Boston giant Hale and Dorr has bucked the continuing slump in its core corporate technology market to post a 3% increase in revenue and an 8% rise in average partner profits for 2002.

The 500-lawyer firm’s turnover for 2002 stands at $306m (£191.5m), up $9m (£5.6m) on the previous year’s figures of $297m (£186m). At the same time, average profits per equity partner rose by 8% to hit $810,000 (£507,000).