DLA Piper topped the NLJ 350 this year, marking only the third time that it has unseated rival Baker & McKenzie from the No. 1 spot in the survey’s 36-year history.

DLA Piper, now with 4,036 lawyers, added 290 in 2012, for a 7.7 percent increase. Nonequity partners rose by 6.1 percent and equity partners by 0.7. Overall, the number of partners jumped by 4.3 percent.