Annual Report on Firm Finance

* Fewer Lawyers at Big-Tex Firms in '06

* Big-Tex Firms Post Biggest Overall Revenue Increase in Five Years

* Profits at Texas Outposts of Out-of-State Firms Vary in 2006

* Charts

2006 Net Income

2006 RankFirmCityLawyers/Equity
Partners
Net Income
2006
Net Income
2005
Percent
Change
1Fulbright & JaworskiHouston903/348$268.2 million$247.8 million8.2%
2Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldDallas863/207$267.7 million$190.0 million40.9%
3Vinson & ElkinsHouston659/213$239.8 million$244.1 million-1.8%
4Baker BottsHouston676/210$229.9 million$205.5 million11.9%
5Susman GodfreyHouston86/39$117.1 million$134.0 million-12.6%
6Haynes and BooneDallas402/152$105.2 million$95.2 million10.5%
7Andrews KurthHouston358/127$92.9 million$99.5 million-6.6%
8Thompson & KnightDallas359/104$83.2 million$66.4 million25.3%
9Locke Liddell & SappHouston, Dallas320/95$78.9 million$65.2 million21.0%
10Bracewell & GiulianiHouston332/107$73.8 million$61.8 million19.4%
11Gardere Wynne SewellDallas261/94$71.1 million$63.2 million12.5%
12Jackson WalkerDallas284/93$53.0 million$47.5 million11.6%
13WinsteadDallas369/94$52.8 million$49.8 million6.0%
14Jenkens & Gilchrist*Dallas236/86$44.0 million$46.9 million-6.2%
15Kelly Hart & HallmanFort Worth100/45$28.3 million$27.2 million4.0%
16Hughes & LuceDallas132/47$27.0 million$25.0 million8.0%
17Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & BlumenthalDallas86/39$26.1 million$25.7 million1.6%
18Porter & HedgesHouston83/35$21.6 million$20.3 million6.4%
19Strasburger & PriceDallas180/60$21.1 million$20.3 million3.9%
20 (tie)Clark, Thomas & WintersAustin117/71$21.0 million$21.4 million-1.9%
20 (tie)Brown McCarrollAustin150/51$21.0 million$22.7 million-7.5%
22Cox Smith MatthewsSan Antonio118/49$19.4 million$17.5 million10.9%
23Munsch Hardt Kopf & HarrDallas100/30$17.2 million$14.5 million18.6%
24Beirne, Maynard & ParsonsHouston92/19$16.6 million$17.3 million-4.0%
25Godwin Pappas Ronquillo**Dallas85/18$9.0 million$10.0 million-10.0%
* Closed its doors March 31, 2007.
** Formerly Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo.
Texas Lawyer, April 2007