Morgan Lewis

Inside Morgan Lewis Some 1,300 lawyers on your side

Welcome to Morgan Lewis

Firm Fast Facts

Some 1,300 lawyers as well as patent agents, employee benefits advisors, regulatory scientists, and other specialists—nearly 3,000 professionals total—serve clients from our 22 offices throughout the world.

Clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, including 9 of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20.

More than 2,000 clients have been with the firm for more than 5 years.

Approximately 2,000 new clients and 20,000 new projects each year.

Lawyers and support staff fluent in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.

Pro Bono in 2010

Nearly 60,000 hours were spent on pro bono representations, at a value to our pro bono clients of tens of millions of dollars.

More than two-thirds of the firm's attorneys contributed at least 20 hours to a pro bono matter; representations span all practice groups and offices.

Representations included more than 1,600 active matters, including nearly 400 new matters.

Full "above the line" credit given for pro bono time charges.

Morgan Lewis is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge.


Worldwide Locations

Diversity Highlights

Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality - 100% rating from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in its Corporate Equality Index (2010–2012)

Allyson Ho recognized as one of 20 "Winning Women" by Texas Lawyer (2011)

Larry Turner receives the 2011 Pennsylvania Multicultural Award by the National Diversity Council

Marlee Myers honored by the National Diversity Council as one of the "Most Powerful and Influential Women of Pennsylvania" (2010).

Grace Speights named by the National Law Journal as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women Lawyers" (2010) and by the Washingtonian as one of "Washington's 100 Most Powerful Women" (2009); recipient of the Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award (2010).

Ted Cruz named by Texas Lawyer as one of the "Extraordinary Minorities in Texas Law" (2009).

Named as a Top Law Firm for Diversity by MultiCultural Law magazine (2009).

Premier sponsor of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA).

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With 22 offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia, Morgan Lewis provides comprehensive transactional, litigation, labor and employment, regulatory, and intellectual property legal services to clients of all sizes—from global Fortune 100 companies to just-conceived startups—across all major industries. The firm’s service philosophy is grounded in a disciplined approach to advancing our clients’ interests as effectively and efficiently as possible.

In every representation, Morgan Lewis attorneys are committed to knowing and fully understanding each client’s specific business, industry environment, and legal concerns, with a focus on both immediate and long-term goals. Our regulatory and industry-focused practices such as Antitrust, Energy, Life Sciences, and Securities help clients craft and execute strategies to address legal, government, and policy challenges in today’s rapidly changing economic and regulatory environment.

Our international team of attorneys, patent agents, employee benefits advisors, regulatory scientists, and other specialists—nearly 3,000 professionals total—serves clients from locations in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Houston, Irvine, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, San Francisco, Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington.

Morgan Lewis has one of the highest concentrations of East Coast lawyers of any one firm—including more than 700 lawyers combined in New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia—as well as 250 lawyers in California and nearly 70 lawyers in Houston and Dallas combined.

Close-working client relationships with an emphasis on results has been Morgan Lewis's hallmark since its founding in 1873, and remains at the core of our services today.