Editor’s Note, 2/25/11, 6 p.m. – A portion of the original story has been removed pending further reporting on Paul Weiss’s total lawyer head count in 2010.
The picture for many Am Law 100 firms appears to have been mixed in 2010, with many experiencing flat revenues and–if they were lucky–modestly rising profits. But Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison broke free of the credit crisis doldrums with remarkable intensity last year, boosting average profits per equity partner 13 percent, to $3.03 million.
