After jumping 4.2 percent in 2012, average profits per partner growth for The Am Law 100 in 2013 was essentially flat, increasing just 0.2 percent. Sixty-four firms reported increases in PPP for 2013, compared with 66 in 2012 and 72 in 2011. Fourteen firms posted growth rates of at least 10 percent, down from 19 in 2012. Eight firms had declines that were greater than 10 percent, compared with three in 2012.
A pair of New York firms, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and Davis Polk & Wardwell, posted the year’s biggest increases—24.3 percent and 22.5 percent, respectively.
