⁄Powerlist⁄ Law Firms Ranked by number of Oregon and Southwest Washington lawyers 1 Stoel Rives LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 135 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 275 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1907 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 10 2 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 113 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 271 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1892 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 7 3 Tonkon Torp LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 89 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 191 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1974 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 4 Miller Nash LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 88 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 168 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1873 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 5 5 Davis Wright Tremaine LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 66 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 156 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1944 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 11 6 Lane Powell LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 50 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 99 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1875 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 3 7 Perkins Coie LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 49 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 116 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1912 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 20 8 Dunn Carney LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 47 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 89 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1930 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 2 9 Smith Freed Eberhard LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 35 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 76 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1987 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 2 10 Sussman Shank LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 34 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 67 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1960 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 11 Markowitz Herbold LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 31 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 70 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1983 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 12 Buchalter LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 30 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 55 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1933 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 11 13 Saalfeld Griggs LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 28 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 72 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1932 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 2 14 Jordan Ramis LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 27 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 54 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1963 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 3 15 Cable Huston LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 26 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 42 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1990 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 16 Buckley Law LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 25 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 56 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1984 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 17 Foster Garvey LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 23 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 46 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1904 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 6 TIE 18 Barran Liebman LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 22 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 34 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1998 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 TIE 18 Hart Wagner LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 22 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 52 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1992 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 2 TIE 20 Landerholm LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 21 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 65 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1948 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 1 TIE 20 K&L Gates LAWYERS IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 21 EMPLOYEES IN OREGON/SW WASHINGTON: 36 YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1946 OFFICES WORLDWIDE: 48 Survey: Law Firms Are Interested in AI but (Mostly) Not Hiring Robot Lawyers According to LawPay and MyCase’s Legal Industry Trends Report 2024 — which surveyed 2,600 legal industry professionals in September 2023 — most legal professionals are aware that generative AI could have big ramifications for their profession, but few are using generative AI tools like ChatGPT. According to the survey: n 73% of legal professionals are somewhat familiar with generative AI n 26% of solo legal practitioners are very familiar with generative AI n 21% of midsize law firms (those that employ between 6 and 20 lawyers) are very familiar with generative AI tools Though most survey respondents were familiar with tools like ChatGPT, just 27% of survey respondents said they are using such tools for professional purposes. The overwhelming majority of respondents — 73% — said they were not. More than half — 53% — of generative AI users surveyed said GAI tools have increased their productivity somewhat, and 24% said such tools have increased their productivity significantly. Of those respondents that have adopted generative AI tools: n 75% said they wanted to increase overall productivity n 51% said they adopted the tools for cost savings and overall efficiency n 28% said they hoped the tools would replace some administrative functions n 18% said they adopted the tools to replace some legal-specific functions n 13% want to use the tools to replace some previously outsourced work n 10% said they plan to replace an administrative employee with GAI tools n 2% plan to replace a lawyer with generative AI technology More than half — 58% — of survey respondents said they use generative AI for brainstorming. Other uses include: n Drafting correspondence (55%) n General research (46%) n Drafting documents (42%) n Drafting templates (39%) n Summarizing documents (38%) n Editing documents (34%) Of those firms that have not yet adopted GAI tools: n 12% said they plan to adopt such tools in the future n 45% aren’t sure if they will n 43% said they have no plans to adopt GAI The reasons those firms gave for not adopting AI include: n 52% said they don’t know enough about the technology yet n 39% have concerns about ethical issues n 39% don’t trust the results n 33% are waiting for GAI to become more mature and reliable n 25% have concerns about privilege n 22% are still in the research phase n 20% have concerns about cost n 9% mentioned a concern not listed above Source: https://www.lawpay.com/support/resources/reports/2024-legal-industry-report/ 54
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