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National Law Journal Ranks Nelson Mullins Nation's 118 Largest
COLUMBIA (Nov. 30, 2009) -- In a year that saw numerous law firm mergers and dissolutions, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough grew to be the 118th largest law firm in the nation, according to the National Law Journal’s 250, which has tracked law firm census figures for three decades. Last year the Firm ranked 122.
The survey reported Nelson Mullins with 384 attorneys in 11 locations as of Sept. 30, 2009. The publication sends surveys to 300 law firms to determine the 250 largest.
NLJ reported that the nation’s largest law firms this year suffered the deepest cuts in their attorney numbers since it began tracking their census figures more than 30 years ago. Since the beginning of 2009, Nelson Mullins has added an office in Florida and expanded its Boston and Washington, DC, offices with more than a dozen attorneys and government relations professionals.
The total number of attorneys working at the top 250 law firms plunged by 5,259 lawyers, according to the organization. The 4 percent decline in the total number of attorneys marked only the third time that the lawyer count among the group has dropped since the NLJ started collecting headcount data in 1978. The last time totals backslid was in 1993, when they dipped by 0.9 percent. The tally this year wipes away nearly one-third of the growth that firms made during the past five years and puts many of them well below levels they enjoyed in 2005.
