Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke has approximately 1,595 attorneys across 16 offices. It took its current form in a 2025 merger.
$235,000+
Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)
Not reported: Partnership Track.
Openings
1L Summer 2027 · Class of 2029Opening Soon
Opens
Nov 1, 2026Deadline
Not announced
Troutman Pepper pays $235,000+. Of the 197 firms that publish pay, 11 pay more and 179 pay less.
Listed firms by announced first-year comp
| First-Year Comp | Firms |
|---|---|
| Above $235K | 11 |
| $235K | 7 |
| Below $235K | 179 |
Source: firm announcements. 197 listed firms publish a first-year figure.
About Troutman Pepper Locke
Troutman Pepper Locke advises clients in energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate. Its services span transactions, litigation, and government regulation, with additional capabilities in privacy, cybersecurity, construction, and bankruptcy and restructuring. These areas create several connections between industry knowledge and legal discipline.
The firm's insurance practice includes regulatory, transactional, and litigation work, as well as insurtech and cyber insurance. Its government-facing services include regulatory investigations, state attorneys general matters, lobbying, and public affairs. Through its Strategies offering, it also assists clients with public policy and government relations.
The firm identifies additional programs such as SEED for startup and early-stage businesses and Emerge for discovery and data management. For students, these services show a platform addressing both substantive legal problems and the practical demands of delivering advice, managing information, and supporting businesses at different stages of development.
Rankings
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Size and Standing
- $1.9B gross revenueAm Law 100, $1.9B gross revenue: #33 (opens in a new tab)
- Lawyers in 2 countriesGlobal 200, Lawyers in 2 countries: #39 (opens in a new tab)
- 1,595 attorneysNLJ 500, 1,595 attorneys: #22 (opens in a new tab)
- PrestigeVault Law 100, Prestige: #72 (opens in a new tab)
Practice Strength by Market
Every band below appears on this firm’s Chambers USA 2026 profile, checked September 26, 2026. Where Chambers splits a table into The Elite and Highly Regarded, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm.
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| Practice | Market | Recognition, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Construction | Pennsylvania | Band 1 |
Corporate/Commercial | Rhode Island | Band 1 |
Corporate/M&A | Virginia: Southern | Band 1 |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | North Carolina | Band 1 |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Pennsylvania | Band 1 |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Texas: Houston & Surrounds | Band 1 |
Energy & Natural Resources | Georgia | Band 1 |
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Environment | Virginia | Band 1 |
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Insurance | Virginia | Band 1 |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance | Illinois | Band 1 |
Intellectual Property | Virginia: Southern | Band 1 |
Litigation: Product Liability | Pennsylvania | Band 1 |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | Pennsylvania | Band 1 |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | Texas | Band 1 |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | Virginia | Band 1 |
Public Finance | Massachusetts | Band 1 |
Real Estate | North Carolina | Band 1 |
Real Estate | Virginia: Southern | Band 1 |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use | Georgia | Band 1 |
State Attorneys General | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Tax | Pennsylvania | Band 1 |
Antitrust | Pennsylvania | Band 2 |
Antitrust | Texas | Band 2 |
Banking & Finance | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds | Band 2 |
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory | Georgia | Band 2 |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring | Georgia | Band 2 |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring | Louisiana | Band 2 |
Construction | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Construction | New York | Band 2 |
Corporate/M&A | Georgia | Band 2 |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds | Band 2 |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds | Band 2 |
Energy & Natural Resources | North Carolina | Band 2 |
Environment | Georgia | Band 2 |
Environment | Texas | Band 2 |
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations) | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation) | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Insurance: Insurer | District of Columbia | Band 2 |
Insurance: Regulatory | Texas | Band 2 |
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory | Illinois | Band 2 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Georgia | Band 2 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds | Band 2 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds | Band 2 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Virginia | Band 2 |
Litigation: Product Liability | Georgia | Band 2 |
Litigation: Securities | Georgia | Band 2 |
Public Finance | Florida | Band 2 |
Public Finance | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Public Finance | Texas | Band 2 |
Real Estate | Georgia | Band 2 |
Real Estate | Texas | Band 2 |
Real Estate: Finance | North Carolina | Band 2 |
Banking & Finance | Massachusetts | Band 3 |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring | Delaware | Band 3 |
Corporate/M&A | North Carolina: Charlotte & Surrounds | Band 3 |
E-Discovery & Information Governance | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Georgia | Band 3 |
Energy: Electricity (Finance) | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Oil & Gas) | Texas | Band 3 |
Environment | Illinois | Band 3 |
Immigration | Georgia | Band 3 |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Insurance: Insurer | California | Band 3 |
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory | New York | Band 3 |
Intellectual Property | Pennsylvania | Band 3 |
Labor & Employment | Virginia | Band 3 |
Litigation: Appellate | Texas | Band 3 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Michigan | Band 3 |
Litigation: General Commercial | North Carolina | Band 3 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Rhode Island | Band 3 |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | Massachusetts | Band 3 |
Offshore Energy | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Product Liability & Mass TortsThe Elite | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Real Estate | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds | Band 3 |
Banking & Finance | Georgia | Band 4 |
Banking & Finance | North Carolina | Band 4 |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring | Massachusetts | Band 4 |
Chancery | Delaware | Band 4 |
Construction | Georgia | Band 4 |
Corporate/M&A | Massachusetts | Band 4 |
Energy Transition | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Environment | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Higher Education | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Insurance | Texas | Band 4 |
Intellectual Property | Georgia | Band 4 |
Labor & Employment | Pennsylvania | Band 4 |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations | Georgia | Band 4 |
Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Real Estate | New Jersey | Band 4 |
Tax | Texas | Band 4 |
Corporate/M&AThe Elite | Texas | Band 5 |
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Nationwide | Band 5 |
Healthcare | District of Columbia | Band 5 |
Labor & Employment | Georgia | Band 5 |
Labor & Employment | Texas | Band 5 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Illinois | Band 5 |
Litigation: General Commercial | New Jersey | Band 5 |
REITs | Nationwide | Band 5 |
Startups & Emerging Companies | Nationwide | Band 5 |
International ArbitrationHighly Regarded | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Privacy & Data SecurityHighly Regarded | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Litigation: General CommercialHighly Regarded | Nationwide | Band 3 |
108 reported ranking rows
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Schools Troutman Pepper Locke Hires From
5 schools name Troutman Pepper Locke on its own employer or placement pages. These lists are not exhaustive.