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About Washington Lawyer

Washington Lawyer is the official publication of the District of Columbia Bar and is published 11 times a year. Washington Lawyer has a circulation of 85,856, with a readership of 111,613 every issue. 

The D.C. Bar is the second largest unified bar in the United States and grows by about 1,500 lawyers every year.

A readership survey of 1,200 attorneys who are D.C. Bar members was conducted by the nationally known research company Research USA, Inc. and completed in June 2006. Most results of the survey are projectable within a range of +/- 4.6 percent (with 95 percent confidence).

Results of that survey are as follows:

Personal Statistics
Male 62.3%
Married 71.2%
Average age 48.1
Average individual income $247,700
Average household income $362,900
Average net worth $2,355,200
Percent with a net worth of over $1 million 50.8%
Average years in practice 21.5

Home Ownership
Percentage of home ownership 89.5%
Average market value of home $819,500

Office Location
Law firms in D.C. metro area 1,921
Average number of attorneys in firm 83
Office located in Washington 44.8%
Office located in Maryland 12.9%
Office located in Virginia 9.1%

Lease Expiration Date
After 2008, plan to move office 38.6%
Office lease expires by 2008 37.8%

Regular Readership (have read 3 of last 4 issues)
Washington Lawyer 53.2%
Wall Street Journal 35.9%
ABA Journal 33.4%
Washingtonian 20.9%

Legal Times

19.4%
American Lawyer 8.4%
National Law Journal 7.9%
Washington Business Journal 4.6%

Type of Legal Practice
Law firm 33.4%
Government 20.3%
Solo 16.3%
Corporate 5.4%

Leading Areas of Specialization
Trial/Litigation 24.3%
Administrative 17.7%
Corporate Business 15.9%
Labor/employment 9.7%
General Practice 9.3%
International 6.2%

Authority to Purchase or Recommend
Have overall purchasing authority 55.2%
Office supplies 34.4%
Office equipment 33.6%
Travel arrangements 29.4%
Litigation support services 26.3%
Banking/Finance 25.8%
Personal services 22.5%
Office leasing 22.3%

Top Technology Needs of Firm in Next 12 Months
Online research 25.9%
General software upgrade 17.5%
High speed internet 17.3%
Case management 16.2%
Litigation support/discovery 13.3%
Time and billing 9.1%

Consumer Habits
Average times traveled for business in a 12 month period 6.6 times
Average number of times at restaurant per month 8.3
Average weekend vacations taken in the past 12 months 3.5
Percentage purchasing travel/accommodations online 86.4%
Average times purchased a product or service online 11.5%
Percent of readers planning to purchase/lease a new car in the next 12 months 21.5%

*For more information Contact Dominick Alcid at

  202-737-4700 ext. 373 or Latisha Mckoy at

  202-737-4700 ext. 330

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