H-1B sponsorNYFEIN 13-5395280Updated Jun 2026

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Filed 422 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Withdrawn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withdrawn rate · FY2026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

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a major law firm headquartered in New York that actively sponsors H-1B visa candidates. In FY2026, the firm filed 27 H-1B petitions and achieved a 100% certification rate.

Since 2010, Simpson Thacher has filed 422 H-1B petitions across 17 years, with most activity concentrated in litigation, corporate advisory, and legal services. The firm's H-1B role mix is heavily skewed toward lawyers (372 filings), followed by judicial law clerks (35 filings) and a small number of analysts and data scientists. The firm's all-time certification rate is 35.31%, with minimal denials (0.47%) and withdrawals (0.71%).

H-1B filing volume has fluctuated significantly, peaking at 40 petitions in 2011 and 2019, declining sharply through 2022, and rebounding strongly in 2024–2025 (51 and 72 filings respectively) before declining to 27 in 2026.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 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	95.5%
Cert-withdrawn	1.3%
Withdrawn	1.9%
Denied	1.3%

Certified95.5%

Cert-withdrawn1.3%

Withdrawn1.9%

Denied1.3%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	23-1011	Lawyers	372
2	23-1012	Judicial Law Clerks	35
3	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	4
4	15-2051	Data Scientists	2
5	43-3021	Billing and Posting Clerks	1
6	15-1252	Software Developers	1

Lawyers

372

Judicial Law Clerks

Financial and Investment Analysts

Data Scientists

Billing and Posting Clerks

Software Developers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

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

Year	Filings
FY2010	12
FY2011	40
FY2012	20
FY2013	16
FY2014	30
FY2015	30
FY2016	20
FY2017	21
FY2018	37
FY2019	40
FY2021	1
FY2022	1
FY2023	4
FY2024	51
FY2025	72
FY2026	27

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