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BigLaw firms in Dallas, TX

Every firm in our directory with an office in Dallas, TX, best-known first, with first-year pay and where it comes from.

Firms
57
Offices
57
Median first-year base
$225,000
Open in the directory Compare the top 3

57 firms in Dallas, TX

  1. Vault #6Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #1

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  2. Vault #8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #4

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  3. Vault #10Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #10

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  4. Vault #11Sidley Austin LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #6

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  6. Vault #15Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #29

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  7. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  8. Vault #24Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #51

    $255,000+

  9. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  10. Vault #28O'Melveny & Myers LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #57

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  11. Vault #35Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #31

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  12. Vault #36King & Spalding LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #23

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  14. Vault #38Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #36

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  15. Vault #39Winston Taylor LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #49

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  16. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  17. Vault #45Baker McKenzie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #8

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  18. Vault #46McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #16

    $255,000+

  19. Vault #48Holland & Knight LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #26

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  20. Vault #49K&L Gates LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #48

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  21. Vault #51Dechert LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #39

    $255,000+

  22. Vault #53Vinson & Elkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #58

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  23. Vault #54Baker Botts L.L.P.

    Office here · AmLaw #75

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  24. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  25. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  26. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  27. Vault #58Alston & Bird LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #44

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  28. Vault #59Reed Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #40

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  29. Vault #62Dentons US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #18

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  30. Vault #65Crowell & Moring LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #86

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  31. Vault #66Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #47

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  32. Vault #68McGuireWoods LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #54

    $215,000

  33. Vault #72Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #33

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  34. Vault #76Fox Rothschild LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #71

    $205,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  35. Vault #78Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #66

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  36. Vault #81Haynes and Boone, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #85

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  37. Vault #82Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

  38. Vault #84Fish & Richardson P.C.

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  39. Vault #87Polsinelli PC

    Office here · AmLaw #55

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  40. Vault #88Cozen O'Connor P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #80

    $180,000 - $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  41. Vault #89Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #63

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  42. Vault #93Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #64

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  43. Vault #94Duane Morris LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #84

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  44. Vault #95Akerman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #96

    $215,000

  45. Vault #96Husch Blackwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #82

    $200,000

  46. Vault #97Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #95

    $215,000

  47. Vault #100Littler Mendelson P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #62

    $225,000

  48. Barnes & Thornburg LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #78

    Pay not published
  49. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #100

    Pay not published
  50. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #99

    Pay not published
  51. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #74

    Up to $166,000

  52. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #70

    Pay not published
  53. Jackson Lewis P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #79

    Pay not published
  54. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #72

    Pay not published
  55. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #60

    Pay not published
  56. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #77

    Pay not published
  57. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #94

    Pay not published
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Pay shows first-year base; see each firm's profile for sources and dates. How we source data

Pay and cost of living in Dallas, TX

First-year base

$225,000

Median across the firms here

Estimated take-home

$166,769

After federal, state and local income tax, single filer

Same lifestyle in New York

$396,934

What you’d need there; cost-of-living index here is 106 (US average 100)

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