If 2020 was the year of uncertainty, 2021 was the year of activity. As we continue to pull ourselves out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania legal community spent the last year in overdrive. Whether it was getting the courts back on track, trying cases once again, executing deals, or making career moves, Pennsylvania lawyers were busy in 2021 like never before. So please, take this moment out of your busy schedules and let us recognize you and your hard work, and say thank you for all you've done.

Over the past year, we saw a record-breaking number of deals and mergers, executed deftly under rapidly changing circumstances. As the courts got back up and running, trial schedules for litigators overflowed like never before. Firm leaders were also forced to grapple with a white-hot lateral market, as attorneys at all levels struggled to figure out what firms, cultures and work-life balances might work best for them in this changing world. While some firms saw their profits reach new heights, others executed mergers, and nearly all experimented with novel forms of hybrid work and client-representation.