Last year was “a tale of two halves” for Frost Brown Todd, the firm’s leader said, with transactional work running hot for the first six months and countercyclical practices carrying the torch the rest of the way.

But litigation was also a constant, added firm chair Robert Sartin, and coupled with “modest” fee increases and a focus on the middle market, Frost Brown was able to increase revenue around 7%, to about $278.5 million, and revenue per lawyer 2.5%, to $570,000.

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