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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER
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PENNSYLVANIA’S 100
LARGEST LAW FIRMS
Sixteenth Annual
Managing Partners Survey
Firm Financials
Largest Awards & Settlements
Where Will Law Firm
Growth Come From?
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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Editor’s Note 7 Welcome to PaLAW 2011: Our 18th
Annual Report on the Legal Profession.
Largest Awards & Settlements 9
A ranking of Pennsylvania’s largest
50 awards and settlements from
Aug. 1, 2010 through Aug. 1, 2011,
as reported in The Legal Intelligencer
and Pennsylvania Law Weekly.
Most Requested Opinions 14
A list of the most popular Pennsylvania
state and federal court cases from
Aug. 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011, as gauged by
lawyers’ requests for opinions through the
Pennsylvania Instant Case Service.
National Statistics 16
How Pennsylvania law firms compare
to firms nationwide.
County-by-County Statistics 18
Pennsylvania’s attorney-to-population
ratio and license numbers.
Largest Public Law Firms in PA 20
Pennsylvania’s public law offices, ranked
by number of attorneys.
PA-Area Law School Statistics 22
The essential information about the
region’s law schools.
Largest PA Public Corporations 34
The legal departments of the 100
largest public companies based in
Pennsylvania.
Law Firms Identified
by Corporate Clients 53
Which law firms are called upon most
often to represent Pennsylvania’s
public corporations?
Survey of Pennsylvania
Managing Partners 54
The focus is on the economic
environment in our 16th annual
Managing Partners Survey.
100 Largest Law
Firms in Pennsylvania 61
Our 18th ranking of the largest PA
law firms, with comprehensive tables
on firm growth, women and minority
percentages and geographical
presence.
Law Firm Growth 87
Tracking which firms are fastestgrowing and fastest-shrinking.
Female and Minority Percentages 89
How the 100 largest firms performed
in diversity.
PA Minority- &
Women-Owned Law Firms 25
An alphabetical listing of firms identifying
themselves as minority firms.
Strategies in a
No-Growth Economy 94
Altman Weil consultant Ward Bower’s
analysis of where law firm growth will
come from in 2012.
PA Public Interest Law Firms 29
Pennsylvania agencies that serve the
public interest, listed by annual budget.
Firm Financials 2010 96
Our review of how firms did
financially last year.
PaLAW 2011 5
Editor’s Note
W
elcome to the 18th installment
of PaLAW: Annual Report on the
Legal Profession. In this space
last year, we spoke of the publication’s new
design and continued commitment to providing accurate, detailed and informative
data on as many facets of the legal profession as we could fit in these pages.
Our hope is that you can clearly see
those efforts again bore fruit in this latest
edition, which has tracked a legal community in recovery. As we have focused our
efforts in the last year on collecting data
about private law firms, public corporations and public interest firms, to name a
few things, the legal profession has been
focused on how to emerge from a recession that has drastically altered some ways
of doing business while allowing other old
habits to creep back to the fore.
Layoffs and hiring reductions continue
to recede while rate and salary increases
are on the rise. Firms continue to function
with fewer attorneys — in Pennsylvania, at
least. Reed Smith again topped the 100
Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania list
with 311 full-time attorneys in the state,
compared to the 323 lawyers that garnered the firm the top spot in 2010.
As Ward Bower points out in his article
on page 94, firms have little left to cut in
the way of expenses, making revenue
generation a tough prospect in 2012. One
way to garner more revenue, he points
out, is through a merger, but fewer respondents to this year’s Managing Partners
Survey said they were actively seeking a
merger partner.
One area that may still have room for
some trimming is the partner ranks — the fastest way, consultants have said,
to improve the bottom line. Though firms
are not rushing to cut or de-equitize partners in any dramatic fashion, they are
looking at doing so at an increased rate
from last year.
That and a number of other interesting
takeaways can be found from the analysis
of the survey, including some impressive
financial results for law firms in the last
two years. And reporter Zack Needles has
a roundup of specific financial results from
2010 for the state’s largest law firms.
There is one big change to the publication this year. We are sad to say that Jaime
Bochet, our magazines and supplements
editor, has moved on for a new and exciting career endeavor. We can’t thank Jaime
enough for her work in shaping PaLAW
2011 and the several editions before it. We
promise that her dedication is one entrenched in the institution’s culture — one
we hope will remain visible on the coming
pages and in future editions as we constantly work to improve the end product.
To that end, we welcome our new magazines and supplements editor, Ben Seal,
who joins us from the sports desk of The
Trentonian with the same ability to juggle
projects and fine-tune a product that has
driven the success of this publication in
previous years.
This publication and its many moving
parts could not have been pulled together
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Karen Leddy painstakingly lays out each
of the charts, graphs and articles, adding
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Director of Information Technology
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you see is as accurate as possible.
As much of the data you are about to
read is a snapshot of where firms currently
stand, we welcome your ideas for how we
can look ahead and provide you with the
most useful information. As the practice of
law evolves, so too should this publication.
We look forward to hearing you insights
and suggestions in the coming year.
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Special Projects Editor
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PaLAW 2011 7
Largest Awards & Settlements in PA
Rank
Case Name
Amount
Type of Action
Court
Attorneys
Date
1.
Mack Trucks Inc. v. UAW
$525 million
(settlement)
Employment
U.S. District
Court, E.D. Pa.
Thomas J. Bender and Robert C. Drake of Littler Mendelson; Andrew
Nickelhoff and Marshall J. Widick of Sachs Waldman; William T. Josem
of Cleary & Josem.
5/12/2011
2.
United States v. Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corp.
$422 million
(settlement)
Consumer
Fraud, Whistleblower
U.S. District
Court, E.D. Pa.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen Marston, Frank Costello, Marilyn May,
Jacqueline Romero and Paul Kaufman; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Catherine Votaw; Department of Justice Office of Consumer Litigation
Trial Attorney Patrick Jasperse; U.S. Department of Justice Civil Frauds
Division Trial Attorney Jessica Champa; Karen F. Green of Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale & Dorr; Evan R. Chesler of Cravath Swaine & Moore;
Ronald H. Levine of Post & Schell.
9/30/2010
3.
Allegheny Energy Supply Co.
v. Wolf Run Mining Co.
$104.1 million
(verdict)
Breach of
Contract
C.P. Allegheny
Patricia Dodge, Andrew Noble and Russell J. Ober Jr. of Meyer Unkovic
& Scott; Jeff A. Woods of Wyatt Tarrant & Combs; David G. Ries of Thorp
Reed & Armstrong.
5/2/2011
4.
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania v. Johnson &
Johnson
$51.85 million
(verdict)
Consumer
Fraud
Commonwealth
Court
Barry R. Eichen of Eichen Crutchlow & McElroy; Donald E. Haviland Jr. of
Haviland Hughes.
12/7/2010
5.
Estate of Torres v. Wachovia
Bank, N.A.
$46.16 million
(verdict)
Wrongful Death
C.P. Berks
Jay N. Abramowitch and Kenneth Millman of Leisawitz Heller Abramowitch Phillips.
11/16/2010
6.
(tie)
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania v. Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company
$27.6 million
(verdict)
Consumer
Fraud
Commonwealth
Court
Donald E. Haviland Jr. of Haviland Hughes; Barry R. Eichen of Eichen
Crutchlow & McElroy; Mike Moore of SNR Denton; Steven M. Edwards of
Hogan Lovells.
9/10/2010
6.
(tie)
Polett v. Public
Communications Inc.
$27.6 million
(verdict)
Negligent
Supervision
C.P. Philadelphia
Carl E. Jones and Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter.
11/22/2010
8.
Frederick v. Range Resources
$22 million
(settlement)
Contract
Dispute
U.S. District
Court, W.D. Pa.
Joseph E. Altomare of Titusville, Pa.; David W. Hardymon and Anne E.
Ralph of Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease; Daniel J. Sponseller of
Sewickley, Pa.; Kevin C. Abbott of Reed Smith.
3/17/2011
9.
Graham v. Townsend
$21.6 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice
C.P. Erie
Shanin Specter, Robert Englert, Lisa Dagostino and Mark Polin of Kline
& Specter; Steven J. Forry of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman &
Goggin; David R. Johnson of Thomson Rhodes & Cowie.
4/20/2011
10.
Campbell v. DeAngelis
$21.4 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice
C.P. Philadelphia
Thomas J. Duffy and John Mirabella of Duffy & Partners; Charles A.
Fitzpatrick III and William C. McGovern of Rawle & Henderson.
6/17/2011
11.
Joseph v. Lakewood
Engineering and
Manufacturing Co.
$18.28 million
(settlement)
Products
Liability
C.P. Philadelphia
Daniel J. Mann, Alan M. Feldman and Daniel S. Weinstock of Feldman
Shepherd Wohlgelerntner Tanner Weinstock & Dodig; James W. Ozog of
Wiedner & McAuliffe; J. Michael Kunsch of Sweeney & Sheehan.
8/16/2010
12.
Ferguson v. Horsehead Corp.
$16.5 million
(settlement)
Industrial
Accident
C.P. Lehigh
Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Andrew R. Duffy and Eunice Trevor of Saltz
Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky; Kenneth M. Dubrow of The Chartwell
Law Offices.
8/20/2010
13.
Patterson v. Travel for Teens
$15 million
(verdict)
Wrongful Death
C.P. Philadelphia
Dominic C. Guerrini of Kline & Specter; Joseph M. Fioravanti of
Media, Pa.
6/29/2011
14.
Snyder v. Rex Energy
$14 million
(settlement)
Breach of
Contract
C.P.
Westmoreland
David A. Borkovic of Jones Gregg Creehan & Gerace; Richard A. Finberg;
James S. Lederach; Mark D. Feczko of K&L Gates.
7/14/2011
15.
Mee v. Fabrizio
$12 million
(verdict)
Motor Vehicle
C.P. Philadelphia
Thomas F. Sacchetta and Bruce H. MacKnight Jr. of Sacchetta & Baldino;
Aaron Byrd-Leitner of Margolis Edelstein.
2/24/2011
16.
Maya v. Johnson & Johnson
$10 million
(verdict)
Personal Injury
C.P. Philadelphia
Keith M. Jensen, Eric Roberson and Xavier Gonzalez of Jensen Belew
& Gonzalez; Scott D. Levensten of the Levensten Law Firm; Christy D.
Jones, Paul V. Cassisa Jr., Adam J. Spicer and Charles F. Morrow of
Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada.
5/20/2011
Source: As reported in The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Aug. 1, 2010 to Aug. 1, 2011.
Verdicts and Settlements not reported on by The Legal or its affiliates are not included.
PaLAW 2011 9
Rank
Case Name
Amount
Type of Action
Court
Attorneys
Date
17.
Davenport v. McCluskey
$9.65 million
(verdict)
False Diagnosis
C.P. Philadelphia
Matthew Casey and Roberta Golden of Ross Feller Casey; Thomas Savon
of Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt.
4/4/2011
18.
Savage v. Williamson Free
School of Mechanical Trades
$8.5 million
(settlement)
Personal Injury,
Wrongful Death
C.P. Philadelphia
Thomas W. Sheridan of Sheridan & Murray; Thomas P. Bracaglia of
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin; Patrick C. Lamb of Marks
O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney.
6/29/2011
19.
Decker v. Consol Energy Inc.
$7.8 million
(verdict)
Negligence
C.P. Allegheny
Carl A. Parise of Carl A. Parise & Associates; Timothy Conboy of
Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy; John W. Brown of John W.
Brown & Associates.
11/23/2010
20.
Tate v. Messiah College
$7.6 million
(settlement)
Premises
Liability
C.P. Philadelphia
James Ronca of Anapol Schwartz.
11/1/2010
21.
Fell v. Villalva-Martinez
$6.8 million
(verdict)
Dram Shop
C.P. Chester
Dawson R. Muth of Goldberg Meanix & Muth; Michael T. Imms of Ryan
Morton & Imms.
8/18/2010
22.
(tie)
Meshulam-Orem v. Interstate
Building Maintenance Corp.
$5.5 million
(verdict)
Premises
Liability
C.P. Philadelphia
Michael O. Pansini and Steven M. Mezrow of Pansini & Mezrow; Walter H.
Swayze III of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney.
9/28/2010
22.
(tie)
O’Neill and Erie Insurance Co.
$5.5 million
(settlement)
Motor Vehicle
Settled Prior
to Suit
James Beasley Jr. and Scott A. Bennett of The Beasley Firm.
2/17/2011
24.
Reed v. Rhodes
$5.35 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice,
Negligent
Treatment
C.P. Delaware
Jane B. Marton and Gary Solomon of Kornblau & Kornblau; Kevin H.
Wright and Mary Grady Walsh of Kevin H. Wright & Associates.
9/29/2010
25.
Rudovsky v. West Publishing
$5.18 million
(verdict)
False
Advertising
U.S. District
Court, E.D. Pa.
Richard L. Bazelon, Matthew R. Skolnik and Noah H. Charlson of Bazelon
Less & Feldman; Aaron M. Zeisler, James F. Rittinger and Matthew J.
Borger of Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke.
12/16/2010
26.
Gelb v. Jeannes Hospital
$5.17 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice
C.P. Philadelphia
Tom Kline, Regan S. Safier and Geary L. Yeisley of Kline & Specter;
Peter Samson of White & Williams.
12/6/2010
27.
Waldon v. SEPTA
$5.15 million
(verdict)
Motor Vehicle
C.P. Philadelphia
Joe H. Tucker Jr. and Yvonne B. Montgomery of Tucker Law Group;
Maureen Daley and Franklin Love of Rawle & Henderson; Paul Troy and
Justin Bayer of Kane Pugh Knoell Troy & Kramer.
6/20/2011
28.
(tie)
Estate of Long v. Golofsky
$5 million
(verdict)
Wrongful Death
C.P. Allegheny
David C. Martin Jr. of Martin & Lerda.
11/8/2010
28.
(tie)
Moore v. Comcast Corp.
$5 million
(settlement)
ERISA
U.S. District
Court, E.D. Pa.
Mark C. Rifkin of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz; M. Norman
Goldberger of Ballard Spahr.
2/1/2011
30.
Tarca v. Norristown Ford
$4.4 million
(verdict)
Personal Injury
C.P.
Montgomery
Joe Mayers, John A. Anastasia and Christina Herrmann of Mayers
Mennies & Sherr; Elizabeth F. Walker of Kennedy Campbell Lipski &
Dochney; Fred B. Buck of Rawle & Henderson.
5/31/2011
31.
Rosypal v. The Thompson
Organization
$4.2 million
(verdict)
Personal Injury
C.P. Philadelphia
Roberta D. Pichini and Andrew Mitnick of Feldman Shepherd
Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig; Lisa Bellino Apelian of
Kennedy Campbell Lipski & Dochney.
1/21/2011
32.
Conlon v. Trans National
Trucking
$3.5 million
(verdict)
Wrongful Death,
Survival
U.S. District
Court, E.D. Pa.
David Colleran of The Colleran Firm; Marc F. Ullom of Rawle &
Henderson.
6/30/2011
33.
(tie)
Butler v. Urban Brands Inc.
$3.25 million
(settlement)
Negligence
C.P.
Montgomery
Harry A. Dorian Jr. of Dorian Goldstein Wisniewski & Orchinik; Guy
Mercogliano of Sweeney & Sheehan.
12/10/2011
33.
(tie)
Sedor v. Community Medical
Center
$3.25 million
(verdict)
Negligence
C.P. Lackawanna
Danielle M. Mulcahey, George A. Reihner and Joseph T. Wright Jr. of
Wright & Reihner; Richard Hodges, Scranton.
10/8/2010
PaLAW 2011 11
Rank
Case Name
Amount
Type of Action
Court
Attorneys
Date
35.
Murphy v. Oxford Airport
Technical Services Inc.
$3.2 million
(verdict)
Personal Injury
C.P. Philadelphia
Michael O. Pansini and Steven M. Mezrow of Pansini & Mezrow; Adrian J.
Gordon of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker.
3/5/2011
36.
(tie)
Delandro v. County of
Allegheny
$3 million
(settlement)
Civil Rights
U.S. District
Court, W.D. Pa.
D. Aaron Rihn of Robert Peirce & Associates; Gary E. Mason,
Nicholas A. Migliaccio and Alexander E. Barnett of The Mason Law Firm;
Elmer Robert Keach III; Daniel C. Levin of Levin Fishbein Sedran
& Berman; Michael H. Wojcik and Craig Maravich of the Allegheny
County Law Department.
9/15/2010
36.
(tie)
Schwartz v. Garvey Roark Inc.
$3 million
(verdict)
Construction
Accident
C.P. Philadelphia
Jason L. Brodsky and Evan Smith of Brodsky & Smith; Robert Billet and
Christopher D. Hillsley of Billet & Associates.
1/21/2011
36.
(tie)
Vonner v. Mmeje
$3 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice,
Childbirth
C.P. Philadelphia
Joshua Van Naarden of Ross Feller Casey; James A. Young of Christie
Pabarue Mortensen & Young.
10/21/2010
39.
Turner v. Mercy Health System
and Vanston v. Maxis Health
System
$2.75 million
(settlement)
Class Action
C.P. Philadelphia
Larry J. Rappoport of Stevens & Lee; Peter Winebrake, R. Andrew
Santillo and Mark J. Gottesfeld of the Winebrake Law Firm; Patrick
Howard of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky; Wayne A. Ely and
David J. Cohen of Kolman Ely.
40.
Baird v. Freeport Transport
Industries Inc.
$2.35 million
(settlement)
Premises
Liability, Slip
and Fall
C.P. Philadelphia
Kenneth F. Fulginiti and Thomas Duffy of Duffy & Partners; L. John
Argento of Swartz Campbell.
6/27/2011
41.
McHale v. Pocono Produce
Co. Inc.
$2.2 million
(settlement)
Personal Injury
C.P. Philadelphia
Michael O. Pansini and Steven M. Mezrow of Pansini & Mezrow;
Joseph P. Crane and William Foster of Law Offices of David T. Latoff.
4/12/2011
42.
Hatwood v. Trustees of the
Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania
$2.15 million
(verdict)
Brain Injury
C.P. Philadelphia
Richard J. Heleniak of Messa & Associates; James A. Young and
Samantha L. Conway of Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young.
2/15/2011
43.
Whitehead v. Vacation
Charters Ltd.
$2.03 million
(judicial
finding)
Class Action,
Wage Payment
C.P. Philadelphia
Mark A. Kearney, Timothy T. Myers and Aimee L. Kumer of Elliott
Greenleaf & Siedzikowski; Steven G. Leventhal of Reger Rizzo & Darnall.
4/29/2011
44.
Shatemirov v. Weber
$1.87 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice
C.P. Philadelphia
Andy S. Youman of Kline & Specter; Michael McGilvery of Young &
McGilvery.
5/24/2011
45.
Reliant Healthcare
Management Inc. v. Ashton
Hall Inc.
$1.83 million
(verdict)
Breach of
Contract,
Conspiracy
C.P. Philadelphia
Mark L. Rhoades and Amy L. Blackmore of Mitts Milavec; Christopher J.
Fox of Richman Berenbaum & Associates.
8/16/2010
46.
Wees v. Ocampo
$1.82 million
(verdict)
Medical
Malpractice
C.P. Erie
Joshua L. Berger and David Paul of Berger & Lagnese; Tyler Smith of
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti; David McQuiston of
Thomson Rhodes & Cowie; Gary Bax of Murphy Taylor.
