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 96,000 with a readership of 120,000 every issue.
The D.C. Bar is the second largest unified bar in the United States and grows by about 2,000 lawyers every year.
A readership survey of 1,300 attorneys who are D.C. Bar members was conducted by the nationally known research company Research USA, Inc. and completed in June 2011. Most results of the survey are projectable within a range of +/- 2.8 percent (with 95 percent confidence).
Results of that survey are as follows:
| Personal Statistics | |
| Male | 59.2% |
| Married | 70.1% |
| Average age | 50.3 |
| Average individual income | $201,600 |
| Average household income | $312,900 |
| Average net worth | $1,791,100 |
| Percent with a net worth of over $1 million | 41.3% |
| Average years in practice | 22.5 |
| Home Ownership | |
| Percentage of home ownership | 83.1% |
| Average market value of home | $777,000 |
| Office Location | |
| Law firms in D.C. metro area | 2120 |
| Average number of attorneys in firm | 103 |
| Office located in Washington | 45.1% |
| Office located in Maryland | 11.5% |
| Office located in Virginia | 11.1% |
| Travel Habits | |
| Plan to travel for business one or more times a year | 76.4% |
| Average travel time in 12 month period | 4.4% |
| Regular Readership (have read 3 of last 4 issues) | |
| Washington Lawyer | 59.6% |
| Wall Street Journal | 33.0% |
| ABA Journal | 33.8% |
| Washingtonian |
19.2% |
| American Lawyer | 8.0% |
| National Law Journal/Legal Times | 14.9% |
| Washington Business Journal | 4.7% |
| Type of Legal Practice | |
| Law firm | 25.8% |
| Government | 23.7% |
| Solo | 17.2% |
| Corporate | 8.7% |
| Leading Areas of Specialization | |
| Trial/Litigation | 26.9% |
| Corporate Business | 16.7% |
| Administrative | 19.2% |
| Labor/employment | 15.0% |
| General Practice | 12.9% |
| International | 8.3% |
| Authority to Purchase or Recommend | |
| Have overall purchasing authority | 54.2% |
| Office equipment | 47.5% |
| Office supplies | 49.4% |
| Banking/Finance | 36.0% |
| Travel arrangements | 34.3% |
| Litigation support services | 24.5% |
| Office leasing | 26.8% |
| Personal services | 19.9% |
| Top Technology Needs of Firm in Next 12 Months | |
| Online research | 32.6% |
| General software upgrade | 14.2% |
| High speed Internet | 17.7% |
| Litigation support/discovery | 12.6% |
| Time and billing | 10.0% |
| Case management | 14.0% |
| Consumer Habits | |
| Average times traveled for business in a 12 month period | 4.4 times |
| Average number of times at restaurant per month | 7.3 |
| Percent of readers using a private wealth manager | 30.5% |
*For more information Contact Dominick Alcid at
202-737-4700 ext. 3373 or Renita Mobley at
202-737-4700 ext. 3330
