For the Am Law 100 as a whole, average revenue per lawyer, the metric that we’ve long regarded as the most reliable measure of a firm’s financial health, increased by 3.2 percent, higher than the 1.5 percent increase at Am Law 100 firms in 2016.

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For 2017, 79 firms posted a gain in RPL, compared with 65 in 2016. Norton Rose posted 2017’s largest growth in RPL, 21.8 percent. K&L Gates had the largest drop, 15.3 percent. Figures on this chart are rounded to the nearest $1,000. Firms that are tied are listed alphabetically. Leverage is the ratio of all lawyers (minus equity partners) to equity partners. For more on how we calculate these figures, see our methodology.