49 | Weightmans | 45.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Liverpool, London, Manchester… |
| 50 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 45.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
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How are the top Private Client & Estate Planning 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 private client & estate planning is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's private client & estate planning work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in private client & estate planning, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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