Despite seeing top-line growth in 2022, Chattanooga, Tennessee-based law firm Miller & Martin is budgeting for a decline in revenue next year, due to rising interest rates and "recessionary pressures" causing challenges for M&A and real estate practices throughout the legal industry.

Miller & Martin managing partner Scott Parrish said he expects 2023 to see potential declines in revenue from 7.5% to 12.5%. "Those are not exact, but we're going to look at pullbacks in [that] range, or at least we're going to budget with that kind of mindset at this point," he said.