H-1B sponsorNYFEIN 13-5023295Updated Jun 2026

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Filed 411 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a NY headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is a major New York-based law firm that has been an active H-1B sponsor since 2010. In FY2026, the firm filed 23 H-1B petitions with a 100% certification rate, continuing its engagement with the visa program after a significant hiring surge in recent years.

Across all filings since 2010, Davis Polk has submitted 411 H-1B petitions with a 35.28% overall certification rate. The firm's petition volume remained modest through the 2010s (ranging from 15 to 36 filings annually), with notable drops during 2020–2022. However, activity rebounded sharply starting in 2024, with 55 filings that year and 61 in 2025, reflecting renewed demand for specialist talent.

The firm's H-1B hiring focuses overwhelmingly on legal roles: lawyers account for 320 filings (77.9%), while judicial law clerks represent 66 filings (16.1%). A small number of financial and investment analysts, marketing managers, and accountants round out the occupational mix, indicating Davis Polk's concentration on core legal and compliance expertise.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	99.3%
Cert-withdrawn	0.7%

Certified99.3%

Cert-withdrawn0.7%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	23-1011	Lawyers	320
2	23-1012	Judicial Law Clerks	66
3	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	10
4	11-2021	Marketing Managers	3
5	13-2011	Accountants and Auditors	2
6	43-6014	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2
7	11-3031	Financial Managers	1
8	15-1252	Software Developers	1

Lawyers

320

Judicial Law Clerks

Financial and Investment Analysts

Marketing Managers

Accountants and Auditors

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Financial Managers

Software Developers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	24
FY2011	32
FY2012	31
FY2013	15
FY2014	25
FY2015	20
FY2016	28
FY2017	25
FY2018	29
FY2019	36
FY2020	1
FY2022	2
FY2023	4
FY2024	55
FY2025	61
FY2026	23

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