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Top 25 Licensing law firms based in San Francisco, United States

RevenueBase identified 159 licensing law firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,535 professional contacts across them, including 2,743 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (663 companies); San Francisco has 159.

This list covers licensing law firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
159Companies
4,535Contacts tracked
2,743Verified emails
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The 25 largest licensing law firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 159 licensing law firms based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to licensing law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0002,667 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Morrison Foerster transforms complexity into advantage.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500308 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rimon is a highly selective entrepreneurial firm that combines the dynamic client service, teamwork and agility of a high-end boutique law firm with the deep multidisciplinary…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500250 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business and real estate transactions and complex…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20098 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Scale LLP is a national, full-service law firm designed for modern business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20089 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Shartsis Friese LLP is one of San Francisco’s leading law firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20083 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Some of the largest companies in the world, and some of the wealthiest families in America, value and respect the service, creativity, and commitment of the attorneys of Sideman &…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20066 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bartko LLP is a mid-size firm dedicated to strategic representation of clients in California, nationally and abroad.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP is a leading investment management law firm known for providing top-tier, innovative, and collaborative legal solutions for complex financial services…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5042 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With offices in California, New Jersey, Florida, Virginia and a law practice that spans the country, Dhillon Law Group’s business and constitutional law practice spans business…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property, technology law and related litigation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Inventus is an innovative global law firm which provides superior legal services to entrepreneurs, startups, and mid-sized companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Gallo LLP focuses on complex civil litigation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pranger Law PC is a premier boutique law firm specializing in Intellectual Property, Promotions, and Advertising law services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We created Verso Law Group with a shared promise to tailor our firm’s focus to our clients’ objectives and expectations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“de la Peña & Holiday is an established and growing national full-service litigation and transactional law firm with an office in San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Schox Patent Group developed the patent strategy and wrote the patents for some of the most iconic startups in the last decade, including Coinbase, Cruise, Duo, Joby, and Twilio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tyz Law Group PC is a boutique litigation and IP counseling firm comprised of former big law attorneys with highly specialized expertise in the technology sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Law firm concentrating on media and technology transactions in the United States and internationally, based in San Francisco with affiliated office in Los Angeles and Tokyo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Valla Morrison & Schachne Inc, P.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kronenberger Rosenfeld is the leading digital media and technology law firm in the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Counsel LLP is a full service, boutique entertainment and digital media law firm with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, specializing in all aspects of creative law…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Emran Law Firm represents an array of clients with a host of diverse business and legal needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Valence LLP is a boutique law firm focused exclusively on commercial real estate transactions, including commercial leasing, subleasing, and purchase and sale transactions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cognition IP is a Y Combinator backed (YC W18) intellectual property law firm revolutionizing legal services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Licensing law firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
60.5%Verified-email coverage
28.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
114
11-50
34
51-200
5
201-500
3
1,001-5,000
3

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 159 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among licensing law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “licensing law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names licensing law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among licensing law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,743 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Licensing law firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names licensing law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many licensing law firms are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 159 licensing law firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Morrison Foerster, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most licensing law firms?

New York leads the United States with 663 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (332) and Chicago (273). San Francisco has 159.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,743 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 159 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.