When R. Bruce McLean became chairman of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in 1993, the firm had six offices four of them in Texas and 350 lawyers.
In the intervening 19 years, Akin Gump under McLean’s stewardship has grown to about 900 lawyers in 17 offices worldwide, with revenue of $770 million and profits per partner of almost $1.7 million.