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BigLaw firms in Orange County, CA

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

Firms
29
Offices
29
Median first-year base
$225,000

29 firms in Orange County, CA

  1. Vault #4Latham & Watkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #2

    $225,000+

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

  2. $225,000+

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

  3. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

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

  4. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

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

  5. Vault #28O'Melveny & Myers LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #57

    $225,000+

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

  6. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

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

  7. $225,000+

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

  8. $255,000+

  9. Vault #48Holland & Knight LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #26

    $225,000+

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

  10. Vault #49K&L Gates LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #48

    $225,000+

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

  11. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  12. Vault #63Baker & Hostetler LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #59

    $215,000

  13. Vault #65Crowell & Moring LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #86

    $225,000+

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

  14. $225,000+

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

  15. Vault #69Venable LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #68

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  16. Vault #72Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #33

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  17. Vault #81Haynes and Boone, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #85

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  18. $225,000+

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

  19. $225,000+

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

  20. $200,000

  21. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #99

    Pay not published
  22. Up to $166,000

  23. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #70

    Pay not published
  24. Jackson Lewis P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #79

    Pay not published
  25. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #72

    Pay not published
  26. Pay not published
  27. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

    Office here · AmLaw #93

    Pay not published
  28. Pay not published
  29. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #76

    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 Orange County, CA

First-year base

$225,000

Median across the firms here

Estimated take-home

$149,302

After federal, state and local income tax, single filer

Same lifestyle in New York

$253,464

What you’d need there; cost-of-living index here is 166 (US average 100)

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