Where NYC Stands Among the Leading Law Firms

There’s a world outside New York. Or is there?

Bloomberg Law’s inaugural Leading Law Firms list, released Monday, scored firms on their financial strength, talent, growth, business strategy and innovation — with Kirkland & Ellis taking the top spot. See the full Leading Law Firms list here.

Kirkland was founded in a windy city to our west with strangely deep pizza. But the firm is also one of the largest in New York, with nearly 1,000 attorneys at a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper.

Among the leading law firms, many are headquartered outside New York and tout offices around the country.

“Increasingly ...