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Top BigLaw Firms for Labor & Employment

Advising employers on policies and compliance, investigations of workplace complaints, and litigation including class and collective actions. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 23 firms in our directory nationwide for labor and employment, 5 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.

Ranked nationwide
23
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
42

Labor & Employment by city

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Labor & Employment
  2. 2.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 1 · Labor & Employment
  3. 3.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Labor & Employment
  4. 4.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Labor & Employment
  5. 5.Seyfarth Shaw LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Labor & Employment
  6. 6.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Labor & Employment
  7. 7.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Labor & Employment
  8. 8.Littler Mendelson P.C.First-year base $225,000Band 2 · Labor & Employment
  9. 9.Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Band 2 · Labor & Employment
  10. 10.Jackson Lewis P.C.Band 2 · Labor & Employment
  11. 11.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Labor & Employment
  12. 12.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 3 · Labor & Employment
  13. 13.Baker & Hostetler LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Labor & Employment
  14. 14.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  15. 15.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  16. 16.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  17. 17.Davis Wright Tremaine LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  18. 18.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  19. 19.Cozen O'Connor P.C.First-year base $180,000 - $215,000Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  20. 20.Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Labor & Employment
  21. 21.Ashurst Perkins Coie LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 5 · Labor & Employment
  22. 22.Duane Morris LLPFirst-year base $220,000Band 5 · Labor & Employment
  23. 23.Barnes & Thornburg LLPFirst-year base $105,000-$180,000Band 5 · Labor & Employment

Is labor and employment a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People interested in how workplaces run
  • Those who like a mix of counseling and litigation
  • Communicators who can deliver hard advice to business leaders

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take Employment Law or Labor Law when offered
  • Follow a few recent workplace class actions
  • Ask how much of the work is advice versus litigation
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