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Top Transportation firms
The firms with the deepest transportation footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Transportation firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Transportation 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 transportation practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central transportation is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Transportation talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 65.9 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Houston… |
| 2 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 3 | Wilson Elser | 61.4 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 4 | Pinsent Masons | 59.9 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 5 | Marshall Dennehey | 53.2 | major | National | 500–1,000 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 6 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 52.2 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Chicago, Miami, New York… |
| 7 | Holman Fenwick Willan | 51 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Hong Kong, Paris… |
| 8 | Vedder Price | 47.9 | major | International | 250–500 | Chicago, New York, London… |
| 9 | Freeman Mathis Gary | 47.6 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia… |
| 10 | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | 47.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Orlando… |
| 11 | Milbank | 46.7 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Munich… |
| 12 | Smith Gambrell Russell | 46.6 | present | International | 250–500 | Atlanta, Chicago, New York… |
| 13 | Hall Booth Smith | 45.5 | present | National | 250–500 | Atlanta, New York, Columbus… |
| 14 | Goldberg Segalla | 45.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | New York, Buffalo, Princeton… |
| 15 | Watson Farley & Williams | 44.3 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Athens, Madrid… |
| 16 | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott | 44.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston… |
| 17 | SmithAmundsen | 44 | strong | National | 250–500 | Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis… |
| 18 | Winstead | 42.8 | present | National | 250–500 | Dallas, Austin, Houston… |
| 19 | Hanson Bridgett | 41.4 | major | National | 100–250 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento… |
| 20 | Chartwell Law | 41.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | New York, Philadelphia, Miami… |
| 21 | Reminger | 40.3 | major | National | 100–250 | Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati… |
| 22 | AKD Prinsen van Wijmen | 39.9 | strong | International | 100–250 | Rotterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg… |
| 23 | McAfee & Taft | 38.5 | strong | National | 100–250 | Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Springfield |
| 24 | Nossaman | 37.8 | strong | National | 100–250 | Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington… |
| 25 | Dickie McCamey & Chilcote | 37.4 | strong | National | 100–250 | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Columbus… |
| 26 | Manning Gross + Massenburg | 37.3 | present | National | 100–250 | Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 27 | Beveridge & Diamond | 37.3 | major | National | 100–250 | Washington, New York, San Francisco… |
| 28 | Litchfield Cavo | 37.1 | present | National | 250–500 | Chicago, New York, Hartford… |
| 29 | Wicker Smith | 37.1 | strong | National | 250–500 | Miami, Tampa, Orlando… |
| 30 | Bowman and Brooke | 34.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit… |
| 31 | Windels Marx | 34.5 | present | National | 100–250 | New York, New Brunswick |
| 32 | Kubicki Draper | 34 | present | National | 100–250 | Miami, Tampa, Orlando… |
| 33 | Crowe & Dunlevy | 33.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas… |
| 34 | Burns White | 33 | present | National | 100–250 | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Huntington… |
| 35 | Weber Gallagher | 32.4 | strong | National | 100–250 | Philadelphia, New York, Chicago… |
| 36 | Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden | 32.1 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, Miami, Philadelphia |
| 37 | Plunkett Cooney | 32.1 | strong | National | 100–250 | Detroit, Grand Rapids, Columbus… |
| 38 | Lewis Thomason | 31.7 | strong | National | 100–250 | Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis |
| 39 | Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith | 31.7 | present | National | 100–250 | New Orleans, Houston, Lafayette… |
| 40 | Hall & Evans | 31 | major | National | 100–250 | Denver, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City… |
| 41 | Kiernan Trebach | 30.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Washington, New York, Boston… |
| 42 | Jones Skelton & Hochuli | 30.7 | major | National | 100–250 | Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque… |
| 43 | Morrison Mahoney | 30.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Boston, New York, Hartford… |
| 44 | Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial | 30.1 | strong | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, Las Vegas, Miami… |
| 45 | Swift Currie | 29.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, Birmingham, Savannah |
| 46 | Hawkins Parnell & Young | 29.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 47 | Motley Rice | 29.4 | present | National | 100–250 | Charleston, Washington, Providence… |
| 48 | Lydecker | 29 | present | National | 100–250 | Miami, Los Angeles, Orlando… |
| 49 | Hamilton Miller & Birthisel | 28.5 | present | International | 100–250 | Miami, Orlando, Tampa… |
| 50 | Drew Eckl & Farnham | 28 | present | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, Albany, Brunswick |
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How are the top Transportation 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 transportation is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's transportation work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in transportation, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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