›Summary
Seyfarth Shaw is mapped by Sartori across 17 offices in 4 countries (International footprint), headquartered in Chicago. Headcount band: 1,000–1,500 attorneys. Strongest mapped practices: Employment & Labor, Real Estate, Litigation & Disputes. It appears in 7 Ranking Atlas pages. Profile compiled from public facts, last verified 23 Jul 2026.
01 — Public record
Facts on file
Compiled from public sources. Figures are shown as bands where exact counts are not published; nothing here is provided by the firm.
Website
Largest mapped office
Chicago, US
Professionals
1,000–1,500 attorneys banded
Countries covered
4 via 17 offices
Office footprint — mapped metros
17 offices · 4 countriesPrincipal practices
Bold chips mark the firm’s deepest mapped practices (major or strong).
Seniority mix — banded, fee earners
≈450 partners · 225 counsel · 300+ associates
Mapped from public bios and firm pages; exact counts are not published, so figures are shown as approximate bands.
Sartori Firm Index — footprint (a different lens from the Atlas tiers)
International · coverage 2 of 355.9
Composite SFI
SFI sub-index · banded
74.9
Scale
SFI sub-index · banded
29.3
Reach
SFI sub-index · banded
The Sartori Firm Index measures footprint and momentum (scale · reach · hiring), not practice quality. It never assigns an Atlas tier, and the Atlas never reuses this number — the two lenses are deliberately separate.
02 — Where this firm is ranked
Ranking Atlas & Firm Index
No composite firm score is published. Atlas tiers are assigned per market or practice from public footprint and evidence; the Firm Index leaderboards are a separate footprint lens.
9 listings · Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice
| Listing | Type | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best law firms in Australia | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Best law firms in Sydney | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Best law firms in Atlanta | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Chicago | Atlas ranking | Highly active | → |
| Best law firms in Los Angeles | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Melbourne | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Best law firms in Brisbane | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — overall | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — United States | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
03 — Sources & verification Last verified 23 Jul 2026 · next review by 23 Aug 2026 · change log
Public sources
- 1 Chicago | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 2 New York | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 3 Americas | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 4 Atlanta | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 5 San Francisco | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 6 Boston | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 7 Seattle | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 8 Houston | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 9 Sacramento | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 10 Sydney | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 11 Chicago | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 12 New York | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 13 Los Angeles - Downtown | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 14 Los Angeles - Century City | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 15 Atlanta | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 16 San Francisco | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 17 Boston | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 18 Seattle | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 19 Houston | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 20 Sacramento | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 21 Sydney | Offices | Seyfarth Shaw LLPfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 22 Seyfarth Shaw — news & announcementsfirm_website · 2026-07-21
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- —Figures are bands, not audited counts; public sources lag reality by weeks or months.
- —Atlas tiers are Sartori’s independent editorial opinion — not the firm’s claim, and not a client-satisfaction measure.
- —No firm-level numeric score exists; Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice.
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