Firm Summary
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has grown far beyond its 1873 roots in St. Louis. Following a major merger in 2018, Bryan Cave now boasts over 1,400 attorneys and professionals in more than 40 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. Despite its size, Bryan Cave touts a “One Firm” model that promotes cross-border collaboration on teams and in practice groups. The firm’s major practice areas are corporate, finance, investigations, litigation, regulatory, and tax, with a high concentration of litigators around the world. The firm is also increasingly making a name for itself in the area of environmental law and emerging technology matters.
Firm Stats
- Firm Name
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- U.S. Lawyer Headcount
- 679
- Headcount Change Since 2016
Overall -246
Partner -61
- Salary Scale
- Below Market
- Hours Required
- Unspecified
- Top Feeder Schools
- Washington University of St. Louis School of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law, University of Michigan Law School
- Average Lawyer Tenure at Firm (Years)
- 6.4
- Revenue Per Lawyer Change Over Five Years
- -3%
- Women Partners (as Percentage of U.S. Lawyer Headcount)
- 11%
- Women Partners (As a Percentage of U.S. Partnership)
- 24%
- Promotion Rate
- 6%
- Most Common Federal Case Types
- Contract, Antitrust, Finance
- Most Active Federal Jurisdictions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Frequent Federal Litigation Clients
- Nutrien AG Solutions Inc., SoClean Inc., Courthouse News Service
Firm Policies
Benefits and Perks
- $10K salary advance
Superstars
Kwon Lee
Partner, Global Head - Korea
A New York-based partner and Global Head of the firm’s Korea Practice, Lee recently joined Bryan Cave after a successful real estate career at Mayer Brown. Media outlets have described him as an “Eminent Practitioner” and “one of the most impressive real estate lawyers in Korea and a top player in the real estate market.”
J. Bennett Clark
Senior Trial Counsel
Senior Trial Counsel in Bryan Cave’s St. Louis office, Clark has been handling sensitive business litigation matters on behalf of top clients for over 30 years. In addition to commercial and white collar litigation, Clark’s practice focuses on intellectual property disputes, including patent, false advertising, trademark, unfair competition, copyright, and trade secrets litigation.
Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga
Partner, Co-Leader - International Arbitration
A partner in Miami and New York, Martinez-Fraga is one of the world’s premier experts in investor-State international arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and transnational litigation, In addition to being a World Bank arbitrator, he was previously appointed by President Obama to serve as one of four U.S. delegate members to the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, and was recently invited to teach a special course during the Private International Law Session in the Summer of 2023 at the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.
Above the Law Coverage
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It’s been less than a week since the last one, so let’s have another Biglaw merger.
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