4/21/2011
47.
Thatcher v. Smith
$1.8 million
(settlement)
Medical
Malpractice
C.P. Lehigh
Tom Kline and David K. Inscho of Kline & Specter; Richard W. Yost of
Yost & Tretta; Charles J. Fonzone of Fonzone & Ashley; Jeffrey P. Bates
of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin; Suzanne M. Bachovin
of Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young; James W. Kraus of Pietragallo
Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti.
1/31/2011
48.
Cox v. Barry
$1.78 million
(verdict)
Negligence
C.P. Philadelphia
Thomas J. Duffy of Duffy & Partners; James W. Christie of Christie
Pabarue Mortensen & Young; Daniel J. Sherry of Marshall Dennehey
Warner Coleman & Goggin.
9/1/2010
49.
Johnson v. Diamond Tool &
Fastener Inc.
$1.75 million
(verdict)
Negligence
C.P. Philadelphia
Richard A. Wolfe and Marc A. Weinberg of Saffren & Weinberg;
Christopher J. Cosgrove of Law Offices of William J. Ferren & Associates.
4/28/2011
12 PaLAW 2011
Most Requested Opinions
Rank
Case Name
PICS No.
Court
Date
Judge
Holding
1.
Cochran v. Wyeth
10-2585
Pa. Superior
July 27, 2010
Allen
In this failure to warn case, the Superior Court held that plaintiff-appellant could
not prove proximate causation because the non-disclosed risk did not materialize
in physical injury. The Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary
judgment in favor of Wyeth Inc.
2.
Ownes v. Wyeth
10-2600
Pa. Superior
July 26, 2010
Memorandum In Pennsylvania, a drug manufacturer does not have a duty to withdraw or recall
a prescription drug from the market. Accordingly, appellant’s failure to withdraw
claim lacked merit. Appellants appealed from the trial court’s order granting
summary judgment in favor of Wyeth. The Superior Court affirmed.
3.
Lance v. Wyeth
10-2617
Pa. Superior
Aug. 2, 2010
Allen
Appellant appealed from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in
favor of Wyeth, concluding that appellant failed to present a cognizable claim under
Pennsylvania law. The Superior Court affirmed in part and reversed in part.
4.
Eckman v. Erie
Insurance Exchange
10-2678
C.P. Montgomery
Aug. 6, 2010
Albright
Plaintiffs claimed a conflict of interest existed for the attorney selected by their
insurer to defend an underlying tort and therefore plaintiffs should be entitled
to select and have insurer pay for independent counsel. The trial court denied
the motion.
5.
McKinney v. Phila.
Housing Authority
10-3001
Pa. Commonwealth
Aug. 25, 2010
Schiller
The court held that while the 2006 version of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Construction
Code adopted pursuant to the PCCA violated the Pennsylvania constitution,
the 2009 version did not, under the General Assembly’s valid delegation of rulemaking authority.
6.
Betts v. New Castle
Youth Development
Center
10-3114
3rd Circuit
Sept. 13, 2010
Hardiman
An adjudicated delinquent youth suffered a severe spinal cord injury from playing
tackle football without protective equipment while housed at a youth development
center. The 3rd Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor
of defendants, finding immunity for defendants in their official capacities and no
violation of the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments in their individual capacities.
7.
Barrick v. Holy Spirit
Hospital
10-3151
Pa. Superior
Sept. 16, 2010
Olson
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s order directing the discovery and
production of correspondence between appellant’s counsel and appellant’s treating
physician and designated expert witness at trial. In this case of first impression,
the court adopted a bright-line rule that attorney work-product must yield to the
disclosure of the basis of a testifying expert’s opinion.
8.
Jenkins v. Marina
District Development Co.
10-3153
C.P. Philadelphia
Aug. 23, 2010
Tereshko
Pennsylvania courts did not have personal jurisdiction because appellant failed
to show contacts between appellee and the state of Pennsylvania, which would
have made appellee reasonably aware it could be hauled into court in Pennsylvania. If personal jurisdiction existed, appellant did not establish that Philadelphia
was the proper venue. The court requested that its order granting appellee’s
preliminary objections and dismissing appellant’s amended complaint be affirmed.
9.
Taylor v. LA Fitness
International
10-3154
C.P. Philadelphia
Aug. 30, 2010
Younge
Defendants’ exculpatory clauses complied with Pennsylvania law, therefore, the
court enforced the clauses and granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment
dismissing plaintiff’s personal injury action.
10.
McMillen v.
Hummingbird
Speedway Inc.
10-3174
C.P. Jefferson
Sept. 9, 2010
Foradora
Where a person’s social network sites may contain information relevant to the
prosecution or defense of a lawsuit and in consideration of the law’s general
disapproval of privileges, access to those sites should be freely granted.
11.
Glushefski v.
Sadowski
10-3268
C.P. Luzerne
Oct. 1, 2010
Van Jura
While plaintiffs were entitled to explore the potential basis of defendant’s
medical expert as a possible professional witness, their discovery requests
seeking information about other examinations and depositions were unreasonably
burdensome. Motion to compel discovery granted in part; denied in part.
12.
Commonwealth
Financial Systems v.
Hartzell
10-3398
C.P. Lawrence
Oct. 19, 2010
Cox
In a case involving default on credit card debt, defendant’s preliminary objection
for failure to state whether the agreement was oral or written was overruled and
the preliminary objection for failure to attach adequate documentation of the
agreement, the assignment of the account and lack of specificity was sustained.
Plaintiff’s amended complaint was stricken.
Source: Pennsylvania Instant Case Service Statistics, Aug. 1, 2010 — July 31, 2011. Ranked by number of times requested.
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Most Requested Opinions
Rank
Case Name
PICS No.
Court
Date
Judge
Holding
13.
Fledderman v. Glunk
10-3505
Pa. Superior
Nov. 17, 2010
Bowes
Court upholds a $20 million award, including $15 million in punitive damages, given
by a Philadelphia jury that found a plastic surgeon and a nurse anesthetist liable
for an 18-year-old college student’s death after an elective liposuction procedure.
14.
Schultz v. Erie
Indemnity Co.
10-3683
C.P. Fayette
July 22, 2010
Leskinen
The court denied the defendant insurance carrier’s motion for summary
judgment since there could be support at trial for the allegation that the
“household exclusion” within plaintiff’s single vehicle insurance policy violates
the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. Defendant’s motion
for summary judgment denied.
15.
Grigos v. Certain
Underwriters at
Lloyd’s London
10-3684
C.P. Philadelphia
Dec. 15, 2010
Bernstein
The defendant insurer was liable for statutory bad faith conduct where it knowingly
misrepresented its insurance policy to plaintiff and intentionally delayed the
resolution of plaintiff’s fire loss claims. Summary judgment for plaintiff.
16.
Kirschner v. K&L
Gates LLP
11-0034
C.P. Allegheny
Dec. 28, 2010
Wettick
The court dismissed the plaintiff bankruptcy trustee’s legal malpractice claim
against the defendant law firm in the absence of any obligations owed to the
now bankrupt corporation and the absence of any losses under the deepening
insolvency theory. Preliminary objections granted.
17.
Alston v.
Commowealth of
Pennsylvania
11-0061
C.P. Philadelphia
Dec. 13, 2010
Levin
The court ruled that a five-eighths inch defect in a sidewalk was trivial as a matter
of law. The court said its entry of compulsory non-suit was proper based on the
evidence presented.
18.
Wisniski v. American
Commerce Group
11-0068
W.D. Pa.
Jan. 4, 2011
Cohill
Plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on her claim that defendant acted in
bad faith in handling her uninsured motorist claim where defendant misrepresented
the limit of plaintiff’s policy and refused to arbitrate in contradiction to the terms
of the policy. Summary judgment for plaintiff in part and defendant in part.
19.
TL Ventures III
Management v.
Fabbio
11-0130
C.P. Philadelphia
Jan. 10, 2011
Bernstein
Where each of respondents’ challenges to an arbitration award alleged a mistake
of fact or error of law, i.e., the types of errors that may not be reviewed under
the applicable standard of review, the court granted the petition to confirm the
arbitration award.
20.
Beil v. Telesis
Construction Inc.
11-0143
Pa. Supreme
Jan. 19, 2011
Todd
In this case involving the liability of an independent contractor, the owner exercised certain authority regarding safety and regulated access to and use of certain
areas of the premises, but this was not the type of conduct that constituted control
as contemplated by the Restatement (Second) of Torts and there was not sufficient
control asserted to subject the owner to liability. Judgment notwithstanding the
verdict affirmed.
21.
Portside Investors LV
v. Northern Insurance
Co. of New York
11-0176
C.P Philadelphia
Jan. 13, 2011
Bernstein
Plaintiff’s expert was not qualified to render an opinion on any relevant issue
presented to the jury for determination and had no factual basis for the opinions
rendered. The jury had no evidentiary basis upon which to render their verdict.
The verdict should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
22.
Sparrow v. Pace/CM
Inc.
11-0286
C.P. Lackawanna
Feb. 7, 2011
Nealon
Because the single entity theory is not cognizable in Pennsylvania, plaintiff’s
claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and a violation of the Contractor
and Subcontractor Payment Act were dismissed; the gist of the action doctrine
barred tortious interference with contract claims and punitive damages claims
were dismissed. Plaintiff’s allegations were sufficiently specific and the writing in
defendants’ possession did not need to be attached. Defendants’ preliminary
objections sustained in part and overruled in part.
23.
Touchette v. Weis
Markets Inc.
11-0713
C.P. Monroe
March 3, 2011
Worthington
Plaintiff assumed the risk of her injury when she knowingly and voluntarily
walked over the snow and ice.
24.
Blumer v. Ford Motor
Co.
11-0854
Pa. Superior
May 6, 2011
Allen
The trial court did not err in admitting reports of prior similar incidents and
design changes made prior to the accident at issue and finding that appellants
did not preserve their hearsay objection to the reports. Judgment in favor of
appellees affirmed.
25.
Dailey-Console v.
Barnwell
11-1115
C.P. Monroe
May 18, 2011
Zulick
The release pursuant to the settlement of this personal injury action was silent
regarding the releasor’s obligation to obtain clearance from Medicare, but this
did not pose an obstacle to enforcement of the release. Plaintiffs’ request for
disbursement of settlement funds was granted.
Source: Pennsylvania Instant Case Service Statistics, Aug. 1, 2010 — July 31, 2011. Ranked by number of times requested.
PaLAW 2011 15
National Statistics
Associate Billing
Rates (1/1/10)
Partner
Compensation
Associate
Compensation
Lawyer Data
(median – 50th percentile)
Partner Billing
Rates (1/1/10)
Firm Data
(weighted average per lawyer)
How PA Law Firms Compare To Firms Nationwide (2010 Data)
Category
PA Law Firms
General Practice Law Firms Nationally
Gross Receipts
$469,603
$445,988
Overhead (excluding all lawyer compensation)
$159,163
$165,381
Firm Income (including all lawyer compensation)
$310,440
$280,607
Debt at Year-End
$86,455
$63,398
Partner Permanent Cash Basis Capital at Year-End
$28,277
$15,561
Value of Unbilled Time at Year-End
$85,544
$102,965
Value of Fees Receivable at Year-End
$64,121
$84,048
Partner Billable Hours
1,672
1,612
Associate Billable Hours
1,851
1,787
6 to 10 Years Experience
$335
$290
$330
$335
Over 20 Years Experience
$400
$375
Under 2 Years Experience
$175
$198
$240
$235
$240
$265
$250
$275
$221,575
$198,853
$254,417
$262,712
$355,150
$330,204
Under 2 Years Experience
—
$113,099
$134,108
$131,245
$153,248
$149,295
$137,820
$146,489
Source: Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2011 Edition published by The National Law Journal and ALM Legal Intelligence
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Butler
1/577
Fayette
1/957
Somerset
1/999
Westmoreland
1/530
Indiana
1/983
Bedford
1/2,066
Blair
1/689
Fulton
1/2,122
Franklin
1/986
Adams
1/1,112
Cumberland
1/270
Perry
1/929
1/1,376
York
1/709
Monroe
1/819
Pike
1/1,026
Chester
1/204
Delaware
1/208
Philadelphia
1/123
Montgomery
1/149
Bucks
1/345
Northampton
Lehigh 1/540
1/451
Carbon
1/968
Berks
1/570
Luzerne
1/439
Lancaster
1/602
Dauphin
1/111 Lebanon
1/853
Wayne
1/842
Wyoming
1/927
Lackawanna
1/282
Susquehanna
1/1,129
Schuylkill
1/778
Montour Columbia
1/492
1/1,085
Sullivan
1/1,023
Bradford
1/955
1/1,015
Snyder Northumberland
Union
1/792
Lycoming
1/543
Tioga
1/889
Mifflin Juniata
1/1,392 1/1,156
Clinton
1/1,082
Centre
1/560
Potter
1/836
Huntingdon
1/1,376
Cameron
1/1,290
Clearfield
1/1,029
Cambria
1/646
Jefferson
1/827
Elk
1/1,143
McKean
1/1,108
Sources: Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2011 Data; U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 Estimates
Greene
1/1,226
Clarion
1/1,039
Forest
1/2,258
Warren
1/1,195
Armstrong
1/1,444
Venango
1/809
Allegheny
1/142
Washington
1/420
Beaver
1/829
Lawrence
1/678
Mercer
1/739
Crawford
1/763
Erie
1/517
Pennsylvania Attorney-to-Population Ratio
County-by-County Statistics
Butler
63/320
Fayette
44/149
Somerset
28/77
Westmoreland
147/683
Indiana
32/89
Bedford
10/24
Blair
63/183
Fulton
3/7
6/20
Lycoming
47/215
Tioga
17/46
Montour Columbia
5/36
17/60
Sullivan
3/6
Bradford
28/64
Franklin
44/147
Adams
20/92
Cumberland
118/860
Perry
14/49
York
119/605
Monroe
61/203
Pike
13/59
Chester
229/2,441
Delaware
341/2,684
Philadelphia
1,073/12,603
Montgomery
568/5,244
Bucks
290/1,814
Northampton
Lehigh 137/554
153/761
Carbon
27/66
Berks
124/714
Luzerne
190/712
Lancaster
134/844
Dauphin
199/2,342 Lebanon
25/153
Wayne
28/61
Wyoming
12/30
Lackawanna
177/741
Susquehanna
13/36
Union
18/55
30/90
Snyder Northumberland
9/28
Schuylkill
Mifflin Juniata
48/189
14/33
Clinton
10/25
Centre
44/261
Potter
8/20
Huntingdon
14/33
Cameron
2/4
Clearfield
35/80
Cambria
55/223
Jefferson
16/54
Elk
12/28
McKean
18/39
Sources: Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2011 Data; U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 Estimates
Greene
13/32
Clarion
10/38
Forest
0/3
Warren
16/34
Armstrong
23/47
Venango
22/67
Allegheny
761/8,562
Washington
85/494
Beaver
58/207
Lawrence
42/133
Mercer
40/157
Crawford
35/116
Erie
92/542
Where Lawyers Are (Legal Establishments/Active Lawyer Licenses)
County-by-County Statistics
PaLAW 2011 19
Largest Public Law Firms in PA
Rank
1.
Organization
Office of General Counsel
No. of Attorneys Growth
430
-49
Chief Legal Officer, Title
Stephen S. Aichele, General Counsel
Year Took Office
2011
Jurisdiction
State
2.
Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
299
-13
R. Seth Williams, District Attorney
2010
County
3.
Defender Association of Philadelphia
240
30
Ellen T. Greenlee, Defender
1990
State
4.
Office of the Attorney General
178
-28
Linda L. Kelly, Attorney General
2011
State
5.
City of Philadelphia Law Department
173
-1
Shelley R. Smith, City Solicitor
2008
City
6.
U.S. Attorney’s Office — Eastern District of Pennsylvania*
129
N/A
Zane D. Memeger, U.S. Attorney
2010
Federal
7.
Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office
115
0
Stephen A. Zappala Jr., District Attorney
1998
County
8.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
89
0
Marcia Mulkey, Regional Counsel
2009
Federal
9.
83
0
Michael J. Machen, Chief Public Defender
2004
County
10.
Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office
Department of Environmental Protection †
68
2
David J. Raphael, Chief Counsel
2011
State
11.
Department of State
60
-3
Steven V. Turner, Chief Counsel
2009
State
12.
Department of Labor & Industry †
55
-1
Arthur McNulty, Chief Counsel
2011
State
13.
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office
53
3
G. Michael Green, District Attorney
2004
County
14.
Delaware County Public Defender’s Office
51
-4
Spiros E. Angelos, Chief Public Defender
2004
County
15.
U.S. Attorney’s Office — Western District of Pennsylvania*
Department of Transportation †
49
N/A
David J. Hickton, U.S. Attorney
2010
Federal
45
-4
Andrew S. Gordon, Chief Counsel
1995
State
16. (tie)
16. (tie)
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
45
0
Risa Vetri Ferman, District Attorney
2008
County
18.
Chester County District Attorney’s Office
40
2
Joseph W. Carroll, District Attorney
2002
County
19. (tie)
Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
38
6
David W. Heckler, District Attorney
2010
County
19. (tie)
Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office
38
0
Stephen Heckman, Chief Public Defender
2008
County
21.
U.S. Attorney’s Office — Middle District of Pennsylvania*
Department of Public Welfare †
37
N/A
Peter J. Smith, U.S. Attorney
2010
Federal
22.
35
0
Open Position, N/A
N/A
State
23.
Berks County District Attorney’s Office
33
1
John T. Adams, District Attorney
2008
County
24.
Public Defender of Chester County
31
0
John R. Merrick, Public Defender
1972
County
25.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
30
0
Nicholas J. Staffieri, General Counsel
2000
State
26. (tie)
Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office
26
-3
Craig Stedman, District Attorney
2008
County
26. (tie)
Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office
26
-4
Jacqueline Musto Carroll, District Attorney
2008
County
28. (tie)
Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office
25
0
Edward M. Marsico Jr., District Attorney
2000
County
28. (tie)
Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office
25
0
James B. Martin, District Attorney
1998
County
30.
Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office
24
0
Andrew J. Jarbola III, District Attorney
2000
County
31. (tie)
Luzerne County Public Defender’s Office
22
1
Al Flora Jr., Chief Public Defender
2010
County
31. (tie)
Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office
22
0
John W. Peck, District Attorney
1994
County
33. (tie)
Northampton County District Attorney’s Office
21
0
John M. Morganelli, District Attorney
1992
County
County
33. (tie)
Office of Bucks County Public Defender
21
0
Christina A. King, Chief Public Defender
2011
35.
Department of Corrections †
20
-2
Suzanne Hueston, Chief Counsel
2006
State
36. (tie)
Erie County Public Defender’s Office
19
0
Patricia J. Kennedy, Chief Public Defender
2011
County
36. (tie)
Lehigh County Public Defender’s Office
19
0
Christian Perrucci, Chief Public Defender
2010
County
38. (tie)
City of Pittsburgh Law Department
17
3
Daniel D. Regan, City Solicitor
2010
City
38. (tie)
17
0
Michael F. Corriere, Public Defender
2006
County
40.
