Top Law Firms | Best Midsize Law Firms by Region
Associates rate the reputations of peer firms in their own region. These rankings reveal the most prestigious midsize law firms by region across the U.S. Vault's 2025 Rankings are derived from Vault's Annual Associate Survey conducted from January 2024 through March 2024.
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2025 Best Midsize Law Firms in New York
Susman Godfrey
It doesn’t get better for litigators than working at Susman Godfrey, an elite litigation boutique with four offices and only approximately150 partners and associates. Junior associates are given immediate responsibility and treated like future partners. Susman is known for innovation, including contingency fee arrangements when representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Despite long hours and intense work, the firm is social and rewards its associates with high compensation and bonuses. Firm-hosted retreats are notable perks.
View Profile37.33% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#1
Selendy Gay PLLC
Formed by a group of ex-Quinn Emmanuel partners, Selendy Gay was destined to become a powerhouse litigation shop before it even opened its doors. Just north of 40 attorneys, each with an impressive resume, Selendy Gay lives up to expectations with its navigation of complex, bet-the-company matters. Among the firm’s practices are antitrust, appellate litigation, bankruptcy, complex commercial litigation, insurance, private equity, products liability, securities, and white collar.
View Profile26.41% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#3
Pryor Cashman LLP
The beginnings of Pryor Cashman are consistent with its strongest practice today: The firm was founded as an entertainment law boutique firm. With locations in New York, LA, and Miami, the firm has brushed legal shoulders with some of the biggest icons in pop culture, including Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, and others, though the firm has morphed into a full-service firm that serves mid-market clients in nearly every way.
View Profile24.60% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#2
Hecker Fink LLP
Hecker Fink LLP is a litigation boutique based out of the Big Apple. With around 50 lawyers, the firm is known for its white collar strength, as well as its commitment to public interest litigation. One of the firm’s first matters involved the violence stemming from a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA, in 2017. The firm has also assisted in setting up the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, among other things.
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2024 Ranking
#5
Kobre & Kim
A global litigation firm founded in 2003 by two former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors, Kobre & Kim is now home to more than 120 attorneys worldwide. It is a go-to firm for complex cross-border dispute resolution. Uniquely, the firm generally avoids repeat client relationships—and the associated conflicts of interest—and thus is often engaged by other law firms to act as special litigation counsel to handle trial work in complex disputes.
View Profile13.07% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#4
Desmarais LLP
Founded in 2010 by former Kirkland & Ellis attorney John Desmarais, Desmarais LLP focuses primarily on trial and appellate-level intellectual property litigation, including matters involving patent infringement, counterfeiting, trademark, and trade dress, and the firm handles both plaintiff and defense cases. Clients range from Fortune 100 companies to individuals and include major names such as Apple, IBM, Enzo Biochem, and GSK. Desmarais eschews the traditional billable hour model; the firm works with clients to set fee arrangements that best fit a client’s needs.
View Profile9.38% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#6
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Olshan Frome Wolosky is a midsize New York firm with an international wingspan. With clients ranging from public and private companies to investment funds to entrepreneurs, the firm touts itself as a specialist in the industries of art; fashion and retail; film, television, and video production; health care, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology; insurance; private equity; restaurant, hotel, and hospitality; and sports and entertainment.
View Profile8.71% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#8
Davis+Gilbert
Davis+Gilbert is a midsize New York firm serving individual clients and businesses of all sizes. Though the firm offers a full range of corporate and litigation services, its bread and butter is in advertising, marketing communications, and media law. At just over 130 lawyers, Davis+Gilbert boasts a larger client list than any other firm in its advertising, marketing communications, and media law practices. From counseling on promotions—think sweepstakes and viral marketing campaigns—to negotiating advertising deals to representing clients before the FTC and state Attorney General to handling talent agreements, Davis+Gilbert's experience runs the gamut.
View Profile8.04% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#10
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Herrick’s beginnings date back 90-plus years ago. The firm is home to more than 130 lawyers, practicing across the firm's three offices in New York, New Jersey, and Istanbul. Its lawyers work across a range of practice areas, and the firm is particularly well known for its work in real estate, litigation, and sports law. The firm doesn’t follow the same lockstep advancement system as many of its peers, instead evaluating associates based on performance.
