In a year of generally positive financial results for Pennsylvania law firms, leadership focused on efficiency, leading to better than average profitability gains for several of them.

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Of the 13 Am Law 200 firms founded in Pennsylvania, all but two posted at least a slight gain in profits per equity partner in 2017, compared to the year before. Seven increased PPP by more than 5 percent—the amount of year-over-year PPP growth across the entire Am Law 200.

(While 15 Pennsylvania firms appear on the Am Law 200, year-to-year comparisons do not include Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin or Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, which were not included in last year's Am Law 200.)

But revenue per lawyer increased by just half a percent on average among firms founded in Pennsylvania, even with double-digit gross revenue gains at Cozen O'Connor and Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. While the majority of firms saw RPL increase year-over-year, three firms saw their RPL dip, including a decline of 15.3 percent at K&L Gates.