This year, five firms dropped from The Am Law 100 to the Second Hundred–Ballard Spahr; Kilpatrick Stockton; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan; and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. Buchalter Nemer returns to the Second Hundred. And four firms are new: Armstrong Teasdale; Burr & Forman; Fisher & Phillips; and McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter.
Firms are listed alphabetically here. For firms whose fiscal year ended between September 1, 2009, and March 31, 2009, lawyer numbers are as of August 31, 2009. Gross revenue is rounded to the nearest $500,000. Profits per partner, revenue per lawyer, and compensation–all partners are rounded to the nearest $5,000.
