Goodwin has been named one of the largest law firms in Los Angeles County, ranking #14 on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2025 list. The annual list ranks the 200 largest law firms based on the number of lawyers in the region. This recognition highlights the continued growth of Goodwin’s Los Angeles and Santa Monica offices.
Goodwin’s Los Angeles office opened in 2006 with a strong focus on the real estate industry. This focus remains a core strength, as the team advises clients on real estate joint ventures, financings, M&A, sales, leasing, and development transactions. Over the years, the office has grown significantly and now serves and defends clients in connection with a wide variety of transactions across the private equity, technology, life sciences, and climate tech industries. Goodwin Los Angeles also represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters, securities litigation, white-collar defense, antitrust, and consumer financial services class actions.
Established in 2019, Goodwin’s Santa Monica office focuses on the technology, venture capital, and private equity industries, providing an on the ground presence in the heart of Silicon Beach. The team’s combined expertise in technology, venture capital, private equity, and capital markets provides innovators and investors in Santa Monica and beyond a one-stop shop at each stage of the business life cycle and across a wide spectrum of corporate transactions — including financings, capital market transactions, M&A, collaborations and licensing, intellectual property, and regulatory matters. Goodwin Santa Monica also possesses significant experience advising clients in complex, commercial, and business litigation, class action defense, antitrust and trade regulation, real estate litigation, unfair competition, labor & employment, and false advertising matters.
To compile its rankings, the Los Angeles Business Journal surveyed local, regional, and national law firms about the size of their Los Angeles offices.
View the full list of largest law firms at Los Angeles Business Journal.