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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 | Mills & Reeve | 55.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 2 | Birketts | 53.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge… |
| 3 | Knights | 53.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 4 | Withersworldwide | 52.8 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, New York… |
| 5 | Keystone Law | 50.7 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | London |
| 6 | Blank Rome | 48.4 | present | International | 1,500–2,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 7 | Brodies | 47.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen… |
| 8 | Offit Kurman | 47.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | Washington, New York, Philadelphia… |
| 9 | Irwin Mitchell | 46.9 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | London, Sheffield, Birmingham… |
| 10 | Mishcon de Reya | 45.9 | present | International | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, Hong Kong… |
| 11 | Weightmans | 45.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Liverpool, London, Manchester… |
| 12 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 45.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Guildford, Cheltenham… |
| 13 | JMW Solicitors | 43.9 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Manchester, London, Liverpool |
| 14 | Mills Oakley | 42.9 | strong | National | 250–500 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane… |
| 15 | Cipriani & Werner | 42.6 | present | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 16 | Penningtons Manches Cooper | 40.5 | strong | Global | 250–500 | London, Guildford, Basingstoke… |
| 17 | Varnum | 39.8 | present | National | 250–500 | Grand Rapids, Detroit, Naples… |
| 18 | Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi | 39 | present | National | 100–250 | New York, Newark |
| 19 | Greenspoon Marder | 38.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Miami, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 20 | Boies Schiller Flexner | 38.6 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Miami, Washington… |
| 21 | Wicker Smith | 38.4 | present | National | 250–500 | Miami, Orlando, Tampa… |
| 22 | Verrill | 38.3 | strong | National | 100–250 | Portland, Boston, Westport… |
| 23 | Pryor Cashman | 37.8 | present | National | 250–500 | New York, Los Angeles, Miami |
| 24 | Stites & Harbison | 37.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Louisville, Lexington, Nashville… |
| 25 | Butzel Long | 37.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Troy, Detroit, Grand Rapids… |
| 26 | Procopio | 37 | present | National | 100–250 | San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 27 | Stewarts | 36.5 | major | National | 250–500 | London, Leeds |
| 28 | Ward and Smith | 36.5 | present | National | 100–250 | Raleigh, Wilmington, New Bern… |
| 29 | Gray Reed & McGraw | 36.1 | present | National | 100–250 | Houston, Dallas, Waco |
| 30 | Cordell & Cordell | 35.4 | major | National | 100–250 | St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Washington… |
| 31 | McLane Middleton | 34.8 | present | International | 100–250 | Manchester, Boston, Portsmouth… |
| 32 | Farrer & Co | 34.4 | strong | National | 250–500 | London |
| 33 | Hall Estill | 34.2 | strong | National | 100–250 | Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Fayetteville… |
| 34 | Tarter Krinsky & Drogin | 33.7 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, Los Angeles |
| 35 | DeWitt | 33.4 | strong | National | 100–250 | Madison, Minneapolis, Milwaukee… |
| 36 | Foster Swift Collins & Smith | 32.9 | strong | National | 100–250 | Lansing, Detroit, Grand Rapids |
| 37 | Weber Gallagher | 32.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, New York, Chicago… |
| 38 | Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel | 32.2 | major | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg… |
| 39 | Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith | 32 | present | National | 100–250 | New Orleans, Houston, Lafayette… |
| 40 | McLaughlin & Stern | 31.5 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, San Francisco, Miami… |
| 41 | Shulman Rogers | 31.5 | strong | National | 100–250 | Washington, Baltimore, Sarasota |
| 42 | Lewis Thomason | 31.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis |
| 43 | Kasowitz LLP | 31.4 | present | National | 100–250 | New York, Miami, San Francisco… |
| 44 | Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele | 30.8 | present | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, Knoxville, Lexington… |
| 45 | Torkin Manes | 30.8 | strong | National | 100–250 | Toronto |
| 46 | Prince Lobel Tye | 30.6 | major | National | 100–250 | Boston, Worcester, Austin |
| 47 | Vernis & Bowling | 30.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Miami, Tampa, West Palm Beach… |
| 48 | Pullman & Comley | 29.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Hartford, Bridgeport, Westport… |
| 49 | Abrams Fensterman | 29.3 | major | National | 100–250 | New York, Rochester, Albany |
| 50 | Margolis Edelstein | 29.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark… |
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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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