Dan Packel | April 30, 2020
Many law firms have already stepped up in an effort to meet the needs of hard-pressed Americans, and Utah is expediting its efforts to improve its residents' ability to get legal help.
David Thomas | April 21, 2020
After a 5% increase in gross revenue and 3% growth in revenue per lawyer, the Am Law 100 were in a good place at the start of 2020. Then a global pandemic started. Now what?
Patrick Smith | April 21, 2020
These are the 30 firms that exceeded our benchmarks to make it onto this year's Super Rich list. This year, as much as ever, their ability to build on their wealth stands out among the Am Law 100.
Hugh A. Simons | April 21, 2020
Profitability growth has varied markedly by compensation system over the past decade, while partner satisfaction has been consistent across all systems. The choice of compensation system is thus best thought of as a critical strategy decision.
Dylan Jackson | April 21, 2020
Since the Great Recession, many of the Am Law 100 have altered the potentially burdensome pension plans that have spelled trouble for firms in the past. But in the midst of a stock market rollercoaster, that might be a problem for partners thinking of making an exit.
Christine Simmons | April 21, 2020
An analysis of recent history shows that it often takes time before a merger delivers top-line growth, especially in times of crisis.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
Kirkland & Ellis became the first law firm to top $4 billion in annual revenue, taking the top spot once again.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz remains the only firm with revenue per lawyer of above $2 million—not to mention $3 million.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
Wachtell holds a million-dollar lead on its closest competitor when it comes to profits per equity partner.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
A closer look at the numbers that defined the Am Law 100's 2019 financial results—in visual form.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
Details on the financial performance of the country's largest law firms in 2019, from A to Z.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
The average compensation for all partners in the Am Law 100 grew 4% in 2019, a small step back from the growth that group experienced in 2018.
ALM Staff | April 21, 2020
Wachtell leads the way with a PPL more than double that of any other firm in the country.
Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 21, 2020
For firms with cash on hand, the coming months will be much more manageable, Gina Passarella writes in the editor's note from the 2020 Am Law 100 report.
Paul Hodkinson | May 13, 2020
Across the legal industry, firms and lawyers alike are tangling with questions about their broader purpose. Where will the search for answers lead them?
Anna Zhang | May 14, 2020
At almost the same time, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Steptoe & Johnson LLP recently made decisions that showcased polar opposite views about the market in Hong Kong.
Ben Seal | May 11, 2020
"We will be much more nimble. We will try not to use offices as status symbols anymore, because nobody can say they need it," McDermott Will & Emery chair Ira Coleman says of his firm's post-pandemic plans.
Vivia Chen | April 23, 2020
It's hard not to regard many of our pre-coronavirus concerns as small, trivial and beside the point.
Frank Ready | May 11, 2020
Technology alone isn't going to turn the billable hour into a relic of the past. And as long as it exists, technology can't truly take hold in the legal industry.
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