Office of Northampton County Public Defender
Department of Revenue †
16
-3
David R. Kraus, Chief Counsel
2011
State
41. (tie)
Department of General Services †
15
-1
Michael F. Eichert, Chief Counsel
2007
State
41. (tie)
15
0
Jack Daneri, District Attorney
2009
County
41. (tie)
Erie County District Attorney’s Office
Pennsylvania State Police †
15
-1
Barbara L. Christie, Chief Counsel
1996
State
44. (tie)
Department of Education †
14
-2
Joseph M. Miller, Chief Counsel
2011
State
44. (tie)
Westmoreland County Public Defender’s Office
14
1
Dante G. Bertani, Chief Public Defender
1969
County
46. (tie)
11
-2
Steven J. Fishman, Chief Counsel
2005
State
46. (tie)
Department of Community & Economic Development †
Department of Health †
11
-3
Alison Taylor, Chief Counsel
2011
State
46. (tie)
Department of Insurance †
11
-3
Yen T. Lucas, Chief Counsel
2011
State
49.
State Employees’ Retirement System †
8
-2
Samuel S. Yun, Acting Chief Counsel
2008
State
† State agencies that report to Office of General Counsel and are included in that office’s total
* U.S. Attorney’s Offices’ growth N/A because they are new to the list.
20 PaLAW 2011
PA-Area Law School Statistics
School, Address, Phone/Fax, Web Site
Dean
2010
75%/25% LSAT†
2010
Median GPA†
July 2011
Bar Pass Rate*
Feb. 2011
Bar Pass Rate* Application Deadline/Fee
Drexel University — Earle Mack School of Law
3320 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-571-4815 / 215-571-4763
www.drexel.edu/law
Roger J. Dennis
162/156
3.28
86.87%
100%
Aug. 1
No fee
Duquesne University School of Law
201 Hanley Hall
900 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
412-396-6296 / 412-396-1073
www.law.duq.edu
Ken Gormley
155/151
3.35
82.2%
0%
April 1 — Day Division
May 1 — Evening Division
June 1 — Part-time Day Division
$60
Pennsylvania State University — The Dickinson School of Law
Lewis Katz Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-8900 / 800-840-1122
Fax: 814-863-7274
www.law.psu.edu
Philip J.
McConnaughay
161/157
3.60
92.08%
66.67%
March 31
$60
Rutgers University School of Law — Camden
217 N. Fifth St.
Camden, NJ 08102
856-225-6102 / 856-969-7903
www.camlaw.rutgers.edu
Rayman L.
Soloman
161/157
3.40
82.84%
88.46%
March 1
April 15
June 15
$65
Temple University — James E. Beasley School of Law
1719 N. Broad St.
215-204-7861 / 215-204-1185
www.law.temple.edu
JoAnne Epps
164/159
3.44
91.74%
87.5%
March 1
$60
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3400 Chestnut St.
215-898-7481 / 215-573-2025
www.law.upenn.edu
Michael A. Fitts
171/166
3.85
96.92%
100%
Dec. 1 — Early Decision
Feb. 15 — Regular Notification
$80
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
3900 Forbes Ave.
412-648-1400 / 412-648-1318
www.law.pitt.edu
Mary A. Crossley
161/158
3.38
83.98%
81.48%
March 1
$55
Villanova University School of Law
299 N. Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
610-519-7000 / 610-519-6472
www.law.vill.edu
John Y. Gotanda
163/159
3.33
91.57%
87.5%
March 1
$75
Widener University School of Law — Delaware
4601 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803-0474
302-477-2100 / 302-477-2282
www.law.widener.edu
Linda L. Ammons
154/150
3.18
86.39%
92.31%
May 15
$60
Widener University School of Law — Harrisburg
3800 Vartan Way
Harrisburg, PA 17106
717-541-3902 / 717-541-3999
www.law.widener.edu
Linda L. Ammons
153/148
3.10
80%
80%
May 15
$60
† Full-time students only
* First-time test takers of the PA Bar Exam only
Sources: ABA-LSAC 2011 Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools and the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners Statistics Reports.
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Full-Time Tuition
In-State/Out-of-State
Full-Time Students
Part-Time Students
Percent Full-Time
Minority Students
Percent Full-Time
Women Students
Full-Time Faculty
Fall/Spring
Part-Time Faculty
Fall/Spring
Student/Faculty Ratio
$34,450/Same
440
0
18.2%
44.5%
24/21
31/52
15.7:1
$32,376/Same
454
234
6.2%
47.5%
25/25
36/45
20.5:1
$36,816/Same
617
1
14.3%
42.4%
54/52
19/20
9.4:1
$22,382/$33,173
573
216
20.1%
39.9%
51/53
43/56
11.6:1
$18,206/$31,220
797
186
26.7%
43.3%
61/58
94/122
12.6:1
$48,362/Same
802
0
30.3%
47.6%
67/62
40/48
10.2:1
$26,550/$34,176
739
0
16.9%
42.9%
45/41
51/61
13.8:1
$36,690/Same
765
0
19.1%
42.7%
38/34
57/69
16.4:1
$34,890/Same
647
352
17.3%
42.6%
49/42
51/48
15.4:1
$34,890/Same
350
103
12.9%
45.5.%
24/22
18/18
14.8:1
Sources: ABA-LSAC 2011 Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools and the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners Statistics Reports.
PaLAW 2011 23
PA Minority- & Women-Owned Law Firms
Firm, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website
Managing Partner(s)
No. of Attorneys
Practice Areas
Ann C. Lebowitz
The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St., Suite 600
215-893-4976 / 215-790-0723
acl@alebowitz.com
Ann C. Lebowitz
1
Appellate practice.
Atkins & Cohen
2230 Land Title Building, 100 S. Broad St
215-448-3900 / 215-448-3905
ratkins@atkins-cohen.com / www.atkins-cohen.com
Roland J. Atkins
5
Civil litigation and estate administration.
Bagia & Associates
The Bourse, 111 S. Independence Mall East, Suite 592
215-922-5354 / 215-922-5713
jay@bagiaimmigration.com / www.bagiaimmigration.com
Jay Bagia
5
All areas of U.S. immigration.
Bickerton & Bickerton
1034 Fifth Ave., Suite 400
412-398-5507
lea@bickerton-law.com / http://bickerton-law.com
Lea T. Bickerton
2
Criminal defense, traffic ticket defense and driver’s
license reinstatement and firearms law.
Brown Stone Nimeroff
Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market St., Suite 3420
267-861-5330 / 267-350-9050
astone@bsnlawyers.com / www.bsnlawyers.com
Mary Kay Brown, Antoinette R. Stone
and Jami B. Nimeroff
5
Commercial litigation, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy.
Cohen Fluhr & Gonzalez
1608 Walnut St., Suite 1108
215-854-0060 / 215-854-0097
aveneziale@cfg-law.com / www.cfg-law.com
Sanjuanita Gonzalez
4
Social Security/SSI Disability and immigration.
Espinosa & Associates
243 N. Duke St., Second Floor
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-293-8010 / 717-293-8038
www.espinosaandassociatesllc.com
Osvaldo Espinosa
2
Family law, Social Security disability and criminal
defense.
Gary Lee
1835 Market St., Suite 2710
215-922-3232
Gary Lee
1
Appellate litigation, personal injury, family law,
employment discrimination, business litigation, business
transactions and advice, real estate, estate planning and
administration.
Harper & Paul
140 W. Maplewood Ave.
215-844-4848 / 215-844-0464
Harper140@aol.com / www.harperandpaul.com
Ronald J. Harper
3
General practice.
Hing Cheng
123 N. Ninth Street
215-568-0400 / 215-568-5560
ghing@hingcheng.com / www.hingcheng.com
Glenn F. Hing
4
Real estate, financing, zoning and land use, business
transactions, landlord/tenant matters, immigration and
commerical litigation.
Hwang & Haas
107 W. Township Line Road
East Norriton, PA 19403
484-674-3250 / 484-674-3246
sam@hwanglegal.com / www.hwanglegal.com
Sam Y. Hwang
2
Business, corporate, banking, real estate and commercial
litigation.
Source: Survey of Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms
PaLAW 2011 25
Managing Partner(s)
No. of Attorneys
Practice Areas
Law & Associates
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 650
215-751-0500 / 215-751-0700
tmlaw50@verizon.net
Tsiwen M. Law
3
Real estate and construction litigation, personal injury,
wills and trusts, commercial transactions and business
litigation.
Law Office of Dolores Rocco Kulp
2300 Chestnut St., Suite 340
215-468-5444 / 215-468-5443
drkulp@drkulplaw.com / www.drkulplaw.com
Dolores Rocco Kulp
5
Personal injury defense specializing in transportation
and common-carrier litigation, general insurance
defense and appellate practice.
Law Office of Jettie D. Newkirk
3600 Conshohocken Ave., Suite 2001
215-877-4546 / 215-877-4547
newkirklaw@aol.com
Jettie D. Newkirk
1
Probate, wills, powers of attorney, real estate and
nonprofits and small business representation.
Law Office of Nicola Henry-Taylor
100 Ross St., Suite 1
412-360-9393 / 412-201-5161
nicola@henry-taylorlaw.com / www.henry-taylorlaw.info
Nicola Henry-Taylor
1
Criminal law, family law, Social Security and disability
claims.
Law Offices of Carmen R. Matos
40 E. Court St., Third Floor
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-345-8550 / 215-345-8551
crmatoslaw@aol.com / www.carmenmatoslaw.com
Carmen R. Matos
2
Employment law, mediation, personal injury and
family law.
26 PaLAW 2011
Managing Partner(s)
No. of Attorneys
Practice Areas
Riverside Law
300 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 710
3000 Conshohocken State Road
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
215-368-3888 / 215-368-3871
kdoyle@riversidelaw.com / www.riversidelaw.com
Kathryn Doyle
4
Intellectual property law, emphasis in life sciences.
Shemtob Law
790 Penllyn Pike, Suite 303
Blue Bell, PA 19422
215-542-2105/215-542-2143
lshemtob@shemtoblaw.com / www.shemtoblaw.com
Lori Shemtob
5
Family law.
Steven L. Chung, LLC
215-688-5777 / 215-405-3702
schung@paesquire.com / www.paesquire.com
Steven Chung
1
Personal injury.
Taylor Law Firm
1382 Old Freeport Road, Suite 3AR
412-999-6655
keziataylor@gmail.com
Kezia Taylor
1
Commercial real estate development and labor and
employment.
The Law Office of Brian K. Wiley
100 S. Main St.
North Wales, PA 19454
215-699-2522 / 215-699-8988
bkwlaw1@verizon.net
Brian K. Wiley
1
Plaintiff’s employment law, federal court, civil rights,
school and education law and disability law.
Tran Law Associates
215-690-1933
info@tranlawassociates.com / www.tranlawassociates.com
Djung Tran
1
Immigration, family law and real estate.
Triquetra Law
35 E. Orange St., Suite 301
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-299-6300 / 717-299-6338
www.triquetralaw.com
Sharon R. Lopez
2
Appeals, civil rights and employment law.
Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards
1717 Arch St., Suite 3838
215-731-9004 / 215-731-9044
info@trrlaw.com / www.trrlaw.com
Kenneth I. Trujillo
7
Antitrust, commercial litigation, international litigation,
securities, government regulation, investigations and
disputes.
Tucker Law Group
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1700
215-875-0609 / 215-875-8143
jtucker@tlgattorneys.com / www.tlgattorneys.com
Joe H. Tucker Jr.
10
Civil & commercial litigation and employment
discrimination.
Vinh P. Su Esq.
230 S. Broad St., Suite 700
267-243-9372 / 215-735-2954
vinhpsu@gmail.com / vinhsulaw.wordpress.com
Vinh Su
1
General practice, criminal defense, family law,
immigration, real property, wills and trusts and estates.
Winston Law Firm
1500 Market St., 12th Floor, East Tower
215-665-5736 / 215-569-8228
dwinston@winslaw.com / www.winslaw.com
Daryl W. Winston
3
Commercial litigation, catastrophic injury, employment
matters and business counseling
PaLAW 2011 27
PA Public Interest Law Firms
Volunteer
Attorneys/
Paralegals &
Students
Cases
Opened
from 7/10
to 7/11
Area
Served
Full-Time
Attorneys
Other
Full-Time Full-Time
Paralegals Staff
County
54
33
26
5/52
10,570
Provides quality comprehensive State
health and wellness services in
an LGBT-focused environment,
offering assistance to lowincome LGBT individuals on
more than 30 distinct issues
including family law, legal
documentation, wills and
estate planning documents and
employment discrimination.
2
0
6
0
840
$6,100,000
Provides legal and other
advocacy services to people
with disabilities.
State
16
4
38
29/0
4,500
Robert V.
Racunas,
Executive
Director
$6,019,266
Provides civil legal services
to low-income residents in
Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and
Lawrence counties.
Regional 33
4
24
310/48
12,231
North Penn Legal Services
507 Linden St.
Scranton, PA 18503
610-317-5308 / 610-317-8778
vcoyle@northpennlegal.org
www.northpennlegal.org
Victoria
A. Coyle,
Executive
Director
$5,000,000
Provides civil legal aid in
Regional 35
matters threatening safe
housing, families and economic
security.
15
28
202/23
9,197
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center
42 S. 15th St., Suite 500
215-981-3800 / 215-981-3860
asantos@philalegal.org
www.philalegal.org
Anita
Santos-Singh,
Executive
Director
$4,500,000
Provides free legal services
to low-income residents of
Philadelphia in the areas of
family law, public benefits
and consumer housing. It also
operates the Pennsylvania
Farmworker Project, which
provides legal services
to migrant and seasonal
farmworkers throughout
Pennsylvania.
County
20
9
0/86
9,343
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
625 Swede St.
Norristown, PA 19401
610-275-5400 / 215-275-5406
hstrauss@lasp.org, efritsch@lasp.org
www.lasp.org
Harvey F.
Strauss and
Elizabeth
Wood Fritsch,
Co-Executive
Directors
$4,300,000
Provides civil legal assistance
to low-income residents of
Bucks, Chester, Delaware and
Montgomery counties.
Regional 27
8
17
350/20
10,000
Organization, Address, Phone/Fax,
E-Mail/Website
Top Staff
Member/Title
Community Legal Services of
Philadelphia
1424 Chestnut St.
215-981-3700 / 215-981-0434
www.clsphila.org
Catherine C.
$10,140,598
Carr, Executive
Director
to low-income Philadelphia
residents in the areas of aging
and disabilities, community
economic development,
consumer, employment, energy,
family advocacy, housing,
language access and public
benefits law.
Mazzoni Center
21 S. 12th St., 12th Floor
866-542-8529 / 215-563-0748
legalservices@mazzonicenter.org
www.mazzonicenter.org
Nurit L. Shein, $8,340,696
Executive
Director; David
Rosenblum,
Legal Services
Director
Disability Rights Network of PA
800-692-7443 / 215-772-3126
drn-phila@drnpa.org / www.drnpa.org
Mark J.
Murphy, Chief
Executive
Officer
Neighborhood Legal Services
Association
928 Penn Ave.
412-255-6700 / 412-765-3223
racunasr@nlsa.us / www.nlsa.us
Annual Budget
Core Services
15
Source: Survey of Public Interest Organizations Listed by Annual Budget NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) *2010 data
PaLAW 2011 29
Volunteer
Attorneys/
Paralegals &
Students
Cases
Opened
from 7/10
to 7/11
Area
Served
Full-Time
Attorneys
Other
Full-Time Full-Time
Paralegals Staff
Provides legal representation
and advocacy for abused and
neglected children.
County
24
2
40
12/9
3,000
$2,353,400
Uses the law to promote
fairness, prevent harm, ensure
access to appropriate services
and create opportunities for
children in the child welfare
and juvenile justice systems.
State
10
2
8
3/0
7
Frank P.
Cervone,
Executive
Director
$2,283,284
Provides legal and social
service advocacy for victims
of child abuse and neglect,
with the goal of securing
a permanent, nurturing
environment for every child.
Regional 5
0
22
328/13
290
Regional Housing Legal Services
2 S. Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038-7615
215-572-7300 / 215-572-0262
trish.schoor@rhls.org / www.rhls.org
Mark
Schwartz,
Executive
Director
$1,900,000
Provides legal services,
State
technical assistance and policy
analysis to community-based
organizations that develop
affordable housing and/or work
on utility issues.
15
1
3
1/5
8
American Civil Liberties Union of
Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 40008
215-592-1513 / 215-592-1343
info@aclupa.org / www.aclupa.org
Reggie
Shuford,
Executive
Director
$1,750,000
Provides services regarding
civil rights litigation.
State
4
1
13
130/60
180
Education Law Center
429 Fourth Ave., Suite 1901
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1910
412-258-2120 / 412-391-4496
Len Rieser,
Executive
Director
$1,500,000
Helps low-income and
disadvantaged families,
students and community
organizations with problems
involving access to public
education and quality of
education services.
State
7
1
2
5/5
250
HIAS Pennsylvania
2100 Arch St.
215-832-0900 / 215-832-0919
jbernsteinbaker@hiaspa.org
www.hiaspa.org
Judith
BernsteinBaker,
Executive
Director
$1,400,000
Provides direct immigration
Regional 6
legal services to immigrants and
refugees, refugee resettlement
services, community education
on immigration issues and
technical assistance to
providers and non-immigration
attorneys.
4
5
40/10
680
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
215-625-3990 / 215-625-3879
staff@phlp.org / www.phlp.org
Laval
Miller-Wilson,
Executive
Director
$1,168,498
State
to lower-income consumers,
seniors and persons with
disabilities who are having
trouble accessing publicly
funded health care coverage or
services.
3
3
0/5
2,541
E-Mail/Website
Top Staff
Member/Title
KidsVoice
700 Frick Building, Suite 700
412-391-3100 / 412-391-3588
info@kidsvoice.org / www.kidsvoice.org
Annual Budget
Core Services
Scott
Hollander,
Executive
Director
$4,100,000
Juvenile Law Center
1315 Walnut St., Fourth Floor
215-625-0551 / 215-625-2808
Rschwartz@JLC.org / www.JlC.org
Robert G.
Schwartz,
Executive
Director
Support Center for Child Advocates
1900 Cherry St.
267-546-9200 / 267-546-9201
mmulroney@advokid.org
www.advokid.org
215-238-6970 / 215-772-3125
elc.pgh@elc-pa.org / www.elc-pa.org
4
30 PaLAW 2011
E-Mail/Website
Top Staff
Member/Title
Public Interest Law Center of
Philadelphia
1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Second Floor
215-627-7100 / 215-627-3183
mail@pilcop.org / www.pilcop.org
Area
Served
Full-Time
Attorneys
Other
Full-Time Full-Time
Paralegals Staff
Volunteer
Attorneys/
Paralegals &
Students
Cases
Opened
from 7/10
to 7/11
Annual Budget
Core Services
Jennifer
R. Clarke,
Executive
Director
$1,137,780
Use high-stakes legal
State
strategies to improve the
well-being and life prospects
of the Philadelphia region’s
most vulnerable populations by
assuring that they have access
to the material resources and
services that all of us need to
live our lives: education, health
care, housing, employment
and the unencumbered right
to vote.
6
0
5
89/0
53
SeniorLAW Center
Philadelphia, PA 19110215-988-1244 / 215-988-1243
info@seniorlawcenter.org
www.seniorlawcenter.org
Karen C. Buck,
Executive
Director
$1,122,790
Improves the lives of older
Pennsylvanians and protects
their rights through legal
representation, education and
advocacy.
