The Am Law 100 Despite a poor economy and a dearth of dealmaking, America's largest law firms have posted another year of revenue gains. But beyond the top-line growth is a less happy story of pinched profits and less productive lawyers. By Jim Schroeder Read this story online. In-House: Editor's Note Don't say we didn't warn you... By Aric Press Read this story online. The Charts Gross Revenue: Leaders, Laggards Firms with biggest increases and decreases in gross revenue. View this chart online. Profits Per Partner: Leaders, Laggards Firms with biggest increases and decreases in profits per partner. View this chart online. Ins and Outs Firms new to the list, and firms that dropped off View this chart online.

The AM LAW 100 List (electronic version) Now available for the first time: a searchable spreadsheet containing The Am Law 100 -- and the Am Law Second Hundred -- the definitive ranking of America's largest law firms. Click here for more information. The American Lawyer: AM LAW 100 Issue The definitive ranking of America's largest law firms, the 2002 Am Law 100 rankings show exactly who has managed to weather the poor economy -- and how the headcount and salary increases of the past few years have come home to roost. Click here for more information about the July issue (Am Law 100). Click here for more information about the August issue (Am Law Second Hundred). Media Inquiries Additional information is available to media outlets via e-mail. Click here

The Price Of Growth How firms chalked up double-digit revenue gains in the midst of a recession. By Andrew Longstreth The Bottom Line Flattens The profits trend was flat in 2001--but some exceptions were notable. By Robert Lennon Sweating The Small Stuff In slow times, firms take a fresh look at expenses. By Andrew Longstreth Where The Action Was Economic slowdown? Try telling it to the Georgians and the Texans. By Jonathan E. Kaplan The Price Of Terror All of the planning in the world couldn't have foreseen law firms' September 11 expenditures. By Matt Fleischer-Black A Small Gain Pro bono hours increased sharply in 2001. Is it an aberration, or the start of a trend? By Elisabeth Preis Paradigm Lost OK, so maybe the tech boom didn't change the legal industry forever. Anybody can make a mistake. By Susan Beck The Charts Baker Breaks A Billion Baker & McKenzie is still Number 2 in the gross revenue rankings, but a billion in revenue is still a milestone. Gross revenue rankings, nationwide and by city. The Mighty Take A Bruising Top deal firms saw their revenue per lawyer drop last year. Revenue per lawyer rankings, nationwide and by city. Getting Hit Where It Hurts The millionaires' club gets smaller. Profits per partner rankings, nationwide and by city. Rounding Out The Pay Picture Taking nonequity partners' pay into account. Compensation-all partners rankings, nationwide and by city. Lean, Mean Profit Machines The Am-Law profitability index rankings. A Tale Of Three Cities Guess who's on top of the pro bono rankings once again? The 2001 Am Law 100 View the 2001 Am Law 100 and the Am Law Second hundred. = Read this story online.

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