AmLaw 100-Ranking: Neue Zahlen zum Rechtsmarkt in den USA

Die neue AmLaw 100-Tabelle ist online abrufbar (David Lat: "O happy day!"). Die Liste ist bereits als solche sehr interessant. Ein wenig Statistik: - Total revenues reached $64.5 billion, an increase of 13.6 percent. - Two firms, Skadden Arps and Latham & Watkins, each hopped over the $2 billion barrier. It took Skadden 51 years to reach the $1 billion gross mark, and eight more to hit $2 billion. - Nineteen firms had profits per partner of $2 million or more, four more than in 2006. Three of the 19 firms each decreased their equity partner ranks by 4 percent last year: Dechert Milbank, and Weil Gotshal. Once again, Wachtell Lipton led the pack, this time with a record-breaking PPP of $4.9 million. - Head count grew by 6.8 percent to 77,816 lawyers. The fastest-growing category was nonequity partners, which now account for 35 percent of all partners. If these growth rates continue, the number of…