County
9
2
3
94/20
5,300
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
215-587-9377 / 215-587-9902
goldfein@aidslawpa.org
www.aidslawpa.org
Ronda B.
Goldfein,
Executive
Director
$935,000*
Provides free legal services to
Pennsylvanians with HIV/AIDS.
State
5
4
4
2/12
2,131
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
718 Arch St., Suite 304 South
215-925-2966 / 215-925-5337
alove@pailp.org / www.pailp.org
Angus Love,
Executive
Director
$900,000
Provides free civil legal
assistance to eligible
institutionalized persons in
Pennsylvania.
State
4
3
4
2/4
600
Women Against Abuse Legal Center
100 S. Broad St., Fifth Floor
215-686-7082 / 215-686-7041
www.womenagainstabuse.org
Jeannine
Lisitski,
Executive
Director
$878,328
Assists victims of domestic
violence with their PFA,
custody and support cases.
County
6
0
7
9/5
282
Legal Clinic for the Disabled
1513 Race St.
215-587-3158 / 215-587-3166
lcdinfo@lcdphila.org / www.llcdphila.org
Linda A.
Peyton,
Executive
Director
$408,000
Regional 6
to low-income persons with
physical disabilities and deaf
and hard-of-hearing individuals
in the five-county Philadelphia
region.
0
4
7/3
170
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
Three Parkway, 1601 Cherry St.
Suite 1320
215-569-1150 / 215-569-9153
staff@pmconline.org
www.pmconline.org
Lynn A. Marks,
Executive
Director
$350,000
Works to improve and
strengthen the justice system
by reforming the judicial
selection and discipline
processes; improving court
administration, financing and
the jury system; increasing
fairness; and assisting
Pennsylvanians in navigating
the courts and justice system,
whether as litigants, jurors or
witnesses.
0
1
0/0
0
State
2
PaLAW 2011 31
Volunteer
Attorneys/
Paralegals &
Students
Cases
Opened
from 7/10
to 7/11
Area
Served
Full-Time
Attorneys
Other
Full-Time Full-Time
Paralegals Staff
Provides debt and budget
counseling in conjunction
with Chapter 7 bankruptcy to
enable clients to stabilize their
finances.
County
2
2
1
70/15
350
$90,000
Provides education, outreach
and pro bono services to
low-income individuals and
collectives and to small
arts and cultural nonprofit
organizations.
Regional 1
0
1
180/48
603
Melissa
Protzek,
Executive
Director
WND
Provides advocacy for abused
and neglected children
per juvenile court order by
researching cases and making
recommendations for the best
interest of the child.
County
1
0
7
12/8
9
Mental Health America Legal Services* Frank
100 Sheridan Sq., Second Floor
Cecchetti,
Attorney
412-661-7860 / 412-661-7865
fcecchetti@mhaac.net / www.mhaac.net
WND
Provides consultation and
representation to individuals
in Allegheny County receiving
services in the public mental
health systems. Handles civil
matters only.
County
0
0
0
1/0
0
Northwestern Legal Services
Renaissance Centre, 1001 State St.,
Suite 700
Erie, PA 16501
814-452-6949 / 814-452-3734
roakley@nwls.org / www.nwls.org
Robert A.
Oakley,
Executive
Director
WND
in certain civil cases for lowincome clients.
State
15
4
17
76/5
5,474
MidPenn Legal Services Inc.*
213A N. Front St.
717-234-0492 / 717-234-0496
rthomas@midpenn.org
www.midpenn.org
Rhodia D.
Thomas,
Executive
Director
WND
Provides legal representation
to low -income individuals
in civil legal matters and
survivors of domestic violence.
Regional 44
19
33
1,146/26
11,085
Laurel Legal Services Inc.*
306 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
Greensburg, PA 15601-3066
724-836-2211 / 724-836-3680
csheehan@mail.wpalaw.org
www.laurellegalservices.org
Cynthia A.
Sheehan,
Executive
Director
WND
Provides a full range of legal
County
services from advice and brief
services to administrative
and court representation
and appeal in civil non-fee
generating cases within
program priorities for those of
low income who meet eligibility
requirements.
17
1
16
3/5
5,000
SafeNet Legal Clinic — PFACS*
P.O. Box 1436
Erie, PA 16512
814-455-1774 / 814-459-6512
lking@safeneterie.org
www.safeneterie.org
Linda King,
Executive
Director
WND
Provides free legal
representation to domestic
violence victims, protection
from abuse orders and civil
cases related to abuse.
1
1
50
0/4
50
E-Mail/Website
Top Staff
Member/Title
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance
Project
42 S. 15th St., Fourth Floor
215-523-9511 / 215-981-3866
malluce@gmail.com
www.philalegal.org
Annual Budget
Core Services
Mary Anne
Lucey,
Executive
Director
$230,000
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for
the Arts
Philadelphia, PA 19102-3896
215-790-3836 / 215-790-3888
mdechant@artsandbusinessphila.org
www.artsandbusiness.org/pvla
Miriam K.
DeChant,
Director
CASA of Allegheny County*
564 Forbes Ave., Suite 902
412-594-3606 / 412-594-3607
info@pgh-casa.org / www.pgh-casa.org
County
32 PaLAW 2011
Volunteer
Attorneys/
Paralegals &
Students
Cases
Opened
from 7/10
to 7/11
Area
Served
Full-Time
Attorneys
Other
Full-Time Full-Time
Paralegals Staff
Provides free civil legal
services to homeless
individuals and families in 25
Philadelphia homeless shelters
and soup kitchens through the
use of volunteer attorneys,
paralegals and law students.
County
7
4
3
325/75
3,000
WND
Provides immigration legal
services, English classes,
interpretation and translation,
senior center and refugee
resettlement.
Regional 3
3
23
5/20
910
Sara L. Woods,
Executive
Director
WND
Recruits, trains and supports
County
volunteer attorneys who
provide pro bono legal services
to eligible low-income clients
with non-fee generating civil
legal matters.
10
3
4
608/69
1,645
Women’s Law Project*
125 S. Ninth St., Suite 300
215-928-9801 / 215-928-9848
info@womenslawproject.org
www.womenslawproject.org
Carol E. Tracy,
Executive
Director
WND
Works to advance the legal,
social and economic status
of women through litigation,
public policy advocacy, public
education and individual
counseling.
State
4
0
6
30/0
6
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
118 Locust St.
717-236-9486 / 717-233-4088
smilkes@palegalaid.net
www.palegalaid.net
Samuel
W. Milkes,
Executive
Director
WND
Provides civil legal aid to
low-income clients in certain
priority areas.
State
257
111
168
940/100
68,188
Friends of Farmworkers*
42 S. 15th St., Suite 605
215-733-0878 / 215-733-0876
fof@friendsfw.org / www.friendsfw.org
Gisselle
Guerrero,
Executive
Director
WND
Provides legal services
to improve the living and
working conditions of indigent
farmworkers, mushroom
workers, food processing
workers and workers from
immigrant and migrant
communities.
State
4
1
1
10/10
500
E-Mail/Website
Top Staff
Member/Title
Homeless Advocacy Project
42 South 15th St., 4th Floor
215-523-9595 / 215-981-3866
marsha@philalegal.org
www.homelessadvocacyproject.org
Annual Budget
Core Services
Marsha
I. Cohen,
Executive
Director
WND
Nationalities Service Center
1216 Arch St., Fourth Floor
215-893-8400 / 215-735-9718
info@nscphila.org / www.nscphila.org
Dennis
Mulligan,
Executive
Director
Philadelphia VIP
215-523-9550 / 215-564-0845
phillyvip@phillyvip.org
www.phillyvip.org
PaLAW 2011 33
Largest PA Public Corporations
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
Public Corporation/Address
1.
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
1300 Morris Drive, Suite 100
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
$77,953.98
John G. Chou
Senior V.P., General
Counsel & Secretary
2007
21
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pittsburgh;
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney,
Philadelphia; Klehr Harrison Harvey
Branzburg, Philadelphia; Eckert Seamans
Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates,
Pittsburgh
2.
Comcast Corp.
One Comcast Center
1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
$37,937.00
Arthur R. Block
Counsel & Secretary
2000
225
Davis Polk & Wardwell; Wilkie Farr &
Gallagher; Davis Wright Tremaine; Drinker
Biddle & Reath; Ballard Spahr
3.
Sunoco Inc.
1735 Market St., Suite LL
$37,489.00
Stacy L. Fox
Senior V.P. & General
Counsel
2010
17
Kirkland & Ellis; Beveridge & Diamond;
Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Foley & Lardner;
Reed Smith
4.
CIGNA Corp.
Two Liberty Place
1601 Chestnut St.
$21,253.00
Nicole Jones
Executive V.P. & Chief
Counsel
2010
WND
DLA Piper; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Wilson
Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker; Morgan
Lewis & Bockius; Jenner & Block*
5.
Alcoa Inc.
201 Isabella St., Alcoa Corporate St.
$21,013.00
Nicholas J. DeRoma
Executive V.P., Chief
Legal & Compliance
Officer
2009
85*
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom,
New York; Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton, New York; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh;
Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York;
Hunton & Williams*
6.
U.S. Steel Corp.
600 Grant St.
$17,374.00
James D. Garraux
Senior V.P. - Corporate
Affairs & General
Counsel
2007
49
WND
7.
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Ave.
$15,176.00
Helen P. Pudlin
Executive V.P. & General
Counsel
2009
WND
WND
8.
PPG Industries Inc.
One PPG Place
$13,423.00
Glenn E. Bost II
Counsel
2010
28
WND
9.
H.J. Heinz Co.
One PPG Place, Suite 3100
$10,494.98
Theodore N. Bobby
Counsel
2006
WND
WND
10.
Lincoln National Corporation
150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite A305
Radnor, PA 19087
$10,407.00
Nicole S. Jones
Counsel
2010
WND
WND
11.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
7201 Hamilton Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18195
$9,026.00
John D. Stanley
Counsel
2009
29
WND
12.
Crown Holdings Inc.
One Crown Way
$7,941.00
William T. Gallagher
Counsel & Secretary
2000
5
Dechert, Philadelphia; Law Offices of
Michael J. Stack, Philadelphia; Elliott
Greenleaf & Seidzikowski, Blue Bell, Pa.;
Woodcock Washburn, Philadelphia
13.
Sunoco Logistics Partners
525 Fritztown Road
Sinking Spring, PA 19608
$7,837.00
Kathleen SheaBallay
V.P., General Counsel &
Secretary
2010
WND
WND
14.
The Hershey Co.
100 Crystal A Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
$5,671.01
Burton H. Snyder
Counsel & Secretary
2001
10
WND
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) *Last year’s information
34 PaLAW 2011
Major Law Firms Used
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
15.
UGI Corp.
460 N. Gulph Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
$5,591.40
Robert H. Knauss
Assistant Secretary
2003
12
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia;
Foley & Lardner, Washington; Nelson
Kinder & Mosseau, Manchester, N.H.; Reed
Smith, Chicago; Blank Rome, Philadelphia
16.
Universal Health Services Inc.
Universal Corporate Center
367 S. Gulph Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406-0958
$5,568.19
Matthew D. Klein
V.P. & General Counsel
2008
8
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh; Fulbright & Jaworski, New
York, Washington and Houston; Pepper
Hamilton, Philadelphia; McDermott Will &
Emery; Jackson Lewis
17.
Mylan Laboratories Inc.
1500 Corporate Drive, Suite 400
Cannonsburg, PA 15317
$5,450.52
Kristin A. Kolesar
Senior V.P. & Global
General Counsel
2010
25*
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick &
Raspanti; Cravath Swaine & Moore*
18.
CONSOL Energy Inc.
1000 CONSOL Energy Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
$5,236.02
P. Jerome Richey
Executive V.P. Corporate Affairs &
Chief Legal Officer
2009
9
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld;
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney; Dickie
McCamey & Chilcote; Dinsmore & Shohl;
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
19.
WESCO International Inc.
225 W. Station Square Drive, Suite 700
$5,063.86
Diane E. Lazzaris
V.P. - Legal Affairs
2010
5
K&L Gates, Pittsburgh; Reed Smith,
Pittsburgh; Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh
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2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
20.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.
300 Industry Drive, RIDC Park West
$4,412.84
David I. Mossé
Senior V.P. - Legal,
General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary
2010
6*
Jones Day; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney*
21.
Airgas Inc.
249 N. Radnor-Chester Road, Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087
$4,251.47
Robert H. Young Jr.
Counsel
2007
6
McCausland Keen & Buckman, Radnor, Pa.;
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York
22.
Allegheny Technologies Inc.
1000 Six PPG Place
$4,047.80
Elliot S. Davis
Senior V.P., Chief
Compliance Officer,
General Counsel &
Secretary
2011
7
WND
23.
Unisys Corp.
801 Lakeview Drive, Suite 100
Blue Bell, PA 19422
$4,019.60
Nancy Straus
Sundheim
Counsel & Secretary
2001
86*
WND
24.
Buckeye Partners
Five Tek Park
9999 Hamilton Blvd.
Breinigsville, PA 18031
$3,151.27
William H. Schmidt
Jr.
Secretary of General
Partner
2007
2
Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis; Arnall
Golden Gregory, Atlanta; Latham &
Watkins, Chicago; Morgan Lewis & Bockius,
Philadelphia; Vinson & Elkins, Houston
25.
FMC Corp.
1735 Market St.
$3,116.30
Andrea E. Utecht
Secretary
2001
12
Dechert, Philadelphia; Morgan Lewis
& Bockius, Philadelphia; Blank Rome,
Philadelphia; Pepper Hamilton,
Philadelphia; Swanson Martin & Bell,
Chicago
26.
Harsco Corp.
350 Poplar Church Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
$3,038.68
Mark E. Kimmel
Senior V.P., Chief
Administrative Officer,
General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary
2004
13*
Jones Day, Cleveland; Eckert Seamans
Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh; Nixon
Peabody, Buffalo, NY; McNees Wallace &
Nurick, Harrisburg*
27.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
77 Hot Metal St.
$2,940.27
Neil Bulman Jr.
2000
5
Wood Herron & Evans, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Columbus,
Ohio; Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Rutan
& Tucker, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Kilpatrick
Townsend & Stockton, New York
28.
Cephalon Inc.
41 Moores Road, P.O. Box 4011
Frazer, PA 19355
$2,811.06
Gerald J. Pappert
Executive V.P., General
Counsel & Secretary
2008
18
WND
29.
Armstrong World Industries Inc.
P.O. Box 3001
Lancaster, PA 17604
$2,766.40
Mark Hershey
Counsel & Secretary
2011
10*
Weil Gotshall & Manges; Womble Carlyle
Sandridge & Rice; Sandler Travis &
Rosenberg; Thompson & Knight; Stevens
& Lee*
30.
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
63 Lancaster Ave.
Malvern, PA 19355
$2,725.09
Avner Z. Lahat
Director of Legal
Services
2004
3
WND
31.
Education Management Corp.
210 Sixth Avenue, 33rd Floor
$2,508.56
J. Devitt Kramer
Counsel & Secretary
2006
8
Jones Day, Pittsburgh; Morgan Lewis &
Bockius, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
32.
Ametek Inc.
1100 Cassatt Road, P.O. Box 1764
Berwyn, PA 19312
$2,470.95
Robert S. Feit
2007
1
WND
33.
Penn National Gaming Inc.
Wyomissing Professional Ctr.
825 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200
Wyomissing, PA 19610
$2,459.11
Jordan Savitch
Counsel
2002
WND
WND
36 PaLAW 2011
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
34.
Urban Outfitters Inc.
5000 S. Broad St.
$2,274.10
Glen A. Bodzy
General Counsel &
Secretary
1997
WND
WND
35.
Dentsply International Inc.
Susquehanna Commerce Center
221 W. Philadelphia St.
York, PA 17405
$2,221.01
Deborah Rasin
Secretary
2011
7
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pittsburgh;
McNees Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg;
Woodcock Washburn, Philadelphia; Goodell
DeVries, Baltimore
36.
Charming Shoppes Inc.
450 Winks Lane
Bensalem, PA 19020
$2,064.60
Colin D. Stern
Counsel & Secretary
1989
5
Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Call & Jensen;
Radey Thomas
37.
Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack
3111 W. Allegheny Ave.
$1,910.94
Brian D. Zuckerman
Counsel & Secretary
2003
4*
DLA Piper, Philadelphia; Reed Smith,
Philadelphia; Klehr Harrison Harvey
Branzburg, Philadelphia*
38.
Kennametal Inc.
1600 Technology Way, P.O. Box 231
Latrobe, PA 15650
$1,884.07
Kevin G. Nowe
Secretary
2010
8
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh;
Baker & McKenzie, Washington; Covington
& Burling, Washington; Babst Calland,
Pittsburgh
39.
Teleflex Inc.
155 S. Limerick Road
Limerick, PA 19468
$1,801.71
Laurence G. Miller
General Counsel &
Secretary
2004
6
WND
40.
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
100 Endo Blvd.
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
$1,716.23
Caroline B. Manogue
Legal Officer and
Secretary
2004
20
Arnold & Porter; Skadden Arps Slate
Meagher & Flom; Drinker Biddle & Reath;
Dechert
41.
EnerSys
2366 Bernville Road
Reading, PA 19605
$1,579.39
Joseph Lewis
Assistant Secretary
2009
3
WND
42.
Wabtec Corp.
1001 Air Brake Ave.
Wilmerding, PA 15148
$1,507.01
David M. Seitz
V.P., Senior Counsel &
Assistant Secretary
2000
3
Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; The Webb Law
Firm, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
43.
Toll Brothers Inc.
250 Gibraltar Road
Horsham, PA 19044
$1,494.77
John K. McDonald
Counsel & Chief
Compliance Officer
2010
14
Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Duane Morris,
Philadelphia
44.
P.H. Glatfelter Co.
96 South George St., Suite 500
York, PA 17401
$1,465.98
Thomas G. Jackson
Secretary
2008
2
Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Shearman &
Sterling, New York; Kilpatrick Townsend
& Stockton, New York; Dilworth Paxson,
Philadelphia; Barley Snyder
45.
EQT Corp.
225 North Shore Drive
$1,322.71
Lewis B. Gardner
2008
12
WND
46.
Triumph Group Inc.
1550 Liberty Ridge Drive, Suite 100
Wayne, PA 19087
$1,294.78
John B. Wright II
Secretary
2004
5
Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Buchanan
Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia; Stradley
Ronon Stevens & Young, Philadelphia;
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart,
Phoenix; Morgan Lewis & Bockius,
Philadelphia
47.
Koppers Holdings Inc.
436 Seventh Ave.
$1,245.50
Steven R. Lacy
Senior V.P. Administration, General
Counsel & Secretary
2004
WND
WND
PaLAW 2011 37
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
48.
Carpenter Technology Corp.
P.O. Box 14662
Reading, PA 19612
$1,198.60
James Dee
Counsel & Secretary
2010
3
WND
49.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
101 Gordon Drive
P.O. Box 645
Lionville, PA 19341
$1,104.70
John R. Gailey III
Secretary
1991
WND
WND
50.
GSI Commerce Inc.
935 First Ave.
$1,004.22
Paul Cataldo
Counsel
WND
9*
WND
51.
Harleysville Group Inc.
355 Maple Ave.
Harleysville, PA 19438
$986.27
Robert A. Kauffman
Senior V.P., Chief
Compliance Officer,
General Counsel &
Secretary
2004
40
Blank Rome, Philadelphia; Ballard Spahr,
Philadelphia; Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia
52.