View Profile7.98% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#7
MoloLamken LLP
In 15 years of existence and with fewer than 50 attorneys, MoloLamken has quickly made a name for itself among the heavy hitters of boutique litigation shops. With offices in three of the country’s major metropolises—New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC—MoloLamken’s attorneys focus on complex business litigation, white collar criminal defense, and intellectual property. MoloLamken only hires laterally, putting a premium on experience when it comes to handling the high-stakes, complicated cases the firm takes on.
View Profile7.57% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#9
Morrison Cohen LLP
Founded in 1984, Morrison Cohen’s 125-plus lawyers operate out of a single office in midtown Manhattan. Known for their corporate work in particular, Morrison Cohen also has highly respected labor & employment and business litigation practices. Morrison Cohen makes our list of the Best Midsize Firms in New York, Best Midsize Firms for Diversity, and the National Law Journal’s Midsize Hot List.
View Profile7.17% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#12
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Founded more than 40 years ago as a boutique law firm servicing the entertainment and arts communities in New York City, Frankfurt Kurnit now provides legal services to clients in a wide range of industries and disciplines worldwide. The firm is home to over 100 attorneys with two offices, one in New York and one in Los Angeles.
View Profile6.23% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#14
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Axinn was founded in 1997 by three lawyers from Skadden, including Steve Axinn, the founder and chairman of Skadden's antitrust department. The firm is well known for its antitrust prowess, making it a go-to firm for clients seeking help with combinations, antitrust litigation, and criminal investigations relating to antitrust. The firm also offers counseling to help clients with compliance and strategic goal planning. Lawyers seeking robust training will not be disappointed at this midsize shop.
View Profile5.63% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#13
Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.
Since 1973, Morvillo Abramowitz has established itself as a respected litigation boutique. With about 50 attorneys in its New York City office, Morvillo Abramowitz is small and flexible enough to be able to move the right talent to where specific expertise is needed in representing individual and institutional clients, yet large enough to commit whatever resources a client may need. Specialties within the firm’s litigation umbrella include white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement, commercial disputes, and securities litigation.
View Profile5.50% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#11
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg is a heavy-hitting litigation boutique with one office in New York. The firm specializes in complex commercial cases, dealing with financial, securities, antitrust, intellectual property, and bankruptcy-related disputes. The firm’s clients have included Bank of New York Mellon, Foursquare, the Herzog Collection, HSBC, Kickstarter, Meetup, U.S. Bank, Vimeo, and Visa. The firm also works hard to recruit diverse talent, and attorneys play prominent roles in diversity-focused organizations.
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2024 Ranking
#15
Anderson Kill, P.C.
Founded in 1969, Anderson Kill, P.C. is well known for its work in insurance law. Hailing from the Big Apple, the firm has offices along the East Coast, on the West Coast, and across the pond. The firm chooses to represent policyholders only in insurance coverage disputes that have no ties to insurance companies and no conflicts of interest. Anderson Kill distinguishes itself by offering clients a computerized bank that contains insurance company materials, advertisements, and discovery.
View Profile4.16% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#18
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP
The attorneys at Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman feel like family. Since opening its doors in 1986, the founding partners have remained active at the firm and many of the staff have worked there since its inception. Getting a foot in the door here requires BigLaw or clerkship experience, but it's rewarded with early-on responsibility, high-quality work opportunities, and no billable hour requirement.
View Profile3.89% of Votes
2024 Ranking
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Moses & Singer LLP
New York-based Moses & Singer is a full-service firm with a range of practices, including corporate, M&A, sports and entertainment law, intellectual property, internet and technology, and health care. The firm has three offices—one in New Jersey and two in New York—from which it represents institutional clients in banking, finance, and industry as well as individual clients in need of personal counsel.
View Profile3.69% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#16
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP has been part of the New York City legal scene since 1854 and counts Franklin D. Roosevelt as a firm alumnus. Although many of its legal projects involve its home city, the firm offers many types of legal counsel to international companies wishing to do business in the United States. The firm advises clients ranging from financial institutions and medical and biotech companies to alternative energy companies and, high-net-worth individuals and families.
View Profile3.62% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#20
Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. opened its doors in 1975, representing New York City landlords of regulated residential housing. Growing from that origin and maintaining that focus, Rosenberg & Estis is, today, among the largest firms in New York City that focus exclusively on real estate.
View Profile3.49% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#19
