Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath managed to hold onto the same level of profits per equity partner (PEP) in 2022 amid declining transactional work and the expiration of pandemic-era cost reductions.

The firm’s revenue dropped 3.3% to $955 million in 2022, setting back the firm’s post-merger revenue goal of $1 billion by at least another year. With a nearly 5% decline in total lawyers at the firm to 1,039, revenue per lawyer rose slightly to $919,000.