Behind the Am Law 100's Banner Financial Year—and What Lies Ahead for Big Law

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English - April 30, 2021 17:16 - 26 minutes - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
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Despite—or, perhaps more accurately, because of—its rocky start, 2020 ended up being a banner year for Big Law financials. The pandemic forced law firms to cut costs in a major way, but there was a lot more than that behind firms’ soaring profits.

In this week's episode, Gina Passarella, ALM’s editor-in-chief, global legal brands, interviews American Lawyer executive editor Ben Seal and ALM Legal Intelligence senior analyst James Willer about some of the key findings from this year’s Am Law 100 rankings with regard to profitability.