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Top Maritime & Admiralty firms

The firms with the deepest maritime & admiralty footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.

How the Index works
01 The ranking

Leading Maritime & Admiralty firms by Index

These are the law firms with the strongest public Maritime & Admiralty 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 maritime & admiralty practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central maritime & admiralty is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Maritime & Admiralty talent market →

#FirmIndexDepthTierAttorneys mappedTop markets
1 Clyde & Co 67.7 present Global 1,500–2,500 London, Manchester, New York…
2 Wilson Elser 61.4 present National 1,000–1,500 New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco…
3 Holman Fenwick Willan 51 major Global 500–1,000 London, Hong Kong, Paris…
4 Phelps Dunbar 49.5 strong International 250–500 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Tampa…
5 Jones Walker 46.1 strong National 250–500 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Jackson…
6 Watson Farley & Williams 44.3 major Global 500–1,000 London, Athens, Madrid…
7 Stephenson Harwood 43.9 strong Global 500–1,000 London, Hong Kong, Singapore…
8 Hill Dickinson 42.2 major Global 500–1,000 London, Manchester, Liverpool…
9 Chartwell Law 41.3 present National 250–500 New York, Philadelphia, Miami…
10 Penningtons Manches Cooper 40.8 strong Global 250–500 London, Guildford, Oxford…
11 Kean Miller 38.2 strong National 100–250 Baton Rouge, Houston, New Orleans…
12 Kaufman Dolowich Voluck 37 present National 250–500 New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco…
13 Keoghs 36.5 present International 100–250 Manchester, London, Liverpool…
14 Bowman and Brooke 34.7 present National 100–250 Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit…
15 Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith 31.7 present National 100–250 New Orleans, Houston, Lafayette…
16 McLaughlin & Stern 31.3 present National 100–250 New York, San Francisco, Miami…
17 Vernis & Bowling 30.3 present National 100–250 Miami, Tampa, Atlanta…
18 Hamilton Miller & Birthisel 28.5 major International 100–250 Miami, Orlando, Tampa…
19 Laughlin Falbo Levy & Moresi 27.4 present National 100–250 San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento…
20 Rawle & Henderson 26.9 strong National 50–100 Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh…
21 Ince & Co (HK) 17.7 present National Under 50 Hong Kong
22 Fichte & Co 9.4 major National Under 50 Dubai

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

Maritime & Admiralty firm rankings — common questions

How are the top Maritime & Admiralty 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 maritime & admiralty is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's maritime & admiralty work.

What does the depth label mean?

“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in maritime & admiralty, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.

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