After a flat financial year in 2016, Nixon Peabody saw its top line grow 3.4 percent last year, to $473 million.

Revenue per lawyer at the firm, which as a result of a 1999 merger has its roots in Boston and Rochester, New York, grew 6.4 percent in 2017, to $787,000, up from $740,000 the year before. Profits per partner jumped 13.4 percent, to $1.1 million, up from $980,000 in 2016.