Not All Am Law 100 Firms Were Operating At Peak Performance In 2021
Revenue might have been up for all firms, but it could have been even higher at some.
There is about 20% of the market that are not performing as well as they would like. That is more the case with the Second Hundred and the smaller firms, but there is a small group of Am Law 100 firms in there as well. The question for those firms is what is the path that makes the most sense for them.
— Kent Zimmermann, a legal consultant at Zeughauser Group, commenting on the Biglaw firms that underperformed in 2021 compared to other firms in the Am Law 100, some of which set unprecedented financial records.
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