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Top Family Law firms

The firms with the deepest family law footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.

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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 →

#FirmIndexDepthTierAttorneys mappedTop 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

Index measures public footprint and momentum, not quality or prestige. Methodology. Spot an error? Tell us.

Family Law firm rankings — common questions

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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