When the discount retailer first announced plans to expand into the District, in November of 2010, it announced four sites and said it planned to open stores by the end of 2012.

For 21 years, the answer has been no — except in the District of Columbia, the only jurisdiction in the United States that allows law firms to share fees and profits with non-lawyers.

A San Diego-based financial information company that ranks large organizations by the quality of their 401(k) plans has named its top 25 in Washington, a list dominated by the region’s law firms.