On average, revenue per lawyer—the metric that we’ve long regarded as the most reliable measure of a firm’s financial health—increased by 3.7 percent at Am Law 100 firms in 2014, reversing a decline of 0.4 percent in 2013.

Last year, 84 firms posted a gain in RPL, compared with 66 in 2013. Jenner & Block posted 2014’s largest growth in RPL, with a 23 percent gain. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft had the largest drop, 3.2 percent.