Profile: Dechert is a national firm based in Philadelphia. According to the National Law Journal's 2009 NLJ 250 rankings of firms based on size, Dechert, with 788 attorneys is the forty-first law firm in the United States. In terms of revenue, the firm ranked 28th on The American Lawyer's 2009 Am Law 100 rankings of U.S. law firms with $816,000,000 in gross revenue in 2008. The firm has appeared in the top 75 of The American Lawyer's annual Am Law 100 rankings since 1986. In the 2009 Global 100 rankings of firms worldwide, Dechert was ranked as the 35th highest grossing law firm in the world. In addition to Philadelphia headquarters, Dechert has eight U.S. offices, including locations in Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. Overseas offices are located in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Munich, and Paris. The firm's practice areas are broken into industry sectors: business, litigation, tax, and government.