Special Features

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to present the 2008 survey of “Virginia’s Largest Law Firms” in this issue.

The survey ranks the 75 largest firms in the commonwealth, based on the number of Virginia-licensed attorneys working in offices located within Virginia as of Jan. 1, 2008. The survey also provides information such as address, phone numbers and office locations. Some firms took the opportunity to submit an enhanced listing, providing additional content including Web site address, important firm contacts, areas of practice and lifestyle benefits.

You will find the 20th annual edition of our survey in this week’s paper as a magazine-style insert.

In the 2008 survey, Hunton & Williams claimed the title of Largest Law Firm in Virginia. Last year McGuireWoods held the top spot and in 2006, the two firms had tied at number one.
Last year’s hiring trends continued into 2008, with half the firms in the survey reporting an increase in number of attorneys. Twenty-four firms dropped in numbers from 2007, while 12 remained the same.

In the months since the survey was conducted, the Richmond firm of Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum merged with LeClairRyan. Also in early 2008, Norfolk-based Taylor & Walker acquired the Richmond law firm of Taylor, Hazen & Kauffman.

Most of the information contained in the survey was provided by firm officials. In the event that we were unable to obtain information, we relied on independent sources such as Martindale-Hubbell or firm Web sites. If any information needs to be corrected or updated, please let us know and we will add it to the online version of the survey.

VIRGINIA’S LARGEST LAW FIRMS

1. Hunton & Williams LLP - Richmond - 301

2. McGuireWoods LLP - Richmond - 298

3. Williams Mullen - Richmond - 227

4. Troutman Sanders LLP - Richmond - 178

5. LeClairRyan - Richmond - 166

6. Kaufman & Canoles PC - Norfolk - 130

7. Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt PC - Alexandria - 92

8. Hirschler Fleischer PC - Richmond - 86

9. Sands Anderson Marks & Miller PC - Richmond - 73

10. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - McLean - 72

11. Reed Smith LLP - Falls Church - 68

12. Vandeventer Black LLP - Norfolk - 65

13. Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP - McLean - 64

14. Willcox & Savage PC - Norfolk - 64

15. Woods Rogers PLC - Roanoke - 57

16. Venable LLP - Vienna - 56

17. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP - Reston - 51

18. Hogan & Hartson LLP - McLean - 50

18. Odin Feldman & Pittleman PC - Fairfax - 50

20. Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP - Roanoke - 47

21. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch LLP - Falls Church - 46

22. Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle PC - Glen Allen - 43

23. Bean Kinney & Korman PC - Arlington - 38

23. Christian & Barton LLP - Richmond - 38

25. Nixon & Vanderhye PC - Arlington - 36

26. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - Alexandria - 35

27. Pender & Coward PC - Virginia Beach - 33

28. Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith PC - Richmond - 31

28. Spotts Fain PC - Richmond - 31

28. Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh PC - Arlington - 31

31. Holland & Knight LLP - McLean - 30

31. Rees, Broome & Diaz PC - Vienna - 30

33. McCandlish Holton PC - Richmond - 29

34. Blankingship & Keith PC - Fairfax - 27

35. Thompson & McMullan PC - Richmond - 26

35. Wolcott Rivers Gates - Virginia Beach - 26

37. Greenberg Traurig LLP - McLean - 25

37. Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly PC - Newport News - 25

39. Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein LC - Newport News - 24

39. Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver PC - Harrisonburg - 24

41. Miles & Stockbridge PC - McLean - 23

42. Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen - Richmond - 22

42. Goodman, Allen & Filetti PLLC - Glen Allen - 22

42. Morrison & Foerster LLP - McLean - 22

45. Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC - Richmond - 21

45. Huff Poole & Mahoney PC - Virginia Beach - 21

45. Hunzeker, Lyon & Leggett PLC - McLean - 21

45. Midkiff Muncie & Ross PC - Richmond - 21

49. Albo & Oblon LLP - Arlington - 20

49. McCandlish & Lillard PC - Fairfax - 20

49. Taylor & Walker PC - Norfolk - 20

49. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC - Tysons Corner - 20

53. Akerman Senterfitt - Vienna - 19

53. Barnes & Diehl PC - Chesterfield - 19

55. Cantor Arkema PC - Richmond - 18

55. Chadwick, Washington, Moriarty, Elmore & Bunn PC - Fairfax - 18

55. DLA Piper - Reston - 18

55. Penn Stuart - Abingdon - 18

55. Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC - Vienna - 18

60. Glasser & Glasser PLC - Norfolk - 17

60. Marks & Harrison - Richmond - 17

60. Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins PC - Fairfax - 17

63. DurretteBradshaw PLC - Richmond - 16

63. Edmunds & Williams PC - Lynchburg - 16

63. Lenhart Obenshain PC - Harrisonburg - 16

66. Greenblum & Bernstein PLC - Reston - 15

66. Johnson, Ayers & Matthews PLC - Roanoke - 15

66. Oliff & Berridge PLC - Alexandria - 15

66. Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock PC - Virginia Beach - 15

66. Vanderpool, Frostnick & Nishanian PC - Manassas - 15

71. Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel PC - Charlottesville - 14

71. Morris & Morris PC - Richmond - 14

71. Osterhoudt, Prillaman, Natt, Helscher, Yost, Maxwell & Ferguson PLC - Roanoke -14

74. Moore & Lee LLP - McLean - 13

74. Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses PC - Staunton - 13

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