Ballard Spahr experienced slight revenue growth and flat profits in 2016, making the best of what the firm said it knew would be a challenging year.

Gross revenue was $341.5 million in 2016, up 1.2 percent from $337.5 million in 2015. Profits per equity partner were up very slightly, by 0.8 percent, increasing from $600,000 to $605,000.