How many attorneys are there in US?

1,225,452 licensed attorneys in the United States

It is important to know that there were 1,225,452 licensed attorneys in the United States of America in 2011.  It is widely known the fact that an attorney at law in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients.  Not too many people know the fact that the United States legal system does not draw a distinction between lawyers who plead in court and those who do not plead in court.