Last year saw the inking of high-dollar deals led by local partners. By volume, the firm handled the most Georgia deals during the first three quarters of 2010, advising on 12 transactions, according to Mergermarket’s Georgia deal statistics. Atlanta office partner-in-charge Lizanne Thomas predicted a further ramp-up on the transactional side. “Our capital markets, banking and finance, real estate and mergers and acquisitions practices all posted record years in 2010, and 2011 has begun at an even more fevered pace,” she said.

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*Variances shown are in comparison to 2009.

MONEY
Revenue $1,616,000,000 6.32%
Revenue per lawyer $645,883 8.14%
Profit per partner $821,256 8.33%
LAWYERS
Total lawyers 2,502 43
Atlanta lawyers 142/6% 2
Partners 828 26
Equity partners 828 26
Atlanta size rank among firm’s offices No. 7

Clients

Asbury Automotive Group Inc., Crawford & Co., Cumulus Media, Eastman Chemical Co., Exide Technologies Inc., Flowers Foods Inc., Georgia Gulf, Georgia-Pacific, Koch Industries Inc., Milliken & Co., Oglethorpe Power, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Regions Bank, Southern Co., SunTrust Banks Inc., Wachovia Bank, Yamaha Motor Co.

Offices