For Ballard Spahr, there was never much of a distinction between its equity and nonequity partner tiers, as both groups had the same voting rights and put capital into the firm. The only difference was that nonequity partners were paid a set income.
When that resulted in the nonequity tier doing better financially during the recession than the equity group, the firm decided to put all partners in the same situation of sharing in profit gains or losses.
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