Following a slow start to 2019, Haynes and Boone could only do so much to catch up in the second half. The firm saw gross revenue decline by 1%, while revenue per lawyer increased 2.2% on slimmer head count.

“The first half ended up being very, very slow. You had a government shutdown … at the same time you saw the slowdown on the energy side,” managing partner Timothy Powers said. But, he added, demand improved significantly during the second half of the year.