The Georgia legal community shrugged off financial bruises from the economic crisis to pour $697,000 into the coffers of food banks around the state, shattering the record of $419,000 set during last year’s Legal Food Frenzy.

Final results will not be announced until later this month, when organizers count checks and cash donated outside of the event’s digital dashboard and include team bonuses earned in March. A handful of the 225 teams will receive awards based on per-employee donations, total raised and other calculations.