What Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani does

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani (GRSM) is the first and only U.S. law firm with attorneys and offices in all 50 states. Founded in 1974 in San Francisco and operating as a privately held limited liability partnership, the firm had grown to over 2,000 attorneys across 85+ offices by 2026, ranked #6 in U.S. law firm headcount and #70 on the Am Law 100. Revenue exceeded $1 billion, up from approximately $100 million twenty years earlier under prior Managing Partner Dion Cominos, with growth achieved organically and through lateral partner hiring rather than debt or large-scale mergers.

GRSM delivers three primary service lines across 100+ practice areas and industry groups: Litigation (class actions, commercial disputes, product liability, professional liability, insurance defense, employment, and toxic tort); Transaction Services (M&A, corporate governance, commercial contracts, real estate, banking, securities); and industry-specific practices (healthcare, insurance, construction, transportation, entertainment, technology, life sciences). Customers are primarily enterprise commercial clients, insurance carriers, manufacturers, and healthcare organizations requiring coordinated multi-state legal representation.

The firm operates on a professional services revenue model centered on hourly billing, supplemented by contingency and fixed-fee arrangements, with monthly client billing. Underlying technology is standard law firm practice management infrastructure; the firm does not disclose proprietary technology products. Distribution is direct-to-enterprise through partner-led business development, leveraging the 50-state physical platform as the primary differentiator. A new Artificial Intelligence Practice offers legal advisory on AI liability, IP, and regulation. Leadership transitioned from Cominos to Adam B. Sugarman as Firmwide Managing Partner effective June 7, 2026, supported by a new Firmwide Management Council.

Name

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Legal name

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Website

https://grsm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani (GRSM) is a full-service U.S. law firm with 2,000+ attorneys across 85+ offices in all 50 states, serving enterprise clients in insurance, healthcare, construction, manufacturing, and entertainment through litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Billing: Traditional law firm billing for legal services including hourly fees, contingency fees, and fixed fees for certain matters. Grew from approximately $100 million to over $1 billion in revenue under 20-year leadership tenure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani (GRSM) is a full-service national law firm that delivers legal representation to commercial clients across all 50 U.S. states. The firm sells legal services organized around three primary lines—Litigation, Transaction Services, and Insurance Defense—supplemented by industry-focused practices in healthcare, employment, construction, environmental/toxic tort, and an emerging Artificial Intelligence practice. Its differentiated offering is a 50-state platform combining localized attorneys with a single-firm coordination layer for multi-jurisdictional matters.

Product overview

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani (GRSM) is a national full-service law firm offering comprehensive legal services through its 50-state platform. The firm provides three primary service lines: Litigation (covering class actions, commercial disputes, product liability, professional liability, insurance defense, employment, and toxic tort), Transaction Services (including business transactions, corporate matters, real estate, banking, and securities), and Industry-Specific Practices (including healthcare, insurance, construction, transportation, entertainment, and technology). The platform integrates over 100 practice areas and industry groups, enabling clients to access coordinated legal counsel across jurisdictions from a single firm relationship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation Services Trial-tested litigation representation including class action defense, commercial disputes, product liability, professional liability defense, asbestos and talc litigation, and other contested matters across all 50 states.
• Transaction Services Business transactional legal work including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial contracts, real estate, banking and finance, and securities matters.
• Insurance Services Full-service insurance practice covering bad faith, general liability, professional liability, property insurance, D&O coverage, and appellate insurance matters for insurers and policyholders.
• Employment Services Employment law counsel including workplace litigation defense, counseling, transactional due diligence, and executive compensation matters.
• Healthcare Services Healthcare industry legal services covering regulatory transactions, telehealth, institutional healthcare, long-term care, and correctional healthcare for providers and systems.
• Environmental and Toxic Tort Services Environmental compliance, remediation, Superfund/CERCLA/RCRA matters, PFAS issues, asbestos litigation, and chemical exposure defense.
• Artificial Intelligence Practice Legal services addressing AI-related issues including liability, intellectual property, privacy concerns, regulatory compliance, and AI litigation matters.
• 50-State Legal Platform National platform providing comprehensive legal services through attorneys and offices in all 50 states, enabling integrated and coordinated legal representation across jurisdictions under a single firm relationship.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ favorable verdicts nationwide
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: National litigation defense firm with a comparable model to GRSM — built through aggressive lateral hiring and geographic expansion. Roughly 1,500+ attorneys across 55+ offices, with heavy emphasis on insurance defense, transportation, and commercial litigation, directly mirroring GRSM's service mix.
• Reed Smith: Full-service international law firm of similar size (1,500+ lawyers) with comparable practice emphasis on commercial litigation, insurance, and industry-sector work. Competes directly with GRSM for mid-market and enterprise clients needing multi-jurisdictional representation.
• Jackson Lewis: National employment-law focused firm with 1,000+ attorneys across 60+ offices. Overlaps with GRSM's employment practice and shares the 'lateral-driven, multi-office' growth model that has defined GRSM's expansion.
• Seyfarth Shaw: Full-service Am Law 100 firm of similar size (~900 attorneys) with strong employment, litigation, and real estate practices. Comparable client base of mid-market and enterprise clients with multi-state legal needs.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius: Am Law 50 full-service firm with comparable practice breadth in litigation, insurance, healthcare, and employment. A larger, more established competitor that GRSM may compete with for premium enterprise mandates.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global full-service law firm with strong U.S. footprint and significant insurance, litigation, and regulatory practices. Overlaps with GRSM in insurance defense and commercial litigation at the enterprise client level.
• Dentons: World's largest law firm by headcount (12,000+), built through serial combinations. Competes with GRSM for national and global clients and demonstrates an alternative scale-driven growth model.
• DLA Piper: Global mega-firm with extensive U.S. presence across all major practice areas. Direct competitor for GRSM's enterprise commercial clients requiring cross-border and multi-jurisdictional service.
• Baker McKenzie: One of the largest global law firms with significant U.S. presence across litigation, corporate, and regulatory practices. Competes with GRSM for large enterprise mandates requiring international and multi-state capability.

Emerging players

• Ogletree Deakins: Leading employment-law focused national firm with 1,000+ attorneys across 50+ offices. Directly overlaps with GRSM's employment practice and shares the multi-state platform model, though more narrowly focused on labor and employment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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