Firm Website / Prior rank Address Phone Number of attorneys in Atlanta 1 Total Atlanta staff Number of attorneys worldwide Number of offices worldwide Partial listing of areas of specialty Managing partner(s) Year est. in Atlanta 1 Alston & Bird LLP alston.com 2 1201 W. Peachtree St., 1 Atlantic Center Atlanta, GA 30309 404-881-7000 339 793 800 10 complex commercial litigation, corporate/M&A and finance, intellectual property, financial services, tax, real estate, restructuring Richard Hays Janine Brown 1893 1 King & Spalding LLP kslaw.com 1 1180 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA 30309 404-572-4600 339 774 976 18 energy, financial institutions, global disputes, government investigations, intellectual property, life sciences/health care Alan Prince 1885 3 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP kilpatricktownsend.com 3 1100 Peachtree St., #2800 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-815-6500 228 508 630 17 corporate, finance and real estate, intellectual property, litigation Audra Dial 1874 4 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP sutherland.com 4 999 Peachtree St. N.E., #2300 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-853-8000 179 395 445 8 corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and tax Mark Wasserman 1924 5 Troutman Sanders LLP troutmansanders.com 5 600 Peachtree St. N.E., #5200 Atlanta, GA 30308 404-885-3000 175 493 633 16 corporate, energy and industry regulation, finance, litigation, real estate Pete Robinson 1897 6 Arnall Golden Gregory LLP agg.com 9 171 17th St., #2100 Atlanta, GA 30363 404-873-8500 146 262 162 2 health care, litigation, real estate, corporate and securities, private wealth, privacy and consumer regulatory, bankruptcy Jonathan Eady 1949 JANUARY 29, 2016 This article appeared in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on January 29, 2016 on page 32. 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Copyright ©2015 Atlanta Business Chronicle, 3384 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 900, Atlanta GA 30326 ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE 8 Jones Day jonesday.com 7 1420 Peachtree St. N.E., #800 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-581-3939 134 210 2,400 42 business and tort litigation, M&A, banking and finance, capital markets, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate Lizanne Thomas Richard Deane 1989 9 Taylor English Duma LLP taylorenglish.com 10 1600 Parkwood Cir., #400 Atlanta, GA 30339 770-434-6868 127 175 127 1 complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, corporate and M&A, real estate, employment Marc Taylor 2005 10 10 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP nelsonmullins.com 12 201 17th St. N.W., #1700 Atlanta, GA 30363 404-322-6000 120 220 515 15 corporate and securities, product liability, health care, banking and finance, business litigation, international, intellectual property Michael Hollingsworth 1992 11 Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP sgrlaw.com 11 1230 Peachtree St. N.E., Promenade, #3100 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-815-3500 112 212 200 5 aviation, real estate, intellectual property, litigation, corporate, international law, timber Stephen Forte 1893 12 12 Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP swiftcurrie.com 15 1355 Peachtree St. N.E., #300 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-874-8800 102 218 104 2 general civil litigation, workers' compensation, property and coverage, products liability, professional liability, medical malpractice Stephen Schatz 1965 13 13 Dentons 2 dentons.com 8 303 Peachtree St. N.E., #5300 Atlanta, GA 30308 404-527-4000 101 205 2,989 85 complex litigation, corporate and securities, public policy and regulation, health care, real estate Joseph Blanco 2014 14 Greenberg Traurig LLP gtlaw.com 14 3333 Piedmont Rd. N.E., #2500 Atlanta, GA 30305 678-553-2100 99 220 1,865 38 business litigation, business immigration, corporate and securities, entertainment, products liability, labor and employment, financial services, securities litigation, real estate, tax Theodore Blum Ernest Greer 1998 15 15 Bryan Cave LLP bryancave.com 13 1201 W. Peachtree St. N.W., 14th Flr. Atlanta, GA 30309 404-572-6600 96 173 973 26 banking and finance, bankruptcy/restructuring, corporate transactions/M&A/securities, employee benefits, fiduciary, litigation Pat Watson 1909 16 16 Seyfarth Shaw LLP seyfarth.com 16 1075 Peachtree St. N.E., #2500 Atlanta, GA 30309 404-885-1500 86 183 863 14 immigration, labor and employment, real estate, corporate and finance, litigation, employee benefits and executive compensation Steven Kennedy 1996 17 17 Hall Booth Smith P.C. hallboothsmith.com 19 191 Peachtree St. N.E., #2900 Atlanta, GA 30303 404-954-5000 85 173 142 12 agriculture, construction, business litigation, professional negligence/medical malpractice, long-term care and senior housing industry Alexander Booth 1989 18 18 Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP deflaw.com 21 880 W. Peachtree St. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30309 404-885-1400 81 186 85 2 workers' compensation, general liability, corporate defense litigation, insurance defense, employment law, commercial law Jim Anderson 1983 19 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz P.C. bakerdonelson.com 21 3414 Peachtree Rd. N.E., Monarch Plz., #1600 Atlanta, GA 30326 404-577-6000 74 132 681 19 IP litigation, government enforcement and investigations, emerging companies Gary Barnes 2000 20 Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP phrd.com 17 285 Peachtree Center Ave., 1500 Marquis Two Tower Atlanta, GA 30303 404-523-5300 72 130 73 2 bankruptcy, commercial finance, corporate and M&A, employee benefits/ERISA, health care, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, tax G. Wayne Hillis Jr. 1981 21 21 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP wcsr.com 25 271 17th St. N.W., #2400 Atlanta, GA 30363 404-872-7000 67 117 540 14 banking, real estate, corporate, intellectual property, litigation, health care Michael Sullivan 1993 22 Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP hptylaw.com 23 303 Peachtree St. N.E., #4000 Atlanta, GA 30308 404-614-7400 65 160 150 9 labor and employment, commerical litigation, toxic tort and environmental, product liability, construction Ronald Polly 1963 22 Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC wwhgd.com 18 3344 Peachtree Rd., #2400 Atlanta, GA 30326 404-876-2700 65 134 93 4 commercial and construction litigation, product and premises liability, medical malpractice and medical device, catastrophic injury David Dial 1999 24 Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP 3 mijs.com 26 326 Roswell St., Marietta, GA 30060 770-429-1499 58 150 83 7 insurance defense, business litigation, commercial real estate/zoning, corporate, captive insurance John Moore 1984 All figures are current as of November 2015. 1 Formerly listed as McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Dentons attorney figures include both attorneys and professionals. 2 Firm submitted a statement of verification supporting figures. 3 ATLANTA’S TOP 50 LAW FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS IN ATLANTA