Compared to The Am Law 100, the financial gains posted by Second Hundred firms in 2010 were anemic. While the nation’s 100 highest-grossing firms rebounded from a disastrous 2009 by posting healthy gains in 2010–a 4 percent increase in gross revenue, a 4.4 percent rise in revenue per lawyer, and an 8.4 percent pop in profits per partner–gains at the Second Hundred were less robust. The Second Hundred’s total gross revenue rose 2.2 percent, to $17.46 billion in 2010 from $17.08 billion in 2009, while average revenue per lawyer increased just 1.5 percent, to $579,749 from $570,999. Average profits per partner rose 3.4 percent, to $665,665 from $643,580. So why aren’t they worried?


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THE CHARTS

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Revenue Per Lawyer (Top 20 – Free)
Revenue Per Lawyer (Full Chart)
Profits Per Partner (Top 20 – Free)
Profits Per Partner (Full Chart)
Compensation – All Partners (Top 20 – Free)
Compensation – All Partners (Full Chart)
Value Per Lawyer (Top 20 – Free)
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The Firms, A to Z
A Chasm With Consequences: Meet the Elite

INFOGRAPHIC: Click here for an interactive chart comparing The Am Law 200 firms to those in The Am Law 100, based on four key metrics of law firm economics.

THE FEATURES

Overview: A Rebuilding Year Their recovery may be weaker than The Am Law 100s, but Second Hundred firms say it’s all part of a plan. By Victor Li
A Chasm with Consequences Despite the recovery, market forces are combining to create unprecedented challenges for Am Law 200 firms. Get ready to make some tough decisions. By Aric Press
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