Law firms in Pennsylvania outpaced most other regions in demand growth in 2017, as the whole industry fed off a stronger fourth quarter to finish ahead of the previous year, a recent report from Citi Private Bank said.

Pennsylvania law firms surveyed saw revenue increase by 6.4 percent in 2017, which was better than the industrywide average of 4.5 percent, according to Brad Winton, a private banker and senior vice president in Citi Private Bank’s law firm group. But expense growth in Pennsylvania also outpaced the rest of the industry.