NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Apr 25, 2011) - ALM's The National Law Journal today published the 2011 NLJ 250, its annual list of the nation's 250 largest law firms, which documented the second consecutive year of headcount declines among the top law firms in the U.S.
The NLJ 250 collectively employed 9,567 fewer lawyers in 2010 than it did in 2008, a decline of nearly 8 percent in headcount, with the 10 largest firms in the U.S. alone losing more than 1,000 lawyers last year. This is just the second time in the 34-year history of the NLJ 250 survey that the nation's largest law firms have experienced a net reduction in employed lawyers for two consecutive years.
The NLJ 250 appears in the April 25th issue of the newspaper and is also available online now at