Mine Safety Appliances Co.
121 Gamma Drive
$982.67
Douglas K. McClaine
Secretary
2002
3
Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Dillon McCandless
King & Coulter, Saxonburg, Pa.; Crowell &
Moring, Washington
53.
Black Box Corp.
1000 Park Drive
Lawrence, PA 15055
$961.39
Christopher H.
Gebhardt
General Counsel
WND
3*
WND
54.
Federated Investors Inc.
Federated Investors Tower
1001 Liberty Ave.
$951.94
John W. McGonigle
Vice Chairman,
Legal Officer &
Secretary
1998
55.
Fulton Financial Corp.
One Penn Square
P.O. Box 4887
Lancaster, PA 17604
$930.28
George R. Barr Jr.
Counsel & Secretary
2001
5
Barley Snyder, Lancaster, Pa.; Caldwell
& Kearns, Harrisburg; Ballard Spahr,
Philadelphia; McNees Wallace & Nurick,
Harrisburg
56.
CDI Corp.
1717 Arch St., 35th Floor
$926.29
Joseph R. Seiders
Senior V.P., Chief Legal
and Compliance Officer
& Secretary
1987
5*
Dechert, Philadelphia*
57.
SEI Investments Co.
1 Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
$900.84
N. Jeffrey Klauder
Counsel
2004
23
Matheson Ormsby & Prentice, Dublin,
Ireland; Simmons & Simmons, London;
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman &
Goggin, Philadelphia; Stikeman Elliot,
Toronto
58.
Checkpoint Systems Inc.
One Commerce Square
2005 Market St.
$834.50
John Van Zile
Secretary
2003
5
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young,
Philadelphia; Latham & Watkins,
Washington
59.
Matthews International Corp.
Two Northshore Center, Suite 200
$821.83
Brian D. Walters
2009
1
Reed Smith, Pittsburgh and New York;
Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh;
Beirne Maynard & Parsons, Houston;
The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh; Dickie
McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh
60.
Knoll Inc.
1235 Water St.
East Greenville, PA 18041
$809.47
Michael A. Pollner
Secretary
2007
2
WND
38 PaLAW 2011
Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Buchanan
Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates,
Pittsburgh
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
61.
Healthcare Services Group Inc.
3220 Tillman Dr., Suite 300
Bensalem, PA 19020
$773.96
WND
WND
WND
WND
WND
62.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.
1005 Virginia Drive
Ft. Washington, PA 19034
$762.78
Lester Wong
Counsel & Legal Affairs
2011
2*
Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia*
63.
Liberty Property Trust
500 Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355
$746.83
James J. Bowes
General Counsel &
Secretary
1996
2
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis,
Philadelphia; Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia
64.
Aqua America Inc.
762 W. Lancaster Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
$726.07
Roy H. Stahl
Chief Administrative
Officer, General Counsel
& Secretary
1984
3
Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco, Paoli, Pa.;
Saul Ewing, Philadelphia; Eckert Seamans
Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh
65.
rue21 Inc.
800 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 100
Warrendale, PA 15086
$634.73
Stacy Siegal
2010
4
Littler Mendelson, Morgan Lewis &
Bockius, Pepper Hamilton, Reed Smith
66.
DFC Global Corp.
1436 Lancaster Ave., Suite 300
Berwyn, PA 19312
$633.30
Roy W. Hibberd
Counsel & Secretary
2005
WND
WND
67.
ANSYS Inc.
275 Technology Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
$580.24
Sheila S. DiNardo
Secretary
2004
WND
WND
68.
Brandywine Realty Trust
555 E. Lancaster Ave.
Radnor, PA 19087
$566.90
Brad A. Molotsky
Counsel & Secretary
1997
2
Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia; Morgan
Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Sirlin &
Lesser, Philadelphia; DLA Piper, Baltimore
and Chicago; Klehr Harrison Harvey
Branzburg, Philadelphia
69.
Quaker Chemical Corp.
One Quaker Park
901 Hector St.
Conshohocken, PA 19428
$544.06
D. Jeffry Benoliel
V.P. - Global Strategy,
General Counsel &
Secretary
2001
3
Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia; Baker
& McKenzie, London, Amsterdam and
Milan; Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia; Irell &
Manella, Los Angeles
70.
Destination Maternity Corp.
456 N. Fifth St.
$531.19
Ron Masciantonio
Counsel & Secretary
2006
3
Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia; Morgan
Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Duane
Morris, Philadelphia; Paul Hastings, San
Diego; Holland & Knight, Boston
71.
NutriSystem Inc.
300 Welsh Road
Building 1 Suite 100
Horsham, PA 19044
$509.52
Ralph J. Mauro
Secretary
2010
WND
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia*
72.
Michael Baker Corp.
Airside Business Park
100 Airside Drive
Moon Township, PA 15108
$499.35
H. James McKnight
Legal Officer &
Secretary
1995
6
Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Morgan Lewis &
Bockius, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
73.
Calgon Carbon Corp.
P.O. Box 717
$482.34
Richard D. Rose
Counsel & Secretary
2009
3
K&L Gates, Pittsburgh; Buchanan Ingersoll
& Rooney, Pittsburgh
74.
L.B. Foster Co.
415 Holiday Drive
$475.05
David L. Voltz
Secretary
1986
1
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh
PaLAW 2011 39
Rank
75.
Dorman Products Inc.
3400 E. Walnut St.
Colmar, PA 18915
76.
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Chief Legal Officer
Title
$455.72
Thomas J.
Knoblauch
Secretary
2005
2
Blank Rome, Philadelphia; Volpe & Koenig,
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
200 S. Broad St.
$455.64
Bruce Goldman
Counsel & Secretary
2000
8
Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia; Blank
Rome, Philadelphia
77.
CSS Industries Inc.
1845 Walnut St.
$448.45
William G. Kiesling
V.P. - Legal & Human
Resources & General
Counsel
2006
WND
WND
78.
ViroPharma Inc.
397 Eagleview Blvd.
Exton, PA 19341
$439.01
J. Peter Wolf III
Secretary
2008
WND
WND
79.
Radian Group Inc.
1601 Market St.
$417.46
Edward J. Hoffman
Counsel & Secretary
2008
8
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis,
Philadelphia; Drinker Biddle & Reath,
Philadelphia; Posternak Blankstein & Lund,
Boston; White & Williams, Philadelphia;
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia
80.
RTI International Metals Inc.
Westpointe Corporate Center One
1550 Coraopolis Heights Road, 5th Floor
$407.98
Chad Whalen
Secretary
2007
2
WND
81.
InterDigital Inc.
781 Third Ave.
$394.55
Steven W. Sprecher
General Counsel &
Secretary
2008
15*
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Dechert; Stradley
Ronon Stevens & Young; Schnader
Harrison Segal & Lewis; The Hoyle Law
Firm
82.
Entercom Communications Corp.
401 City Ave., Suite 809
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
$391.45
John C. Donlevie
Counsel & Secretary
1984
6
Lerman Senter, Washington; Latham &
Watkins, Washington
83.
Horsehead Holding Corp.
300 Frankfort Road
Monaco, PA 15061
$382.36
Ali Alavi
V.P. - Corporate
Adminstration, General
Counsel & Secretary
1996
84.
II-VI Inc.
375 Saxonburg Blvd.
Saxonburg, PA 16056
$345.09
None
NA
NA
NA
Sherrard German & Kelly, Pittsburgh
85.
C&D Technologies Inc.
1400 Union Meeting Road, Suite 110
P.O. Box 3035
Blue Bell, PA 19422
$335.71
David Anderson
Secretary
2011
2*
WND
86.
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.
600 Grant St., Suite 4600
$326.89
Robert F. Schultz
V.P. - Industrial Relations
& Senior Counsel
1
WND
87.
iGate Patni
Park West Two, Suite 410
2000 Cliff Mine Road
$280.60
WND
WND
WND
2*
Reed Smith, Philadelphia*
88.
Penn Virginia Corp.
Three Radnor Corporate Center
100 Matsonford Road, Suite 300
Radnor, PA 19087
$254.44
Nancy M. Snyder
General Counsel &
Secretary
2008
3
Vinson & Elkins, New York and Houston
40 PaLAW 2011
WND
2010
Revenue
(In Millions)
Chief Legal Officer
Title
Year
Named
No. of
In-House
Attorneys
Rank
89.
Nobel Learning Communities
1615 West Chester Pike, Suite 200
West Chester, PA 19382
$232.04
NA
NA
NA
1*
Pepper Hamilton; Morgan Lewis &
Bockius*
90.
Beneficial Mutual Bancorp Inc.
510 Walnut St., 19th floor
$224.73
WND
WND
WND
WND
WND
91.
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
40 Valley Stream Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355
$211.43
Jennifer Evans
Stacey
Counsel - Human
Resources & Secretary
2006
WND
WND
92.
StoneMor Partners
311 Veterans Highway, Suite B
Levittown, PA 19056
$197.29
NA
NA
NA
NA
Blank Rome
93.
Kenexa Corp.
650 E. Swedesford Road, Second Floor
Wayne, PA 19087
$196.35
Cynthia Dixon
General Counsel
2001
7
Pepper Hamilton
94.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.
600 Mayer St.
Bridgeville, PA 15017
$189.42
Paul A. McGrath
V.P. - Administration,
General Counsel &
Secretary
2007
WND
WND
95.
RAIT Financial Trust
2929 Arch St., 17th Floor
$153.40
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer
2010
3
Dechert, Philadelphia; Duane Morris,
Philadelphia; Cozen O’Connor,
Philadelphia; Ledgewood Law, Philadelphia
96.
eResearch Technology Inc.
$140.99
Eric I. Schwartz
Executive V.P. & Chief
Legal Officer
2011
WND
WND
97.
Hemispherx Biopharma Inc.
One Penn Center
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Sixth Floor
$135.00
Thomas Equels*
Executive Vice Chairman
of the Board, General
Counsel, Secretary &
Litigation Counsel*
2010*
WND
WND
98.
Univest Corp of Pennsylvania
Univest Plaza, 14 North Main St.
P.O. Box 64197
Souderton, PA 18964
$125.42
WND
WND
WND
WND
WND
99.
Lannett Co. Inc.
9000 State Road
$125.18
WND
WND
WND
WND
Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia*
100.
Internet Capital Group Inc.
690 Lee Road, Suite 310
Wayne, PA 19087
$115.71
Suzanne Newmeyer
General Counsel,
Managing Director &
Secretary
2003
2*
Pepper Hamilton; Dechert, Philadelphia*
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Law Firms Identified by Corporate Clients
Rank
Firm
No. of Corporations
Clients
1.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
20
AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Brandywine Realty Trust; Buckeye Partners; Charming Shoppes Inc.; CIGNA Corp.; Dentsply
International Inc.; Destination Maternity Corp.; Education Management Corp.; FMC Corp.; Liberty Property Trust; Michael
Baker Corp.; Nobel Learning Communities; NutriSystem Inc.; Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack; Radian Group Inc.; rue21
Inc.; SEI Investments Co.; Sunoco Inc.; Triumph Group Inc.; UGI Corp.
2.
Reed Smith
12
American Eagle Outfitters Inc.; Federated Investors Inc.; iGate Patni; Matthews International Corp.; Michael Baker Corp.;
Mine Safety Appliances Co.; Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack; rue21 Inc.; Sunoco Inc; UGI Corp.; Wabtec Corp.; WESCO
International Inc.
3.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
9
AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Calgon Carbon Corp.; CONSOL Energy Inc.; Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.; Federated Investors
Inc.; Kennametal Inc.; L.B. Foster Co.; Triumph Group Inc.; Universal Health Services Inc.
4. (tie)
K&L Gates
8
Alcoa Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Calgon Carbon Corp.; Education Management Corp.; Federated Investors Inc.;
Michael Baker Corp.; Wabtec Corp.; WESCO International Inc.
4. (tie)
Dechert
8
CDI Corp.; Crown Holdings Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.; FMC Corp.; Internet Capital Group Inc.; InterDigital
Inc.; OraSure Technologies Inc.; RAIT Financial Trust
4. (tie)
Pepper Hamilton
8
Brandywine Realty Trust; Destination Maternity Corp.; FMC Corp.; Internet Capital Group Inc.; Kenexa Corp.; Nobel
Learning Communities; rue21 Inc.; Universal Health Services Inc.
7. (tie)
Drinker Biddle & Reath
6
Comcast Corp.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.; Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.; Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust; Quaker Chemical Corp.; Radian Group Inc.
7. (tie)
Blank Rome
6
Dorman Products Inc.; FMC Corp.; Harleysville Group Inc.; Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust; StoneMor
Partners; UGI Corp.
9.
Eckert Seamans Cherin &
Mellott
4
AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Aqua America Inc.; CONSOL Energy Inc.; Harsco Corp.
10. (tie)
Fox Rothschild
3
Harleysville Group Inc.; Lannett Co. Inc.; Quaker Chemical Corp.
10. (tie)
McNees Wallace & Nurick
3
Dentsply International Inc.; Fulton Financial Corp.; Harsco Corp.
10. (tie)
Schnader Harrison Segal
& Lewis
3
InterDigital Inc.; Liberty Property Trust; Radian Group Inc.
10. (tie)
Jones Day
3
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.; Education Management Corp.; Harsco Corp.
10. (tie)
Duane Morris
3
Destination Maternity Corp.; RAIT Financial Trust; Toll Brothers Inc.
10. (tie)
Stradley Ronon Stevens &
Young
3
Checkpoint Systems Inc.; InterDigital Inc.; Triumph Group Inc.
10. (tie)
DLA Piper
3
Brandywine Realty Trust; CIGNA Corp.; Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack
10. (tie)
Klehr Harrison Harvey
Branzburg
3
AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Brandywine Realty Trust; Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack
18. (tie)
Cravath Swaine & Moore
2
Alcoa Inc.; Mylan Laboratories Inc.
18. (tie)
Barley Snyder
2
Fulton Financial Corp.; P.H. Glatfelter Co.
18. (tie)
Baker & McKenzie
2
Kennametal Inc.; Quaker Chemical Corp.
18. (tie)
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
2
CIGNA Corp.; InterDigital Inc.
18. (tie)
Woodcock Washburn
2
Crown Holdings Inc.; Dentsply International Inc.
18. (tie)
Ledgewood Law
2
RAIT Financial Trust; Resource America Inc.
18. (tie)
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher
& Flom
2
Alcoa Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
18. (tie)
Foley & Lardner
2
Sunoco Inc.; UGI Corp.
Source: PaLAW Survey
PaLAW 2011 53
Pa. Firms Showed Significant Financial
Improvement Over Last Two Fiscal Years
But Was That an Aberration or the New Reality?
By Gina Passarella
Of the Legal Staff
D
espite resurgent strain on the U.S.
economy in recent weeks thanks in
part to global economic troubles,
Pennsylvania law firms saw at least a glimmer of hope in the last year as they fared
much better on all financial fronts, even
with costs increasing. The trick could have
been increasing rates, which was far and
away the most cited tactic for maintaining
profitability, according to PaLAW’s 16th annual Managing Partners Survey.
But in a slow-growth economy, whether
financial metrics will continue to improve
in the face of hard-to-find revenue streams
and little left to cut remains to be seen.
The number of firms that saw increases
between the prior two fiscal years in gross
revenue, revenue per lawyer (RPL), net
profits, and particularly profits per equity
partner (PPP), shot up from last year.
Of the respondents, 70 percent saw
jumps in gross revenue between their last
two fiscal years. That was compared to just
46.2 percent who could say the same last
year. Similar figures were seen with RPL,
a metric that rose year-over-year at 70
percent of responding firms. Only 44.4 per-
MERGER
POSSIBILITIES
16.7% Actively seeking
merger opportunities
53.3% Would be open to
merger opportunities
30% Has no interest in merging
54 PaLAW 2011
cent said the same thing last year.
When it came to net profits, nearly 76
percent of responding firms saw increases,
compared to 55.6 percent who said last
year they had seen increases in that figure. The largest improvement was seen
in the PPP area, in which 72.4 percent of
respondents saw increases year-over-year,
compared to the 37 percent who said so
the prior year. And the nearly 30 percent
of respondents last year who said they saw
decreases in PPP dwindled to just 3.4 percent this year.
The larger number of firms that saw
jumps in profits as compared to those that
saw rises in revenue is consistent with what
the largest firms in Pennsylvania experienced in 2010. As Zack Needles reports in
his analysis of firm financials beginning on
page 96, most large firms saw significant
rises in PPP that weren’t often matched by
equal jumps in revenue. Even a few firms
that saw revenue decline saw sizeable increases in PPP, thanks to what they said
was consistent cost management.
But as Altman Weil consultant Ward
Bower points out in his article on law firm
DID YOUR
FIRM HAVE
NON PARTNERTRACK
ASSOCIATES
FROM
JUNE 2010 TO
JUNE 2011?
growth strategies beginning on page 94,
there is little room for more cost cutting
without dramatically restructuring a law
firm’s business model.
According to the Managing Partners Survey, costs have been on the rise over the
last two fiscal years. When asked in 2010
if costs increased, decreased or stayed the
same when comparing the firm’s two most
recent fiscal years, the respondents were
equally split with each category getting 33
percent of the responses.
In 2011, however, those figures changed.
The number of firms that saw an increase
in costs rose from that 33 percent to
55.2 percent. Those that saw a decrease
dropped to 20.7 percent while 24.1 percent
of respondents saw costs remain flat in the
last two years.
KEEPING PROFITS UP
The list of tactics firms implemented to reduce costs and maintain profitability over
the past few years is long, but these arrows
are being pulled from the quiver much less
frequently in many instances. The number
of respondents who said they reduced eq-
HAS YOUR FIRM
DE-EQUITIZED
ANY PARTNERS
BETWEEN JUNE
2010 AND
JUNE 2011?
45.2% Yes
23.3% Yes
54.8% No
76.7% No
uity partners, laid off attorneys or staff,
reduced hiring, reduced marketing costs,
deferred associates or cut associate compensation dropped significantly between
2010 and 2011.
For example, only 4.3 percent of respondents said this year that they reduced lateral hiring to maintain profitability. That
was compared to 34.8 percent who did so
last year. While nearly 48 percent of respondents in 2010 said they reduced entrylevel hiring, only 13 percent said so in 2011.
More than 39 percent of 2010’s respondents had cut marketing costs, whereas
only 4.3 percent did so in 2011. While no
one cut associate salaries in 2011 in order
(continued on Page 56)
FIRM
NET PROFITS
GROWTH IN
NUMBER OF
ATTORNEYS
JUNE 2010 TO
JUNE 2011
PROJECTED
GROWTH IN
NUMBER OF
ATTORNEYS
JUNE 2011 TO
JUNE 2012
9.7% Grew significantly
16.1% Will grow significantly
58.1% Grew slightly
64.5% Will grow slightly
16.1% Stayed the same
16.1% Will stay the same
16.1% Shrunk slightly
3.2% Will shrink slightly
0% Shrunk significantly
0% Will shrink significantly
REVENUE
PER LAWYER
DID YOUR FIRM
HIRE CONTRACT
ATTORNEYS
LAST YEAR?
