Revenue growth among law firms based or founded in Chicago occurred on a stratified basis in 2019, with those toward the top of the Am Law 200 seeing larger growth than those toward the bottom.
Of the 14 Am Law 200 firms that either call Chicago home or have deep roots here, six—Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin, Mayer Brown, McDermott Will & Emery, Seyfarth Shaw and Katten Muchin Rosenman—posted gains that exceeded the average 5% growth the Am Law 200 saw last year. All six of those firms are in the top 70 of the Am Law 200.