Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to present its annual survey of “Virginia’s Largest Law Firms.”

As in years past, the survey provides a ranking of the top 75 law firms in the commonwealth. The ranks are determined by the number of Virginia-licensed lawyers working in a firm’s office(s) within Virginia as of Jan. 1.

The survey provides basic information such as addresses and phone numbers. Many firms took the opportunity to submit an enhanced listing, including information such as Web site address, important contacts and areas of practice.

The two Richmond-based giants, Hunton & Williams and McGuireWoods, once again battled for first place. Hunton took the honors for a second straight year, nipping McGuireWoods, 302-301.

Despite a generally gloomy economical atmosphere, there is some very good news for the largest firms: Nearly half of them, 37 of 76, reported adding attorneys since the 2008 “VLLF” survey. Another 18 reported the same number this year as last.

In other words, almost three-quarters of the firms can say they grew or at least maintained their level of lawyer personnel in the past year.

Eighteen firms reported fewer lawyers in the 2009 survey.

Most of the information in the survey comes directly from the firms themselves. In some cases, we relied on firm Web sites to obtain information.

Virginia Lawyers Weekly maintains this Web-version of the “VLLF” survey throughout the year. If any information needs to be updated or corrected, please let us know.

VIRGINIA’S LARGEST LAW FIRMS 2009

1. Hunton & Williams LLP - Richmond - 302

2. McGuireWoods LLP - Richmond - 301

3. Williams Mullen - Richmond - 231

4. Troutman Sanders LLP - Richmond - 178

5. LeClairRyan - Richmond - 174

6. Kaufman & Canoles PC - Norfolk - 121

7. Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt PC - Alexandria - 101

8. Hirschler Fleischer PC - Richmond - 87

9. Sands Anderson Marks & Miller PC - Richmond - 75

10. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP - Reston - 69

11. Reed Smith LLP - Falls Church - 68

12. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - McLean - 65

12. Willcox & Savage PC - Norfolk - 65

14. Vandeventer Black LLP - Norfolk - 60

14. Venable LLP - Vienna - 60

16. Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP - McLean - 59

17. Woods Rogers PLC - Roanoke - 58

18. Odin Feldman & Pittleman PC - Fairfax - 49

19. Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP - Roanoke - 48

20. Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle PC - Glen Allen - 46

21. Hogan & Hartson LLP - McLean -44

22. Oliff & Berridge PLC - Alexandria - 43

23. Bean Kinney & Korman PC - Arlington - 41

24. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - Alexandria -40

25. Christian & Barton LLP - Richmond - 39

26. Rees Broome PC - Vienna - 37

27. Holland & Knight LLP - McLean - 35

27. Morrison & Foerster LLP - McLean - 35

27. Pender & Coward PC - Virginia Beach - 35

30. Spotts Fain PC - Richmond - 34

31. Nixon & Vanderhye PC - Arlington - 33

32. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch LLP - Falls Church - 32

33. Goodman, Allen & Filetti PLLC - Glen Allen - 29

33. McCandlish Holton PC - Richmond - 29

33. Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh PC - Arlington - 29

36. Blankingship & Keith PC - Fairfax - 27

37. Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly PC - Newport News - 26

37. Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith PC - Richmond -26

37. Thompson & McMullan PC - Richmond - 26

37. Wolcott Rivers Gates - Virginia Beach - 26

41. Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver PC - Harrisonburg - 25

42. Greenblum & Bernstein PLC - Reston - 24

42. Huff Poole & Mahoney PC - Virginia Beach - 24

42. Midkiff Muncie & Ross PC - Richmond - 24

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

46. Albo & Oblon LLP - Arlington - 21

46. Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen - Richmond - 21

46. Greenberg Traurig LLP - McLean - 21

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

46. McCandlish & Lillard PC - Fairfax - 21

51. Akerman Senterfitt - Vienna - 20

51. Miles & Stockbridge PC - McLean - 20

51. Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC - Vienna - 20

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

55. Taylor & Walker PC - Norfolk - 19

56. Barnes & Diehl PC - Chesterfield - 18

56. Cantor Arkema PC - Richmond - 18

56. DLA Piper - Reston - 18

56. Glasser & Glasser PLC - Norfolk - 18

56. Marks & Harrison - Richmond - 18

56. Penn Stuart - Abingdon - 18

62. Chadwick, Washington, Moriarty, Elmore & Bunn PC - Fairfax - 16

62. Edmunds & Williams PC - Lynchburg - 16

62. Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel PC - Charlottesville - 16

62. Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock PC - Virginia Beach - 16

62. Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins PC - Fairfax - 16

67. Crenshaw, Ware & Martin PC - Norfolk - 15

67. DurretteBradshaw PLC - Richmond - 15

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

67. Lenhart Obenshain PC - Harrisonburg - 15

67. Osterhoudt, Prillaman, Natt, Helscher, Yost, Maxwell & Ferguson PLC - Roanoke -15

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

73. Morris & Morris PC - Richmond - 14

73. Redmon, Peyton & Braswell PC - Alexandria - 14

75. Clement & Wheatley - Danville - 13

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