75.9% Increased
70% Increased
38.7% Yes
3.4% Decreased
13.3% Decreased
61.3% No
FIRM COSTS
PROFITS
PER PARTNER
FIRM
REVENUE
55.2% Increased
72.4% Increased
70% Increased
20.7% Decreased
3.4% Decreased
6.7% Decreased
PaLAW 2011 55
(continued from Page 55)
to maintain profitability, 21.7 percent of
2010’s respondents had.
There were just two areas firms looked
to noticeably more in 2011 than in 2010 in
order to maintain profitability — switching
their practice area focus to higher-demand
areas and, everyone’s favorite, raising billing rates.
In 2010, 26.1 percent of respondents
switched to higher-demand practice areas
compared to the 39.1 percent who did so
in 2011.
Raising billing rates became much more
popular in 2010 after many firms were
forced to freeze or reduce rates in the
few years prior. That popularity grew even
more in 2011, with the 65.2 percent of 2010
respondents who rose rates in 2010 jumping to 73.9 percent who did so this year.
partner ranks to have any continued profitability management in the coming years as
revenue remains stagnant. The Managing
Partners Survey shows there is some evidence firms are starting to heed that advice, albeit in small increments.
Firms looked slightly more often to the
reduction of partner compensation as a
method of maintaining profitability, with
that figure rising from 4.3 percent in 2010
to 8.7 percent this year.
While partner layoffs don’t seem to be
in the works in any significant numbers,
PARTNERS ON CHOPPING
BLOCK NEXT?
Maintaining profitability often came at the
expense of staff or associates who were often either fired or saw their compensation
cut during the recession. Consultants have
suggested that firms need to turn to the
OF LAW WITHGROWTH
THE MOST
GROWTH OR DECLINE IN OPPORTUNITIES
AREAS OF LAW WITH THE AREAS
MOST SIGNIFICANT
ORSIGNIFICANT
DECLINE IN OPPORTUNITIES
Commercial Litigation
Employment Law
Intellectual Property
Decline
45.2%
0%
29%
0%
9.7%
10%
Class Action
19.4%
20%
Bankruptcy
Public Finance
0%
30%
16.1%
Labor Law
5%
9.7%
Mergers & Acquisitions
Securities
35%
0%
10%
12.9%
Criminal/White Collar
5%
9.7%
Real Estate
40%
19.4%
Insurance Litigation
25%
16.1%
Banking
Tax
Growth
51.6%
0%
5%
0%
20%
16.1%
Trusts & Estates
30%
Venture Capital/ 0%
Emerging Businesses
0
10%
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Percent of Managing Partners Who Selected Category
56 PaLAW 2011
80
90
100
WHAT ACTIONS HAS YOUR FIRM TAKEN
TO RETAIN
PROFITABLILITY
LEVELS?
WHAT ACTIONS
HAS
YOUR FIRM TAKEN
TO RETAIN PROFITABILITY LEVELS?
8.7%
Reduce number of equity partners
Lay off non-equity partners
4.3%
Lay off associates 0%
Lay off support staff
13%
Reduce lateral hiring
4.3%
Reduce entry-level hiring
13%
Reduce marketing costs
4.3%
Rescind offers to incoming 1st-year associates 0%
Switch practice focus to higher-demand areas
Reduce partner compensation
8.7%
Reduce associate compensation 0%
Raise billing rates
0
10
39.1%
73.9%
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent of Managing Partners Who Selected Category
HAS YOUR
FIRM LAID OFF
STAFF IN THE
LAST YEAR?
WILL YOUR
FIRM LAY OFF
STAFF IN THE
COMING YEAR?
DOES YOUR
FIRM HAVE A
MANDATORY
RETIREMENT
POLICY?
12.9% Yes
6.7% Yes
25.8% Yes
87.1% No
93.3% No
74.2% No
MOST EFFECTIVE MARKETING TOOLS
MOST EFFECTIVE MARKETING TOOLS
DOES YOUR
FIRM REGULARLY
USE CLIENT
SATISFACTION
SURVEYS?
30
0%
0%
15
Advertising
Media Relations
Charitable Involvement
Client Survey
0%
3.6% 3.4%
Cold Calling
0
16%
20
Trade Publication Writing
5
6.9% 6.9%
25
Brochures
6.9%
13.8%
Client Newsletters
10
17.2%
Branding
15
Firm Website
20
Seminars
25
Social events
Percent of MPs Ranking First
30
3.6%
35.5% Yes
10
64.5% No
5
0
PaLAW 2011 57
de-equitizations do. Between June 2010
and June 2011, 23.3 percent of firms said
they de-equitized partners. That was up
from 12 percent who did so the prior year.
And more firms plan on continuing that
trend in the coming year. When asked if
de-equitizations were planned for the time
period between June 2011 and June 2012,
13.8 percent of respondents said they were,
up from 8 percent last year. The percentage of partners to be de-equitized at those
firms who plan to ranges from 3 percent to
8 percent.
By all accounts, layoffs at most levels are
done, with well more than 90 percent of
respondents saying they did not this year
and have no plans in the coming year to
lay off associates. Between 87 percent and
93 percent said the same for staff. While
15.4 percent of respondents last year said
they deferred associates, no one said so
this year. And while 18.2 percent decreased
associate salaries in 2010, none did so this
year. In fact, 34.6 percent increased salaries this year compared to the 13.6 percent
who did so in 2010.
That figure is consistent with reports
of a number of Pennsylvania firms raising
salaries for incoming first-year associates.
Blank Rome, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney,
Reed Smith, Stradley Ronon Stevens &
Young and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis all increased salaries for their new attorneys, though they weren’t accompanied by
a fanfare of press releases that historically
heralded such changes in years past.
DOES YOUR
FIRM EXPECT
TO LAY
OFF ANY
ATTORNEYS
IN THE NEXT
YEAR?
Whether they increased or kept salaries the same, firms seem happier with the
current compensation model and have few
plans to change it.
When asked about first-year associate
salaries, 54.8 percent of respondents said
first-years were fairly compensated. That
is a jump from the 37.5 percent who responded the same in 2010. Those that feel
they are somewhat overpaid fell from 58.3
percent in 2010 to 41.9 percent in 2011.
In 2010, 28 percent of firms were considering changing compensation models
for either partners, non-partners or both.
In 2011, fewer than 10 percent of respondents are looking to monkey with anyone’s
compensation structure.
Along with salary increases, first-year
CONCERNING
ALTERNATIVE
BILLING,
CLIENTS:
associates are also getting hired at higher
rates. Of the respondents, 36.7 percent
said they hired more first-year associates
this year than in 2010. That figure rose
from 18.5 percent who said the same last
year. Conversely, only 23.3 percent of respondents said this year that they hired
no first-year associates, compared to 55.6
percent who hired none in 2010.
LAW FIRM GROWTH
Along with financial improvements came
headcount growth, though not enough in
Pennsylvania at least to make much of an
impact on this year’s ranking of the 100
Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania.
Reed Smith held onto the number one
spot despite reporting 12 fewer attorneys
CONCERNING
ALTERNATIVE
BILLING,
CLIENTS
PREFER:
50% Still prefer hourly billing
84% Flat fee for projects
36.7% Are eager to hear
creative strategies
12% Fixed fee plus
outcome-based bonus
6.7% Come to us with creative strategies
4% Task-based billing
6.7% Other
IN THE PAST
YEAR, HAS
YOUR FIRM
LAID OFF ANY
ATTORNEYS
DUE TO THE
ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN?
DOES YOUR
FIRM HAVE
A DIVERSITY
INITIATIVE?
6.5% Yes
3.2% Yes
70% Yes
93.5% No
96.8% No
30% No
58 PaLAW 2011
across its Pennsylvania offices. Morgan
Lewis & Bockius and Pepper Hamilton
swapped second and third place from last
year thanks to a change in headcount of
only a few attorneys at each firm. Morgan Lewis moved up to second with four
more lawyers, putting it at 303 attorneys
in Pennsylvania. Pepper Hamilton had five
fewer lawyers in the state this year, dropping it to third place with 297 attorneys.
Once again, the top five was rounded
out by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and
Goggin. The rankings are based on the
number of full-time attorneys across all
Pennsylvania offices.
When looking beyond just the top five
firms, the overall responses to this year’s
Managing Partners Survey showed significantly fewer firms stayed the same size in
the last year and many more grew by 10
percent or less.
In 2010, 40.7 percent of respondents
said headcount remained flat in the prior
year, whereas only 16.1 percent said the
same this year. More than 58 percent of
respondents grew slightly and 16.1 percent
shrunk slightly. No firms shrunk more than
10 percent and 9.7 percent of firms grew
by more than 10 percent.
As for growth in the coming year, 16.1
percent of firms said they plan on growing
significantly, or by more than 10 percent.
That was up from 3.8 percent who said the
same last year. The bulk of firms, or 64.5
percent, plan to grow slightly.
One clear growth area for firms was in
I BELIEVE
FIRST- AND
SECOND-YEAR
ASSOCIATES
ARE:
the non-partner track or staff associate
category. More than 45 percent of respondents had that tier at their firms, up from
29.6 percent last year. It doesn’t seem that
growth trend will continue into next year,
however. More than 53 percent of respondents plan to keep the tier the same size,
while 20 percent will look to shrink the
number of staff associates they have.
Fewer Pennsylvania firms merged in
the last year than had in the previous year.
And fewer seem interested in merging in
the coming year. Those findings buck national trends that show law firm merger
activity increasing. It may be a function of
the respondents to the survey considering
a number of small Pennsylvania firms have
been involved in mergers in the last year
or so.
Only 16.1 percent of respondents said
they merged in the last year, compared to
25.9 who said the same in 2010. Thirty percent of firms are not interested in a merger in the coming year, up from 22 percent
who were opposed last year. More than
53 percent of respondents said they were
open to merger opportunities in the coming year and 16.7 percent said they were
actively seeking them.
OTHER NOTABLES
Firms may be taking a hint from the American Bar Association’s recommendation to
do away with mandatory retirement policies. That or they are looking to keep books
of business no matter what the age of the
partner holding that book. According to the
WITH RESPECT
TO FIRST-YEAR
ASSOCIATE
SALARIES
THIS YEAR,
YOUR FIRM:
survey, only 25.8 percent of respondents
had mandatory retirement policies, down
from 44 percent who did last year.
Client surveys are being used more frequently, though probably not yet at the
levels consultants would suggest firms
employ. When asked if they regularly used
client satisfaction surveys, 35.5 percent
of respondents said they did. That is up
from the 18.5 percent who said the same
in 2010.
Slightly fewer firms have a diversity initiative, with 70 percent saying in 2011 that
they have one and 81.5 percent responding
the same in 2010. The number of firms that
said they received RFPs asking about the
firm’s minority and gender numbers declined by a similar margin.
THE RESPONDENTS
The survey is sent out to managing partners at more than 100 law firms across
the state. There were 32 respondents this
year, with 29 percent of them hailing from
firms with more than 125 attorneys. The
second largest response group, at 24.1
percent, was from firms of between 26 and
50 lawyers.
More than 63 percent of respondents
were from Philadelphia firms, 16.7 percent
were from Pittsburgh and the rest were
from locations across the state, including
Blue Bell, York and Allentown.
More than 58 percent of responding
firms were full service, 22.6 percent had
limited practice areas and 19.4 percent
were boutiques. 
REGARDING
FIRST-YEAR
ASSOCIATES,
WHAT DID
YOUR FIRM
HIRE FOR THE
FALL OF 2011?
3.2% Grossly overpaid
34.6% Increased salaries
36.7% More first-year associates
41.9% Somewhat overpaid
65.4% Kept them the same
26.7% Same amount
54.8% Fairly compensated
0% Decreased salaries
13.3% Fewer first-year associates
0% Underpaid
23.3% No first-year associates
PaLAW 2011 59
100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Reed Smith
Reed Smith Centre, 225 Fifth Ave.
412-288-3131 / 412-288-3063
www.reedsmith.com
Philadelphia; New York; Washington; Princeton,
N.J.; Falls Church and Richmond, Va.; Wilmington,
Del.; Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Palo Alto, Calif.; Chicago; Munich, Germany; Paris;
London; Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE; Piraeus,
Greece; Hong Kong; Beijing.
311
$958
$1,050,000
$661,000
2.
1701 Market St.
215-963-5000 / 215-963-5001
info@morganlewis.com / www.morganlewis.com
Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.; Washington; New
York; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto and
Irvine, Calif.; Miami; Chicago; Princeton, N.J.;
Dallas and Houston, Texas; Boston; London; Paris;
Brussels, Belgium; Frankfurt, Germany; Tokyo;
Beijing.
303
3.
Pepper Hamilton
3000 Two Logan Square
215-981-4000 / 215-981-4750
phinfo@pepperlaw.com / www.pepperlaw.com
Berwyn, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Princeton, N.J.; Washington; Wilmington, Del.;
Boston; Detroit; New York; Irvine, Calif.
4.
Rank
1.
5.
Firm, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website,
Other Offices
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
Banking, Bankruptcy,
Commercial Litigation,
Corporate & Securities,
Labor & Employment,
Insurance, Real Estate,
Intellectual Property,
Products Liability,
Taxation
Tenet Healthcare
Corp.; Wells Fargo;
Merck & Co. Inc.; The
Bank of New York
Mellon Corp.; U.S.
Steel; Federated
Investors Inc.
1.
Practice Areas
Gregory B. Jordan,
Global Managing Partner;
Ajay Raju, Philadelphia
Office Managing Partner;
George L. Stewart,
Pittsburgh Office
Managing Partner
$125,000 —
Pittsburgh
$1,084
$1,400,000
$875,000
J. Gordon Cooney Jr.,
Philadelphia Office
Managing Partner;
Francis Milone, Chairman;
Thomas J. Sharbaugh,
Managing Partner for
Operations
$145,000
Antitrust, Business
& Finance,
Employee Benefits,
Energy, Health
Care, Intellectual
Property, Investment
Management, Labor
& Employment,
Litigation, Real Estate
ARAMARK; Bimbo
Bakeries USA;
Hewlett-Packard
Co.; SEI Investments
Co.; SunGard Data
Systems Inc.; GSI
Commerce Inc.
3.
297
$313
$731,000
$683,000
Robert E. Heideck,
Executive Partner; Nina
M. Gussack, Chairwoman
of the Executive
Committee
$125,000
Antitrust, Bankruptcy,
White-Collar/Corporate
Governance,
Labor & Employment,
Litigation, Products
Liability, Taxation
Advent International
Corporation;
Bristol-Myers
Squibb; Brandywine
Realty Trust; Tyco
International Ltd.
2.
One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St., 20th Floor
412-562-8800 / 412-562-1041
info@bipc.com / www.bipc.com
Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pa.; Newark and
Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Alexandria, Va.;
Washington; New York; San Diego and Temecula,
Calif.; Aventura, Miami and Tampa, Fla.
275
$250
$660,000
$615,000
John A. “Jack” Barbour,
CEO & Board Chairman
$112,500 —
Philadelphia
Labor & Employment,
Government
Relations, Health Care,
Real Estate, Taxation
AmerisourceBergen
Corp.; Arkema Inc.;
Catholic Health East;
Motorola Inc.; PNC
Bank; Reliant Energy
4.
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
1845 Walnut St.
215-575-2600 / 215-575-0856
www.marshalldennehey.com
Bethlehem, King of Prussia, Doylestown,
Erie, Harrisburg, Scranton, Williamsport and
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Cherry Hill and Roseland, N.J.;
Wilmington, Del.; Akron, Ohio; New York; Ft.
Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Tampa and Orlando, Fla.
254
Insurance,
Litigation, Medical
Malpractice, Health
Care, Construction,
Products Liability/
Mass Torts, Workers’
Compensation, Labor
& Employment,
QBE Insurance
Group; Chrysler
Group; Liberty
Mutual Insurance
Companies; CAN;
Chartis; Zurich
Insurance Co.
5.
$130,000 —
Philadelphia
$105,000 —
Pittsburgh
WND
Thomas A. Brophy,
President & CEO; Peter
S. Miller, Chairman of
the Board & COO; Philip
B. Toran, Chairman of
Executive Committee
WND
NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) NR (Not Ranked) PPP (Profits Per Equity Partner) RPL (Revenue Per Lawyer) *Last year’s information
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources (All data as of 6/10/11) Firms ranked by FT attorneys in PA offices
PaLAW 2011 61
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
6.
600 Grant St., 44th Floor
412-566-6000 / 412-566-6099
info@eckertseamans.com
www.eckertseamans.com
Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Southpointe, Pa.;
Wilmington, Del.; Washington; White Plains, N.Y.;
Boston; Richmond, Va.
240
WND
Timothy P. Ryan, Chief
Executive Officer;
Stephen R. Delinsky,
Chairman of the Board of
Directors
WND
Bankruptcy, Business
& Finance, Commercial
Litigation, Real Estate,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Energy,
Products Liability/
Mass Torts
WND
7.
7.
Cozen O’Connor
1900 Market St.
215-665-2000 / 215-665-2013
postmaster@cozen.com / www.cozen.com
Harrisburg, West Conshohocken and Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington;
New York; Chicago; Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Miami;
Dallas and Houston, Texas; Santa Fe, N.M.; Los
Angeles and San Diego, Calif.; Seattle; Denver;
Toronto; London.
239
$277
$602,555
$550,693
Michael Heller, President;
Thomas A. Decker, CEO;
Vincent R. McGuinness,
Managing Partner
$135,000
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
Health Care,
Government Relations,
Taxation, Real Estate,
Insurance, Trusts &
Estates
The Dow Chemical
Company; ARAMARK
Corporation;
ACE; Blue Cross
of Northeastern
Pennsylvania;
Comcast-Spectacor;
Liberty Property
Trust
6.
8.
Blank Rome
One Logan Square, 130 N. 18th St.
215-569-5500 / 215-569-5555
webmaster@BlankRome.com
www.BlankRome.com
Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York;
Washington; Cincinnati, Ohio; Boca Raton, Fla.;
Los Angeles; Houston; Shanghai; Hong Kong.
228
$311
$691,000
$647,000
Alan J. Hoffman, CoChairman & Managing
Partner; T. Michael Dyer,
Co-Chairman
$145,000
Liability/Mass Torts,
& Finance, Taxation,
Real Estate, Labor &
Employment, Trusts &
Estates
SunGard Data
7.
Systems Inc.;
Lyondell Basell
Industries; PNC Bank;
St. Luke’s Hospital
and Health Network;
DRA Advisors; Iconix
Brand Group Inc.
9.
Fox Rothschild
2000 Market St., 20th Floor
215-299-2000 / 215-299-2150
attorneys@foxrothschild.com
www.foxrothschild.com
Exton, Blue Bell, Pittsburgh and Warrington, Pa.;
Atlantic City, Roseland and Princeton, N.J.; New
York; Stamford, Conn.; Washington; West Palm
Beach, Fla.; Las Vegas; Los Angeles and
San Francisco, Calif.
211
$239
$565,289
$528,553
Mark Silow, Firmwide
Managing Partner;
Abraham C. Reich,
Co-Chairman; Phillip E.
Griffin, Co-Chairman
$125,000
Family Law, Health
Care, Bankruptcy,
Real Estate, Taxation,
Labor & Employment,
Trusts & Estates
WND
11.
10.
K&L Gates
210 Sixth Ave.
412-355-6500 / 412-355-6501
info@klgates.com / www.klgates.com
Newark, N.J.; New York; Washington; Boston;
Chicago; Charlotte, Raleigh and Research Triangle
Park, N.C.; Miami; Austin, Fort Worth and Dallas,
Texas; Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, Orange
County, Palo Alto, San Diego and San Francisco,
Calif.; Portland, Ore.; Seattle and Spokane, Wash.;
London; Brussels, Belgium; Warsaw, Poland;
Frankfurt, Germany; Paris; Moscow; Dubai;
Shanghai; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo.
