The pay gap between the highest and lowest paid partners at some of Georgia's largest firms increased last year, similar to the national trend in the Am Law 200. Meanwhile, other Georgia firms shrank the pay gap.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Fisher & Phillips increased the partner pay ratio—the ratio between the highest and lowest-paid equity partners. Specifically, Kilpatrick's ratio last year was 5.47 to 1, up from 5 to 1 in 2020, while Fisher Phillips' ratio was 12.8 to 1 last year, up from 10.8 to 1 in 2020, according to American Lawyer survey information.