While revenue ticked up by 0.9% at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in 2021, continuing a 12-year streak, profits dropped by 3% and growth in profits per equity partner and revenue per lawyer lagged 2020.

That incremental growth wasn’t unexpected, chairperson Kim Koopersmith said, because the 2021 financials are compared with 2020, when demand was exceptionally high in practices related to the pandemic.