The labor and employment boutique’s revenue fell by about 7 percent last year because of a drop in collections, said C. Lash Harrison, the firm’s managing partner. Ford & Harrison budgeted for flat revenue and billed about the same number of hours as in 2008, he said, but bankrupt or slow-paying clients meant it didn’t get paid for all of its work. It doesn’t matter if you have the work. If you’re not getting paid for it, that’s a problem, he said. Cost-cutting kept the firm’s profit per partner flat. The firm laid off several staff but no associates last year, according to Harrison, and reported four fewer equity partners.
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| MONEY | ||
| Revenue | $74,988,843 |  7.18% |
| Revenue per lawyer | $396,766 | 8.66% |
| Profit per partner | $386,989 | 0.27% |
| Lawyers | ||
| Total lawyers | 189 |  3 |
| Atlanta lawyers | 50/26% | 5 |
| Partners | 106 | 6 |
| Equity partners | 53 | 4 |
| Atlanta office size rank | No. 1 | |
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