| |
|
|
Total
Number
|
|
Lawyers/attorneys
|
570,000
|
|
Attorney
referral services
|
657
|
|
Attorneys
at home address
|
61,465
|
|
Attorneys
service bureaus
|
3,030
|
|
Banking lawyers
|
9,057
|
|
Courts
|
17,797
|
|
Federal
|
187
|
|
State
|
5,126
|
|
County
seats
|
5,661
|
|
Municipal
|
5,811
|
|
Township
|
1,012
|
|
Court
stenographer services
|
4,230
|
|
Immigration/naturalization
consultants
|
867
|
|
Female
|
2,866
|
|
Federal
|
2,098
|
|
State
|
8,423
|
|
County
|
6,259
|
|
Municipal/city
|
1,254
|
|
Justice
of the peace
|
661
|
|
Law
enforcement officials
|
28,830
|
|
Federal
|
1,929
|
|
State
|
4,425
|
|
Local
|
21,022
|
|
Law
libraries
|
1,999
|
|
Law
firms
|
67,361
|
|
Legal
clinics
|
736
|
|
Notaries
public
|
2,910
|
|
Paralegals
|
1,319
|
|
Police
chiefs
|
9,530
|
|
Probate
service
|
781
|
|
Prosecutors/district
attorneys
|
2,264
|
|
Prisons:
|
|
Federal
|
471
|
|
State
|
3,233
|
|
Local/community
|
914
|
|
Adult
|
2,447
|
|
Juvenile
|
1,104
|
|
Sheriffs
|
3,093
|
|
|
Total
Number
|
|
By individual
specialty:
|
|
Administration
|
8,892
|
|
Admiralty/maritime
|
3,301
|
|
Adoption
|
1,098
|
|
Agriculture
|
832
|
|
Airplane
|
1,953
|
|
Anti-Trust
|
5,028
|
|
Appeals
|
8,040
|
|
Arbitration
|
5,087
|
|
Automobile
|
2,410
|
|
Banking
|
12,621
|
|
Bankruptcy
|
22,429
|
|
Business
|
47,016
|
|
Civil
Practice
|
382,229
|
|
Civil
Rights
|
9,175
|
|
Collection
|
5,847
|
|
Commercial
|
48,557
|
|
Communication
|
2,350
|
|
Constitutional
|
1,055
|
Construction
|
11,678
|
|
Consumer
|
1,752
|
|
Contracts
|
5,226
|
|
Copyrights
|
3,092
|
|
Corporate
|
46,289
|
|
Criminal
|
31,110
|
|
Divorce
|
3,149
|
|
Education
|
3,328
|
|
Elder/Social
Security
|
5,158
|
|
Employment/Labor
|
33,821
|
|
Entertainment/sports
|
5,357
|
Environmental
|
16,423
|
|
Estates
|
56,325
|
|
Family
|
42,822
|
|
Federal
|
4,957
|
|
Finance
|
6,966
|
|
Franchising/Licensing
|
2,296
|
|
General
Practice
|
95,459
|
|
Government
|
14,178
|
|
Healthcare
|
8,669
|
|
Hospital
|
8,719
|
|
Immigration
|
3,603
|
|
Insurance
|
37,121
|
|
Intellectual
property
|
19,595
|
|
International
|
6,693
|
|
Medical
Malpractice
|
15,276
|
|
Mergers
& Acquisitions
|
5,778
|
|
Municipal
|
7,980
|
|
Natural
resources/energy
|
6,728
|
|
Patents
|
7,758
|
|
Personal
Injury
|
71,399
|
|
Probate
|
53,636
|
|
Product
Liability
|
21,582
|
|
Professional
Malpractice
|
20,894
|
|
Real
Estate
|
76,443
|
|
Securities/Stocks/Bonds
|
14,574
|
|
State
|
1,381
|
|
Tax
|
19,122
|
|
Torts
|
45,316
|
|
Trade&Customs
|
1,820
|
|
Trademarks
|
4,785
|
|
Transportation
|
1,923
|
|
Trials
|
75,390
|
|
Trusts
|
28,998
|
|
Wills
|
7,033
|
|
Workers
Compensation
|
16,557
|
|
Zoning
|
3,451
|
|
By Size of Firm:
|
|
Firms:
|
|
Sole
practitioner
|
229,253
|
|
2-5
|
35,290
|
|
6-10
|
7,471
|
|
11-20
|
3,699
|
|
21-50
|
2,030
|
|
51-99
|
549
|
|
100-250
|
340
|
|
251+
|
50
|
|
Lawyers:
|
|
Sole
practitioner
|
229,253
|
|
2-5
|
96,501
|
|
6-10
|
50,447
|
|
11-20
|
46,162
|
|
21-50
|
50,419
|
|
51-99
|
30,878
|
|
100-250
|
35,562
|
|
251+
|
14,749
|
|
|