209
$1,055
$930,122
$598,752
Peter J. Kalis, Chairman
& Global Managing
Partner; Michael G. Zanic,
Administrative Partner,
Pittsburgh
WND
Financial Services,
Energy, Corporate
& Securities, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Government
Relations, Insurance,
Health Care, Real
Estate
Allegheny
Technologies; E.I. Du
Pont de Nemours &
Co.; PPG Industries
Inc.; Alcoa Inc.;
Bank of America
Corp.; Westinghouse
Electric Co.
9.
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources (All data as of 6/10/11) 62 PaLAW 2011
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
11.
Duane Morris
195
30 S. 17th St.
215-979-1000 / 215-979-1020
www.duanemorris.com
Cherry Hill and Newark, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.;
New York; Boston; Baltimore; Washington; Atlanta;
Boca Raton and Miami, Fla.; Chicago; Houston;
Las Vegas; Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and San Diego, Calif; London; Hanoi
and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Singapore.
$411
$830,000
$655,000
John J. Soroko, Chairman
and CEO
$145,000
Litigation, Intellectual
Property, Bankruptcy,
Business and
Finance, E-Commerce
& Technologies,
Health Care, Insurance,
Labor & Employment,
Real Estate
Edward Jones; Lenox
Corp.; Chubb &
Son; Balfour Beatty
Capital Group;
Wockhardt; Zynga
Game Network
13.
12.
Ballard Spahr
1735 Market St., 51st Floor
215-665-8500 / 215-864-8999
www.ballardspahr.com
Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Bethesda and
Baltimore, Md.; Washington; Atlanta; Denver; Las
Vegas; Salt Lake City; Phoenix; Los Angeles and
San Diego, Calif.
193
$273.5
$525,000
$615,000
Mark Stewart, Chairman
WND
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
Litigation, WhiteCollar/Corporate
Governance, Public
Finance, Real Estate,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Intellectual
Property, Banking,
Government Relations
DuPont; PNC Bank;
Sunoco Corp.;
GlaxoSmithKline;
Comcast Corp.; NV
Energy
14.
13.
(tie)
Dechert
Cira Centre, 2929 Arch St.
215-994-4000 / 215-994-2222
info@dechert.com / www.dechert.com
Princeton, N.J.; New York; Hartford, Conn.; Boston;
Washington; Charlotte, N.C.; Austin, Texas; Los
Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and
Mountain View, Calif.; London; Dublin; Paris;
Moscow; Brussels, Belgium; Luxembourg; Munich;
Beijing and Hong Kong, China.
183
$648.5
$2,010,000
$860,000
Andrew J. Levander,
Chairman; Daniel
O’Donnell, CEO
$145,000
Real Estate,
Products Liability/
Mass Torts, Business
and Finance,
Litigation, Bankruptcy,
Governance, Taxation
Pfizer; Crown
Holdings Inc.; Endo
Pharmaceuticals;
Dean Foods
Company; Enka
Insaat ve Sanayi;
PIMCO
11.
13.
(tie)
One Logan Square, Suite 2000
215-988-2700 / 215-988-2757
info@dbr.com / www.drinkerbiddle.com
Princeton and Florham Park, N.J.; Wilmington,
Del.; New York and Albany, N.Y.; Washington;
Chicago; Milwaukee; San Francisco and
Los Angeles, Calif.
183
$376
$659,984
$625,289
Andrew C. Kassner,
Executive Partner; Alfred
W. Putnam Jr., Chairman
$130,000
($105,000
for first four
months until
completion of
FY development program.
Salary then
increased to
$130,000.)
Bankruptcy, Products
Liability, Commercial
Litigation, Corporate
& Securities, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Insurance,
Health Care, Litigation
Johnson & Johnson;
AT&T Mobility; Urban
Outfitters; St. Paul
Travelers Cos.;
General Electric;
Comcast Company
10.
15.
White & Williams
One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St., Suite 1800
215-864-7000 / 215-864-7123
www.whiteandwilliams.com
Conshohocken, Berwyn and Center Valley, Pa.;
Cherry Hill and Paramus, N.J; Wilmington, Del.;
New York and Westchester, N.Y.; Boston.
162
WND
Guy A. Cellucci, Managing
Partner
WND
Health Care,
Litigation, Insurance,
Labor & Employment
ACE; Children’s
Hospital of
Philadelphia; Allied
World Assurance
Company Ltd.;
Citizens Bank
15.
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources (All data as of 6/10/11) PaLAW 2011 63
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
16.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
215-564-8000 / 215-564-8120
www.stradley.com
Malvern and Harrisburg, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.;
Wilmington, Del.; Washington.
152
WND
William R. Sasso,
Chairman; Jeffrey
A. Lutsky, Managing
Partner; Kevin R. Boyle,
Financial Partner
$125,000
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
Banking, Real Estate,
Insurance, Intellectual
Property, Litigation,
Trusts & Estates
Archdiocese of
Philadelphia;
Franklin Templeton
Group of Funds;
Delaware Group of
Funds
16.
17.
Stevens & Lee
111 N. Sixth St.
Reading, PA 19601
610-478-2000 / 610-376-5610
attys@stevenslee / www.stevenslee.com
Harrisburg, Lancaster, Bethlehem, Philadelphia,
Scranton, Valley Forge and Williamsport, Pa.; New
York; Cherry Hill and Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington,
Del.; Charleston, S.C.
145
$114
$1,004,757
$684,292
Ernest Choquette,
President; Joseph
Harenza, Non-Executive
Chairman; Joseph
W. Marshall III, Vice
Chairman
WND
Antitrust, Banking,
Bankruptcy,
Health Care, Corporate
& Securities, Business
& Finance, Real Estate,
Labor & Employment,
Litigation
PFM; EnerSys;
Armstrong World
Industries; Temple
University; Wellspan
Health; Pennsylvania
Higher Education
Assistance Agency
17.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
18.
Post & Schell
Four Penn Center, 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
215-587-1000 / 215-587-1444
www.postschell.com
Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster and Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Princeton, N.J; Washington.
142
WND
Brian M. Peters, President
& CEO; John R. Sparks,
Chief Development
Officer; William F. Sutton,
Chief Compliance Officer
WND
Antitrust, Bankruptcy,
Criminal Defense,
E-Commerce/
Technology, Labor &
Employment, Energy,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Health Care,
Insurance
Chartis; PPL; Thomas
Jefferson University
Hospitals; Duquesne
Light; Novartis;
Davita
18.
19.
100 Pine St.
717-232-8000 / 717-237-5300
info@mwn.com / www.mwn.com
State College and Lancaster, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio;
Washington.
119
WND
David M Kleppinger,
Chairman
WND
Intellectual
Property, Litigation,
Environmental,
Business & Finance,
Taxation, Corporate &
Securities, Real Estate,
Trusts & Estates, Labor
& Employment, Family
Law
WND
20.
20.
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote
Two PPG Place, Suite 400
412-281-7272 / 412-392-5367
info@dmclaw.com / www.dmclaw.com
Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pa.; Haddonfield,
N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Steubenville, Ohio;
Charlotte, N.C.; Wheeling, W.Va.
110
WND
Jeffrey T. Wiley, Managing WND
Director & COO; James R.
Miller, President, CEO &
Chairman of the Board
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/
Toxic Torts, Real
Estate, Construction,
Products Liability/
Mass Torts, Medical
Malpractice, Insurance
WND
21.
21.
(tie)
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
280 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
610-667-7706 / 610-667-7056
info@ktmc.com / www.ktmc.com
San Francisco.
108
(Includes
staff
attorneys
for first
time)
WND
Darren Check, Director of
Institutional Relations
$85,000
Securities, ERISA,
Derivative/Takeover,
Philadelphia
Public Employees
Retirement System;
PGGM-Dutch
National Pension
Fund; Montgomery
County Employees’
Retirement System
(PA); Washington
State Investment
Board; Alameda
County Employees’
Retirement
Association; Erie
County Employees
Retirement System
33.
21.
(tie)
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
215-751-2000 / 215-751-2205
contactus@schnader.com / www.schnader.com
Pittsburgh; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Washington; New
York; San Francisco; Wilmington, Del.
108
WND
David Smith, Chairman;
Nicholas J. LePore III,
Managing Partner
$120,000 —
Philadelphia
Business & Finance,
Bankruptcy, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, White-Collar/
Corporate Governance,
Litigation, Family Law,
Real Estate, Trusts &
Estates
UPS; Liberty
Property Trust;
Global Aerospace;
Wells Fargo; CBS
19.
$105,000 —
Pittsburgh
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
23.
Cohen & Grigsby
625 Liberty Ave., Fifth Floor
412-297-4900 / 412-209-0672
info@cohenlaw.com / www.cohenlaw.com
Bonita Springs, Fla.
107
WND
Jack W. Elliott, President;
Charles C. Cohen,
Chairman; Andrew M.
Roman, Executive Vice
President
WND
Business & Finance,
Real Estate, E-Commerce & Technology,
Labor & Employment,
Trusts & Estates
WND
24.
24.
Saul Ewing
Centre Square West, 1500 Market St., 38th Floor
215-972-7777 / 215-972-7725
lawyers@saul.com / www.saul.com
Wayne and Harrisburg, Pa.; Princeton and
Newark, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Baltimore;
Washington; New York.
102
$121
$514,000
$552,000
David S. Antzis, Managing
Partner
$110,000
& Finance, Energy,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Education,
Property, Real Estate,
Trusts & Estates
AMETEK Inc.;
CIGNA; Trustees
of the University
of Pennsylvania;
Constellation
Energy; Shire
22.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
25.
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
One Penn Center
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., 19th Floor
215-665-3000 / 215-665-3165
getresults@obermayer.com / www.obermayer.com
Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Altoona and Berwyn, Pa.;
Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Denver.
99
WND
Robert I. Whitelaw,
Managing Partner
$125,000
WND
& Finance, Government
Relations, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Family
Law, Health Care, Real
Estate, Litigation,
Trusts & Estates
23.
26.
Rawle & Henderson
The Widener Building, One South Penn Square
215-575-4200 / 215-563-2583
info@rawle.com / www.rawle.com
Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Marlton, N.J.;
Wilmington, Del.; New York; Wheeling, W.Va.
98
WND
Thomas A. Kuzmick,
Timothy J. Abeel and
John H. McCarthy,
Executive Committee
Members
WND
Bankruptcy, Insurance,
Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Commercial
Liability, Construction,
Workers’ Compensation, Environmental/
Toxic Torts
Honeywell
International Inc.;
Erie Insurance; AIG
Technical; Zurich;
Lexington Insurance
Co.; Oglebay
Norton Co./Ferro
Engineering
26.
27.
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
123 S. Broad St.
215-772-1500 / 215-772-7620
info@mmwr.com / www.mmwr.com
Berwyn, Pa.; Linwood and Cherry Hill, N.J.;
Wilmington, Del.
86
WND
Richard L. Scheff,
Chairman; Stephen
A. Madva, Managing
Partner; Louis A. Petroni,
Vice Chairman
$100,000
ADR, Intellectual
Property, Bankruptcy,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Commercial
& Securities, Real
Estate, Taxation,
Labor & Employment,
Governance
University of
25.
Pennsylvania;
Microsoft Corp.;
Schering-Plough
Corp.; Sanofi-Aventis;
LaSalle University
28.
Thorp Reed & Armstrong
One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St., 14th Floor
412-394-7711 / 412-394-2555
contact@thorpreed.com / www.thorpreed.com
Philadelphia; Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.;
Wheeling, W.Va.
85
WND
Jeffrey J. Conn, Managing $100,000
Partner; Joseph M.
Donley, Partner-inCharge, Philadelphia
Office
Bankruptcy, Environmental/Toxic Torts,
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment, Health Care,
Governance, Insurance
WND
27.
29.
Margolis Edelstein
The Curtis Center, 601 Walnut St., Fourth Floor
215-922-1100 / 215-922-1772
mmckenna@margolisedelstein.com
www.margolisedelstein.com
Harrisburg, Scranton, Hollidaysburg, Beaver
and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Berkley Heights and Mount
Laurel, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.
84
WND
Michael P. McKenna,
Managing Partner
WND
Litigation, Labor &
Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts,
Health Care, Insurance,
Liability, Workers’
Compensation
Erie Insurance
Group; CAMICO
Mutual Insurance;
Arrowpoint Capital;
Chartis Insurance
Group; Pennsylvania
National Insurance;
Fireman’s Fund
Insurance Co.
29.
30.
Burns White
Four Northshore Center, 106 Isabella St.
412-995-3000 / 412-995-3300
info@burnswhite.com / www.burnswhite.com
West Conshohocken, Pa.; Wheeling, W.Va.; Cherry
Hill, N.J.
81
WND
David A. Damico, Director
& Member
WND
Health Care, Construction, Transportation,
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
White-Collar Criminal
Defense, Medicare
Compliance, Professional Liability, Workers’ Compensation,
Products Liability
Northfolk Southern
Corp.; CSX
Transportation Inc.;
St. Paul Travelers
Cos.; Health South;
DPIC/XL Design
Professionals;
Citizens Bank
29.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
31.
Tucker Arensberg
1500 One PPG Place
412-566-1212 / 412-594-5619
www.tuckerlaw.com
Harrisburg, Pa.
80
WND
Thomas P. Peterson,
Managing Shareholder
WND
Business & Finance,
Immigration,
Bankruptcy,
Education, Health
Care, Trusts & Estates,
Labor & Employment,
Real Estate
WND
36.
32.
Swartz Campbell
Two Liberty Place, 50 S. 16th St., 28th Floor
215-564-5190 / 215-299-4301
www.swartzcampbell.com
Allentown, Camp Hill, Media, Pittsburgh,
Scranton and West Chester, Pa.; Mount Laurel
and Bedminster, N.J.; New York; Wilmington, Del.;
Wheeling, W.Va.; Cleveland, Ohio; Fort Meyers and
Orlando, Fla.
78
WND
Jeffrey B. McCarron,
James Haggerty and
G. Daniel Bruch Jr.,
Managing Partners
WND
Bankruptcy,
Workers’
Compensation,
Medical Malpractice,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
Nationwide
Insurance Co.;
CAN; Honeywell
Inc.; Westport; Erie
Insurance; Argonaut
Insurance
28.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
33.
Dilworth Paxson
1500 Market St., Suite 3500E
215-575-7000 / 215-575-7200
www.dilworthlaw.com
Harrisburg, Pa.; Cherry Hill and Neptune, N.J.;
Wilmington, Del.; Washington.
77
WND
Joseph H. Jaocvini,
Chairman; James W.
Hennessey, Managing
Partner; Stephen J.
Harmelin, Managing
Partner
$110,000
& Securities, Banking,
Bankruptcy, Labor
& Employment,
Governance, Taxation,
Trusts & Estates,
Business & Finance
SEPTA; Dow Chemical
Co.; Independence
Blue Cross/Blue
Shield; TD Bank;
Liberty Property
Trust
32.
34.
(tie)
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg
1835 Market St.
215-568-6060 / 215-568-6603
info@klehr.com / www.klehr.com
Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.
75
WND
William A. Harvey,
Managing Partner
WND
Real Estate, Corporate &
Securities, Bankruptcy,
Business & Finance,
Taxation, Labor &
Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts
PREIT-Rubin; Sun
Capital Partners;
Thomas Jefferson
University; LubertAdler Real Estate
Opportunity Fund;
Campus Apartments;
AmerisourceBergen
31.
34.
(tie)
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
215-972-7900 / 215-564-7699
www.wglaw.com
Norristown, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Scranton,
Pa.; Newark and Cherry Hill, N.J.; Dover, Del.;
New York.
75
WND
Paul M. Fires, Joseph
Goldberg and Paul A.
Koczan, Management
Committee Members
WND
Insurance,
Litigation, Medical
Malpractice, Health
Care, Commercial
Litigation, Workers’
Compensation,
Labor & Employment,
Family Law
WND
36.
36.
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti
One Oxford Centre, 38th Floor
412-263-2000 / 412-261-5295
info@pietragallo.com / www.pietragallo.com
Philadelphia, Sharon and West Chester, Pa.;
Weirton, W.Va.; Steubenville, Ohio.
74
WND
William Pietragallo II,
Managing Partner
WND
Construction, Workers’ Compensation,
Business & Finance,
Health Care, WhiteCollar/Corporate
Governance, Products
Liability, Labor & Employment, Insurance
WND
34.
37.
Babst Calland
Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor
412-394-5400 / 412-394-6576
www.babstcalland.com
State College, Pa.; Sewell, N.J.
72
WND
Chester R. Babst III,
Managing Partner
$100,000
Litigation, Real
Estate, Bankruptcy,
Business & Finance,
Intellecutal Property,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Commercial
Construction
Beazer East Inc.;
Gen Tek Inc.; Crown
Castle International
Corp.; NOVA
Chemical Inc.; PQ
Corporation; Thermo
Fisher Scientific Inc.
35.
38.
Thomas Thomas & Hafer
305 N. Front St.
717-237-7100 / 717-237-7105
firm@tthlaw.com / www.tthlaw.com
Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and
Philadelphia, Pa.; Clifton, N.J.; Baltimore.
68
WND
James K. Thomas II,
Edward H. Jordan Jr.,
and Peter J. Speaker,
Managing Partners
WND
Insurance, Real Estate,
Workers’ Compensation, Health Care,
Products Liability/Mass
Torts, Commercial
Litigation, Litigation,
Labor & Employment,
Criminal Defense
Traveler’s Insurance;
Penn National
Insurance; State
Farm Insurance;
AAIC; Nationwide
Insurance; UGI
Utilities
38.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
39.
Berger & Montague
1622 Locust St.
800-424-6690 / 215-875-4604
info@bm.net / www.bergermontague.com
64
WND
Daniel Berger, Managing
Shareholder; H. Laddie
Montague Jr., President
WND
Litigation, Antitrust,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Insurance,
Products Liability,
Qui Tam, Business &
Finance
WND
40.
40.
Cipriani & Werner
650 Washington Road, Suite 700
412-563-2500 / 412-563-2080
phaeck@c-wlaw.com / www.c-wlaw.com
Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa.;
Marlton, N.J.; Wheeling, W.Va.
63
WND
Gerald J. Cipriani,
President
WND
Compensation,
Labor & Employment,
Insurance
WND
42.
41.
(tie)
Barley Snyder
126 E. King St.
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-299-5201 / 717-291-4660
barley@barley.com / www.barley.com
York, Reading, Malvern and Hanover, Pa.
58
WND
Timothy G. Dietrich,
Managing Partner
WND
Bankruptcy, Banking,
Business & Finance,
Real Estate, Trusts
& Estates, Labor &
Employment, Health
Care
WND
39.
41.
(tie)
Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski
925 Harvest Drive, Suite 300
Blue Bell, PA 19422
215-977-1000 / 215-977-1099
lawyers@elliottgreenleaf.com
www.elliottgreenleaf.com
Harrisburg, Scranton, Philadelphia and WilkesBarre, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.
58
WND
John M. Elliott, Chairman WND
& CEO; Henry F.
