Legal consultancy Altman Weil has released its first-quarter law firm merger report, which notes that after a record-setting year in 2013, the pace of combinations among firms has continued in 2014, with smaller acquisitions dominating the market.

Of the 22 deals announced so far this year, approximately 82 percent involved firms with less than 15 lawyers, according to the quarterly analysis by suburban Philadelphia-based Altman Weil, which tracks law firm transactions on its website.