Despite the overall ho-hum results for law firm growth on this year's NLJ 350, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison attained standout status.

Head count at Paul Weiss swelled by 10.4 percent in 2014 to 943 lawyers, and the firm rose to No. 27 on the 2015 NLJ 350, compared with No. 34 the year before. A five-year growth spurt has boosted its New York head count by 26 percent since 2010 and its Washington office by 121 percent to 104 lawyers.

Among all firms, head counts inched up just 0.6 percent on the NLJ 350, The National Law Journal's annual ranking of the nation's 350 largest law firms.