With Jackson Walker's impressive financial performance in 2016 giving it a big boost in the Am Law 200 rankings, seven large Texas firms are among the second hundred highest-grossing U.S. firms in 2016. The seven firms appear on the Second Hundred list, which Texas Lawyer affiliate The American Lawyer published today.

Five other BigTex firms are among the nation's highest-grossing firms and were ranked in the recently published annual Am Law 100 report.

Buoyed by strong performance in litigation, corporate and real estate, Jackson Walker's gross revenue improved by 11.3 percent in 2016 at $246.5 million compared with 2015, and net income was up 26.2 percent. That propelled the firm to the 122nd spot on the Second Hundred list, up from 133rd on the previous year's list.