Law firms in the southeastern United States, including Florida and Georgia, saw a 7.7 percent increase in revenue despite frantic hiring and cost pressure from the latest round of associate pay raises, according to a survey by Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group.

The survey saw participation from 190 law firms of varying size—44 Am Law 50 firms, 35 Am Law 51-100 firms, 51 Am Law Second Hundred firms and 60 others— a group that includes boutique and niche firms. Figures for the southeast region were drawn from a sample of 17 firms on the east coast bounded by Virginia to the north and excluding Washington, D.C.