Fisher & Phillips managing partner Roger Quillen said 2012 was the busiest year on record for the labor and employment firm, and he forecast an even heavier workload for 2013. Our profits per partner were up across the board, said Quillen. On a per-lawyer basis, our lawyers were the most productive theyve been at any time since Ive been managing partner, and for any time before that that I have records for. The firm opened two new offices last year, in Boston and Memphis. A Columbus, Ohio, branch that opened in January 2013 brings the firms total to 28 offices. Quillen said several factors helped spur the firms successful year, including a continued emphasis on regulatory and enforcement coming out of Washington, renewed organizing vigor on the part of private-sector labor unions and a welter of immigration laws emerging from statehouses across the country. Given the likelihood of bipartisan immigration reform coming from Congress and the White House, Quillen said the firms immigration practicewhich doubled in 2012may see a similar leap in the coming year. If we had any disappointment last year, it was in our head count, said Quillen, who had hoped to add a minimum of 25 new attorneys in 2012, but instead saw the firm grow by 19 lawyers.
Reported by Greg Land
*Variances shown are in comparison to 2011.
| MONEY | ||
| Revenue | $133,500,000 |  9.9% |
| Revenue per Lawyer | $520,000 | 1.0% |
| Profit per equity partner | $485,000 | 1.0% |
LAWYERS |
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| Total lawyers | 256 | 19 |
| Atlanta lawyers | 39/15.2% | 1 |
| Partners | 149 | 6 |
| Equity partners | 116 | 8 |
| Atlanta size rank among firms offices | No. 1 |
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