Bloomberg Law
April 27, 2017, 10:22 PM UTC

Five Takeaways From This Year’s AmLaw 100 Report

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

The American Lawyer on Thursday released its annual report on the top 100 law firms, ranked by gross revenue.

It’s a lot to digest, so we’ve singled out five data points, below, that caught our attention:

One: Both Headcount and Revenue Grew

The number of lawyers in the AmLaw 100 rose 2.7 percent, and the overall revenue for these firms rose 4.3 percent.

That’s good news for an industry that often hears about headwinds. For instance, earlier this month, a report on a sample of 155 law firm by Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group found that in the second half of 2016 demand, ...

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