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By Teri Zucker
September 03, 2003

Am Law 100 Shows Growth Despite Down Economy. Average profits per equity partner rose 6.9% among the Am Law 100 firms in 2002, according to the latest list released on July 1. Gross revenue increased by 8.5% and revenue per lawyer grew by 4%. How did law firms increase revenues when the rest of corporate America is suffering through hard economic times? As it turns out, through careful management. The number of lawyers grew by half of the revenue increase ' 4.2%. And of the 15 firms that saw a drop in revenue per lawyer, nine showed increases in profits per equity partner. The slowdown also affected equity partners, but not non-equity ones: the number of equity partners grew just 2.8%, while non-equity partnerships grew by 13.4%. Also, somehow in a down econonmy, Am Law 100 firms were able to actually increase billing rates 3%-6% in 2002. More information on the 2002 Am Law 100 list can be found at http://www.americanlawyer.com/.

One More Cooley Partner Joins Morrison. William Veatch, formerly a finance partner and a 9-year veteran at Cooley Godward, has joined the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster. Veatch felt that through Morrison's New York and international locales, he would be able to extend his practice. He also stated that Cooley caused friction for him regarding several banking relationships. He is not the only one to resign from Cooley in 2003; at least seven Cooley partners have left to join other firms since January.

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