The Florida Legal Market Leaderboard
3 minute read • Updated 13 Novemebr 2026
In our US state leaderboard series, we look at the law firms with largest partner headcount and strongest recent headcount growth in each US state. Here are the firms that have lead the way in the Florida legal market over the last 12 months.
Florida Matches Texas in Partner Growth
Florida's partner headcount rose +4% over the last 12 months, from 6,230 partners to 6,547. That puts Florida level with Texas (+4%) at the top of the major similarly sized legal markets, ahead of New York (+3%), California (+2%) and Illinois (+2%).
Ranked: Which Law Firms are Leading Growth in Florida?
United States, Florida, Firms with >20 partners, October 2025 - October 2026
Partners with multiple locations have been evenly distributed across each
Real Estate & Corporate Drove Florida Practice Growth
Real Estate and Corporate posted the strongest practice growth over the year at +5% each. Litigation and Private Client followed on +4%, with Insurance on +3%. Tax was the only major practice to shrink, down -3%.
New York Was Florida's Busiest Partner Exchange, In Both Directions
Florida took in slightly more partners from other states than it sent away, 18 against 15.
New York is by far the busiest exchange. Eight partners moved from New York into Florida,
44% of all arrivals, while 6 went the other way,
40% of all departures. Illinois sent 3 partners to Florida and took none, while California took 3 and sent none.
No Single Industry Dominates the Leading Firms' Client Work
Looking at the top 10 firms on our leaderboard, the clients appearing most often in publicly disclosed matters span infrastructure, healthcare, private equity and agriculture.
MasTec leads with 68 publicly disclosed matters, ahead of OPKO Health (27 matters), which is shared by three firms, and Mosaic Fertilizer (26). Trivest Partners is the most widely shared client, appearing in matters at four of the ten firms.
Florida, Top 10 ranked firms, Top 10 clients by publicly disclosed matters
Note on methodology
Source: Publicly-available data tracked by Pirical Legal Professionals
Location: Florida, United States
Timeframe:
October 2025 - October 2026
Score weightings:
- 50% headcount growth
- 50% current headcount size
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