Squire Patton Boggs edged total revenues closer to the $1 billion mark and posted average partner profits of nearly $1 million in 2016, in what Steve Mahon, the firm’s global managing partner, called its “best year ever.”

Gross revenue grew by $54 million to $983 million, a 6 percent increase over 2015. Revenue per lawyer was up 3 percent to $670,000.