PPB October 2020

Best Places For Attorneys These are some of the nation’s prime destinations for attorneys in terms of average annual salary and number of available jobs per capita. 1 New York 2 California 3 Connecticut 4 District of Columbia 5 Idaho 6 Utah 7 New Hampshire 8 Massachusetts 9 Nevada 10 West Virginia Source: Zippia Top 10 Largest Law Firms In The United States If you want to pursue the big guns in the legal industry as clients, these are the largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers. Rank Firm Location Number of attorneys Number of partners Number of associates 1 Baker McKenzie LLP Chicago 4,720 1,547 3,173 2 DLA Piper LLP New York 3,702 1,246 2,456 3 Norton Rose Fulbright LLP New York 3,376 1,166 2,210 4 Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. 2,636 803 1,833 5 Latham & Watkins LLP New York 2,540 730 1,810 6 Jones Day Washington, D.C. 2,518 919 1,599 7 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Chicago 2,307 996 1,311 8 White & Case LLP New York 2,150 530 1,620 9 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Washington, D.C. 2,015 774 1,241 10 Greenberg Traurig, LLP New York 1,962 1,014 948 Source: Legal.io 10 1 9 2 8 3 7 4 6 5 States With The Best (And Worst) Legal Climates In a Harris Poll, U.S. businesses weighed in on how fair and reasonable they believe their state’s legal system to be. Here are the states that ranked at the top and bottom for legal climate. Best Legal Environment Delaware Maine Connecticut Wyoming Alaska North Dakota Montana Nebraska Idaho South Dakota Worst Legal Environment Georgia Alabama New Jersey Missouri West Virginia Florida Mississippi California Louisiana Illinois Source: A Harris Poll conducted for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform LOL-Worthy Litigation Sometimes litigation is a laughing matter. See the lawsuits that made the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s list of the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2019. 1 Woman sues Blistex over lip balm packaging – Illinois 2 Trial lawyers’ expert witness falls apart on the stand – California 3 Trial lawyers have a cow over vegan butter labeling – New York 4 Woman sues New York City over scary poster promoting Dexter – New York 5 California coffee house sued over warning labels – California 6 Customer sues Friendly’s ice cream over vanilla ingredients – New York 7 NBA player’s lawyers tried to game the system – Louisiana 8 Trial lawyers sue Fortnite over dance competition entry – California 9 Dog owner gets sued for online review – Florida 10 Man sues Godiva over labeling – Washington, D.C. | OCTOBER 2020 | 65 GROW