Siedzikowski, President;
Bruce W. Kauffman,
Co-Chairman of Executive
Committee
Bankruptcy,
Labor & Employment,
Business & Finance,
Health Care, Banking,
Corporate Securities,
Litigation, Antitrust,
Family Law
Aetna Inc.; CBS;
UniTek; 3M;
Jefferson Health
System
43.
43.
The Chartwell Law Offices
970 Rittenhouse Road
Eagleville, PA 19403
610-666-7700 / 610-666-7704
info@chartwelllaw.com / www.chartwelllaw.com
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Scranton and
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Moorestown, N.J; Wilmington,
Del.; Baltimore; New York; Miami.
52
WND
Clifford Goldstein, CEO
WND
Labor & Employment,
Litigation, Medical
Malpractice, Workers’
Compensation,
Insurance, Aviation,
Subrogation
Lexington
Underwriters;
Harleysville
Insurance; Home
Depot; Chubb
Insurance; City
of Philadelphia;
Citizens Bank
47.
44.
Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy
215-569-2800 / 215-569-1606
skracher@zarwin.com / www.zarwin.com
Bethlehem, Pa.; Marlton and Jersey City, N.J.
51
WND
Mitchell Kaplan,
WND
Immigration, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental,
Insurance, Products
Liability, Real
Estate, Trusts &
Estates, Workers’
Compensation
Korman Residential
Properties; First
Niagra Bank; The
Bancorp Bank;
Tornetta Properties
54.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
45.
(tie)
Jones Day
500 Grant St., Suite 4500
412-391-3939 / 412-394-7959
www.jonesday.com
New York; Washington; Columbus and Cleveland,
Ohio; Boston; Chicago; Dallas and Houston, Texas;
Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Irvine and
Palo Alto, Calif.; Mexico City; London; Brussels,
Belgium; Madrid; Milan; Paris; Moscow; Munich
and Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong, Beijing and
Shanghai, China; Tokyo; Taipei, Taiwan; Singapore;
Sydney, Australia; Dubai; Saudi Arabia; New Dehli,
India; Sao Paulo, Brazil.
50
$1,616
$820,000
$645,000
Laura E. Ellsworth,
Partner in Charge,
Pittsburgh
WND
Antitrust, Business &
Finance, Litigation,
Labor & Employment,
Health Care,
Products Liability, Real
Estate, Taxation
WND
45.
45.
(tie)
Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio
190 Independence Mall West, Suite 500
215-627-0303 / 215-627-2551
info@lavin-law.com / www.lavin-law.com
Mount Laurel, N.J; New York and Rochester, N.Y.
50
WND
Basil A. DiSipio, President
& COO
WND
Litigation,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
General Motors
Corp.; Toyota
Motor Sales USA
Inc.; Nissan North
America Inc.;
GlaxoSmithKline;
3M Company; Quest
Diagnostics
47.
45.
(tie)
Rhoads & Sinon
One S. Market Square, 12th Floor
717-233-5731 / 717-232-1459
www.rhoads-sinon.com
50
WND
Charles J. Ferry,
Chairman; Thomas J.
Nehilla, Todd J. Shill,
Dean H. Dusinberre
and Robert J. Tribeck,
Executive Committee
Members
WND
Energy, Banking, Real
Estate, Business &
Finance, Commercial
& Securities, Taxation,
Trusts & Estates,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
WND
51.
48.
Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg
215-561-4300 / 215-561-6661
webmaster@bbs-law.com / www.bbs-law.com
Blue Bell and Lancaster, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.
49
WND
Louis E. Bricklin,
Managing Partner
WND
Insurance, Litigation,
Products Liability/
Mass Torts,
Construction, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
WND
45.
49.
(tie)
Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman
United Plaza, 30 S. 17th St., 19th Floor
215-564-1700 / 215-564-3066
www.cohenseglias.com
Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.
47
WND
Roy S. Cohen, President;
Edward Seglias, Vice
President; Jason A.
Copley, Managing Partner
$100,000
Estates, Bankruptcy,
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
Litigation, Health Care,
Insurance
WND
44.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
49.
(tie)
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller*
One Logan Square, 27th Floor
215-568-6200 / 215-568-0300
www.hangley.com
Harrisburg and Norristown, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.
47
WND
David Pudlin, President;
William T. Hangley,
Chairman
$125,000
Antitrust, Real
Estate, Bankruptcy,
Business & Finance,
Trusts & Estates,
Environmental,
Government Relations
WND
50.
51.
Littler Mendelson
1601 Cherry St., Suite 1400
267-402-3000 / 267-402-3131
info@littler.com / www.littler.com
Pittsburgh; New York, Long Island and Rochester,
N.Y.; Newark, N.J.; Washington; Tyson’s Corner,
Va.; New Haven, Conn.; Boston; Providence,
R.I.; Cleveland and Coumbus, Ohio; Detroit;
Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Indianapolis; Lexington,
Ky.; Kansas City, Mo.; Atlanta; Birmingham and
Mobile, Ala.; Miami and Orlando, Fla.; Nashville,
Tenn.; Fayetteville, Ark,; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago;
Columbia, S.C.; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Denver;
Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.;
Seattle; St. Louis; Fresno, Los Angeles, Irvine,
Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose
and Walnut Creek, Calif.
45
$381.5
$485,000
$505,000
Kristine Grady Derewicz,
of Philadelphia Office;
Marko Mrkonich,
President & Managing
Shareholder; John Cerilli,
Managing Shareholder of
Pittsburgh Office
WND
Labor & Employment
WND
60.
52.
(tie)
Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst
518 Township Line Road, Suite 300
Blue Bell, PA 19422
610-862-6500 / 610-862-6501
rhorst@nldhlaw.com / www.nldhlaw.com
Cherry Hill, N.J.; New York; Columbus, Ohio;
Denver; London.
44
WND
Michael R. Nelson,
Chairman; Mary Anne
Jaquay, Executive Vice
President & COO
WND
Insurance, Litigation
Nationwide Insurance Cos.; Lloyds
of London; Chartis
Insurance; State
Farm Fire & Casualty;
Erie Insurance; Harleysville Insurance
55.
52.
(tie)
Woodcock Washburn
Cira Centre, 2929 Arch St., 12th Floor
215-568-3100 / 215-568-3439
www.woodcock.com
Bethesda, Md.; Atlanta; Orlando, Fla.; Chicago;
Phoenix; Seattle.
44
WND
David Bailey, Gary Levin
and David Wolfsohn,
Policy Committtee
Members
$130,000
Microsoft; Johnson
& Johnson; Crown;
SAP; TruePosition;
University of
Pennsylvania
41.
54.
Meyer Unkovic & Scott
535 Smithfield St., Suite 1300
412-456-2800 / 412-456-2864
postmaster@muslaw.com / www.muslaw.com
43
WND
Kevin F. McKeegan,
Managing Partner
WND
Business & Finance,
Commercial Litigation, Construction,
Corporate & Securities, Immigration,
Labor & Employment,
Estates, Litigation
WND
47.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
55.
Spector Gadon & Rosen
1635 Market St., Seventh Floor
215-241-8888 / 215-241-8844
sg+r@lawsgr.com / www.lawsgr.com
St. Petersburg, Fla.
42
WND
Paul R. Rosen, President;
Steven F. Gadon, Vice
President; Edward G.
Fitzgerald, Secretary/
Treasurer
WND
Antitrust, Banking,
Bankruptcy, Family
Law, Commercial
& Securities, Trusts &
Estates, Real Estate,
Labor & Employment,
Insurance
WND
51.
56.
Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett
120 W. 10th St.
Erie, PA 16501
814-459-2800 / 814-453-4530
knox@kmgslaw.com / www.kmgslaw.com
North East, Pa.
41
WND
Thomas A. Tupitza,
President
WND
& Finance, Labor &
Employment, Family
Law, Litigation,
Intellectual
Property, Trusts &
Estates, Workers’
Compensation, Real
Estate, Government
Relations
WND
55.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
57.
(tie)
DLA Piper
One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St., Suite 4900
215-656-3300 / 215-656-3301
info@dlapiper.com / www.dlapiper.com
Wilmington, Del.; Atlantic City and Florham
Park, N.J.; Atlanta; Austin, Dallas and Houston,
Texas; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; La Jolla, Los
Angeles, Palo Alto, Sacramento, San Diego and
San Francisco, Calif.; Miami and Tampa, Fla.; New
York; Reston, Va.; Phoenix; Raleigh, N.C.; Seattle;
Washington; Abu Dhabi; Amsterdam; Antwerp
and Brussels, Belgium; Bangkok; Hong Kong,
Beijing and Shanghai, China; Berlin and Frankfurt,
Germany; Paris; Rome; Sydney; Warsaw, Poland;
Madrid**
40
$1,900
$1,135,000
$585,000
James M. Brogan,
Philadelphia Managing
Partner
$140,000
Property, Corporate &
Securities, Antitrust,
Governance, Business
& Finance, Products
Insurance
Church & Dwight;
Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Co.;
Harley-Davidson;
Brandywine Realty
Trust; BDO-Seidman;
Rico
57.
57.
(tie)
Gibbons
1700 Two Logan Square
215-665-0400 / 215-636-0366
firm@gibbonslaw.com / www.gibbonslaw.com
Newark and Trenton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.;
New York.
40
$106
752,631
534,708
Patrick C. Dunican Jr.,
Chairman & Managing
Director; Stephen
Imbriglia, Administrative
Director of Philadelphia
Office
$135,000
Bankruptcy,
Criminal Defense,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Government
Relations, Intellectual
Property, Products
Liability, Real Estate
WND
57.
57.
(tie)
MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton
100 State St., Suite 700
Erie, PA 16507
814-870-7600 / 814-454-4647
info@macdonaldillig.com
www.macdonaldillig.com
40
WND
Russell S. Warner,
Managing Partner
WND
Property, Banking,
Business & Finance,
Estates, Health Care,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
Erie Insurance
Group; First
National Bank of PA;
American Refining
Group; General
Electric Co.; Plastek
Industries Inc.; Erie
Management Group
53.
57.
(tie)
Rubin Fortunato & Harbison
10 S. Leopard Road
Paoli, PA 19301
610-408-2000 / 610-408-9000
rf@rubinfortunato.com
www.rubinfortunato.com
40
WND
Gregory S. Rubin,
Chairman
WND
Labor & Employment,
Business, Litigation
Amazon.com; Bank
62.
of America-Merrill
Lynch; BLDS; StarCite
Inc.; Superior
Mortgage Corp.;
Temple University
61.
(tie)
Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney
1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1900
215-564-6688 / 215-564-2526
info@mooclaw.com / www.mooclaw.com
Pittsburgh; Pennsauken, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.;
Towson, Md.; Elmsford, N.Y.
39
WND
Kevin J. O’Brien,
Managing Director
WND
Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation,
Personal Injury, Health
Care, Insurance,
Products Liabilty,
Litigation, Medical
Malpractice, Labor &
Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts
WND
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources (All data as of 6/10/11) **All offices not listed
74 PaLAW 2011
59.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
61.
(tie)
Willig Williams & Davidson
1845 Walnut St., 24th Floor
215-656-3600 / 215-561-5135
manager@wwdlaw.com / www.wwdlaw.com
Harrisburg and Media, Pa.
39
WND
Deborah R. Willig,
Managing Partner
WND
Family Law, Litigation,
Bankruptcy, Real
Estate, Workers’
Compensation, Labor
& Employment,
Criminal Defense,
Trusts & Estates
AFSCME;
Philadelphia
Federation of
Teachers; Teamsters;
United Food &
Commercial Workers
Union; International
Association of
Firefighters; SEIU
68.
63.
Volpe & Koenig
30 S. 17th St.
215-568-6400 / 215-568-6499
firmgeneral@vklaw.com / www.vklaw.com
Princeton, N.J.
36
$27.6
$171,300
$690,763
Gerald B. Halt, President;
Anthony S. Volpe, CEO;
C. Frederick Koenig,
Secretary
$130,000
WND
60.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
64.
(tie)
Conrad O’Brien
215-864-9600 / 215-864-9620
lawyers@conradobrien.com
www.conradobrien.com
West Chester and Harrisburg, Pa.
35
WND
Nicholas M. Centrella,
WND
Governance, Products
Property, Labor &
Employment, Real
Estate, ADR
Dow Chemical
Company; Hewlett
Packard; Exxon Mobil
Corp.; Cephalon Inc.;
IBM Corp.; Lorillard
Tobacco Co.
62.
64.
(tie)
Greenberg Traurig
Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market St.,
Suite 2700
215-988-7800 / 215-988-7801
www.gtlaw.com
Wilmington, Del.; New York, Albany and White
Plains, N.Y.; Morristown, N.J.; Washington; Tysons
Corner, Va.; Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm
Beach, Tallahassee, Orlando, Boca Raton and
Tampa, Fla.; Boston; Chicago; Dallas, Houston and
Austin, Texas; Atlanta; Los Angeles, Irvine, East
Palo Alto, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.;
Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Amsterdam; London;
Shanghai.
35
$1,236
$1,320,000
$718,000
Michael L. Lehr, Regional
Operating Shareholder;
Robert M. Goldich,
Philadelphia Operating
Shareholder
WND
Real Estate,
& Finance, Corporate
& Securities,
E-Commerce &
Technology, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Taxation, Health
Care, Litigation
WND
68.
64.
(tie)
Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino
The Paragon Centre, 1611 Pond Road, Suite 300
Allentown, PA 18104
610-391-1800 / 610-391-1805
info@thslaw.com / www.thslaw.com
Bridgewater, N.J.; New York.
35
WND
Matthew Sorrentino,
Managing Partner
WND
Workers’
Compensation,
Banking, Health Care,
Business & Finance,
Trusts & Estates,
Real Estate, Taxation,
Environmental/
Toxic Torts, Labor
& Employment,
Litigation
Lehigh Valley
Hospital & Health
Network; Lehigh
University; National
Penn Bank; Bennett
Automotive Group;
Lucent Technologies;
City of Easton
72.
67.
(tie)
Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein
910 Harvest Drive, Suite 200
Blue Bell, PA 19422-0765
610-260-6000 / 610-260-1240
mreiter@kaplaw.com / www.kaplaw.com
Cherry Hill, N.J.
34
WND
Maury B. Reiter, Managing WND
Principal
Construction, Business
& Securities, Labor &
Employment, Health
Care, Real Estate,
Taxation, Trusts &
Estates
Toll Brothers; Stoltz
Management;
Pitcairn Properties
Inc.; Chick-Fil-A;
Federal Deposit
Insurance
Corporation;
Wolfson-Verrichia
Group
66.
67.
(tie)
McQuaide Blasko*
811 University Drive
State College, PA 16801
814-238-4926 / 814-234-5620
contact@mqblaw.com / www.mcquaideblasko.com
Hershey and Hollidaysburg, Pa.
34
WND
James M. Horne,
Managing Partner
Health Care, Business
& Finance,
Estates
WND
66.
WND
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
67.
(tie)
Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe
11 Stanwix St., 18th Floor
412-918-1100 / 412-918-1199
jlewis@metzlewis.com / www.metzlewis.com
New York.
34
WND
LeRoy L. Metz II,
President
WND
Business & Finance,
Estates
WND
78.
70.
(tie)
Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young
1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd., 10th Floor
215-587-1600 / 215-587-1699
cpmy@cpmy.com / www.cpmy.com
Wilmington, Del.; Westmont, N.J.; New York;
Boston.
33
WND
Ralph J. Luongo,
Shareholder
WND
Products Liability/
Mass Torts,
Construction, Workers’
Compensation, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
WND
62.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
70.
(tie)
Sherrard German & Kelly
Two PNC Plaza, 28th Floor
412-355-0200 / 412-261-6221
www.sgkpc.com
33
WND
Robert D. German and
Walter R. Bashaw II,
Managing Shareholders
WND
Insurance, Trusts
& Estates, Banking,
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
Family Law, Real
Estate, Taxation
WND
65.
70.
(tie)
Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky
Four Gateway Center, 444 Liberty Ave., Suite 2200
vohare@smgglaw.com / www.smgglaw.com
Greensburg and New Brighton, Pa.
33
WND
Reid B. Robert and
Harry F. Kunselman,
Co-Managing Partners
WND
Business & Finance,
Criminal Defense,
Family Law, Litigation,
Trusts & Estates,
Real Estate, Workers’
Compensation
WND
78.
73.
(tie)
Archer & Greiner
One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St., 32nd Floor
215-963-3300 / 856-795-0574
marketing@archerlaw.com / www.archerlaw.com
Haddonfield, Flemington, Hackensack and
Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.
31
$71
$389,300
$454,100
Christopher R. Gibson,
President; James H. Carll,
Chairman of the Board
$110,000
Real Estate, Corporate
& Securities, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Health Care,
Personal Injury, Trusts
& Estates
Exxon Mobil Corp.;
Keystone Foods;
Pulte Home Corp.;
Holman Enterprises;
City of Philadelphia;
National Lead Inc.
68.
73.
(tie)
McGuire Woods
EQT Plaza, 625 Liberty Ave., 23rd Floor
412-667-6000 / 412-667-6050
jbeck@mcguirewoods.com
www.mcguirewoods.com
New York; Baltimore; Washington; Charlottesville,
Norfolk, Richmond and Tyson’s Corner, Va.;
Wilmington, Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C; Atlanta;
Jacksonville, Fla.; Austin and Houston, Texas;
Chicago; London; Brussels, Belgium.
31
$532
$815,000
$600,000
Richard Cullen, Chairman; WND
Peter Covington, Vice
Chairman; Thomas
Cabaniss and David
Pusateri, Office Managing
Partners
Litigation, WhiteCollar/Corporate
Governance,
Environmental/
Toxic Torts, Business
& Finance, Trust &
Estates, Health Care,
Products Liability,
Employment, Banking
DuPont; Ford;
Siemens
75.
75.
(tie)
Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald
15 S. Franklin St.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
570-826-5600 / 570-826-5640
info@rjglaw.com / www.rjglaw.com
Hazleton and Scranton, Pa.
30
WND
Joseph L. Persico,
Managing Partner
Personal Injury,
Business & Finance,
Labor & Employment,
Taxation, Intellectual
Property, Energy,
Real Estate, Mergers
& Acquisitions,
E-Commerce &
Technology
Guard Insurance
Group Inc.;
Wilkes University;
Sordoni Construction Services Inc.;
Diversified Information Technologies
Inc.; Manufacturers
& Traders Trust
Company; Mohegan
Tribal Gaming
Authority
72.
WND
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
75.
(tie)
The Webb Law Firm
420 Ft. Duquesne Blvd., Suite 1200
412-471-8815 / 412-471-4094
webblaw@webblaw.com / www.webblaw.com
30
WND
Kent E. Baldauf, Lester N.
Fortney and Kirk M. Miles,
Management Committee
WND
WND
72.
77.
(tie)
CGA Law Firm
135 N. George St.
York, PA 17401
717-848-4900 / 717-843-9039
info@cgalaw.com / www.cgalaw.com
29
WND
Sharon E. Myers,
Managing Partner
WND
Bankruptcy, Business,
Taxation, Labor &
Employment, Family
Law, Education,
Immigration, Trusts &
Estates
WND
80.
77.
(tie)
Kline & Specter
1525 Locust St., 19th Floor
215-772-1000 / 215-772-1359
www.klinespecter.com
Cherry Hill, N.J.; New York.
29
WND
Thomas R. Kline,
WND
Managing Partner;
Shanin Specter, