Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel posted a 3.7 percent gain in profits per partner last year, but gross revenue declined by half a percent.

Profits per partner increased to $1.815 million from $1.75 million, while gross revenue fell to $320.5 million from $322 million in 2013. Revenue per lawyer climbed 1 percent to $1.04 million from $1.03 million. Kramer Levin's net income declined 0.8 percent, to $121.5 million, while its profit margin remained unchanged.

The firm's managing partner, Paul Pearlman, who has held the office since August 2000, attributed the “de minimis” revenue decline to the unexpected delay of two large receivables “that we had expected to collect by year end, he wrote in an emailed statement. “We were nevertheless quite pleased with our year given that profits per partner, revenue per lawyer and compensation for all partners all increased.”