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Top Family Law firms
The firms with the deepest family law footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Family Law firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Family Law 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 family law practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central family law is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Family Law talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart | 56.8 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta… |
| 2 | Birketts | 53.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge… |
| 3 | Keystone Law | 52.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | London |
| 4 | Withersworldwide | 52.6 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, New York… |
| 5 | Knights | 52.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 6 | Mills & Reeve | 52.3 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Cambridge, Birmingham, London… |
| 7 | Brodies | 50.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen… |
| 8 | Blank Rome | 49.2 | present | International | 1,500–2,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 9 | Offit Kurman | 47.5 | strong | National | 250–500 | Washington, New York, Philadelphia… |
| 10 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 46.7 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Paris, Guildford… |
| 11 | Irwin Mitchell | 44.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | London, Birmingham, Sheffield… |
| 12 | JMW Solicitors | 44.2 | strong | National | 250–500 | Manchester, London, Liverpool |
| 13 | Cipriani & Werner | 44.1 | present | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 14 | Weightmans | 44.1 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Liverpool, London, Manchester… |
| 15 | Mishcon de Reya | 43.9 | present | International | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, Hong Kong… |
| 16 | Warner Norcross + Judd | 41.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Grand Rapids, Detroit, Kalamazoo… |
| 17 | Penningtons Manches Cooper | 40.3 | strong | Global | 250–500 | London, Guildford, Oxford… |
| 18 | Varnum | 40.3 | present | National | 100–250 | Grand Rapids, Detroit, Naples… |
| 19 | Boies Schiller Flexner | 40.1 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Miami, Washington… |
| 20 | Pryor Cashman | 39.7 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, Los Angeles, Miami |
| 21 | Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi | 39.6 | present | National | 100–250 | New York |
| 22 | Verrill Dana | 39.5 | strong | National | 100–250 | Portland, Boston, Westport… |
| 23 | Archer & Greiner | 38.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, New York, Princeton… |
| 24 | Stites & Harbison | 38.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Louisville, Lexington, Nashville… |
| 25 | Procopio | 38.9 | present | National | 100–250 | San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 26 | Butzel Long | 38.6 | present | National | 100–250 | Detroit, Troy, Grand Rapids… |
| 27 | Stewarts | 38.3 | major | National | 100–250 | London, Leeds |
| 28 | Litchfield Cavo | 38 | present | National | 250–500 | Chicago, New York, Hartford… |
| 29 | Wicker Smith | 38 | present | National | 250–500 | Miami, Tampa, Orlando… |
| 30 | Ward and Smith | 36.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Raleigh, Wilmington, New Bern… |
| 31 | Hall Estill | 35.2 | strong | National | 100–250 | Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Denver… |
| 32 | Tarter Krinsky & Drogin | 34.7 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, Los Angeles |
| 33 | Farrer & Co | 34.4 | strong | National | 250–500 | London |
| 34 | McLane Middleton | 34.3 | present | International | 100–250 | Manchester, Boston, Portsmouth… |
| 35 | Foster Swift Collins & Smith | 34 | strong | National | 100–250 | Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit |
| 36 | DeWitt | 33.9 | major | National | 100–250 | Madison, Minneapolis, Milwaukee… |
| 37 | Kasowitz Benson Torres | 33.2 | present | National | 100–250 | New York, Miami, San Francisco… |
| 38 | Weber Gallagher | 32.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, New York, Chicago… |
| 39 | Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith | 32.6 | present | National | 100–250 | New Orleans, Houston, Lafayette… |
| 40 | McLaughlin & Stern | 32.3 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, San Francisco, Miami… |
| 41 | Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel | 32.3 | major | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg… |
| 42 | Shulman Rogers | 32.3 | strong | National | 100–250 | Washington, Baltimore |
| 43 | Lewis Thomason | 32.1 | present | National | 100–250 | Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis |
| 44 | Prince Lobel Tye | 31.9 | major | National | 100–250 | Boston, Worcester, Austin |
| 45 | Abrams Fensterman | 31.7 | major | National | 100–250 | New York, Rochester, Albany |
| 46 | Vernis & Bowling | 31.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Miami, Tampa, Atlanta… |
| 47 | Pullman & Comley | 31.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Hartford, Bridgeport, Westport… |
| 48 | Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele | 31.1 | present | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, Nashville, Lexington… |
| 49 | Margolis Edelstein | 30.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York… |
| 50 | Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg | 29.6 | present | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, Wilmington, New York |
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How are the top Family Law 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 family law is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's family law work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in family law, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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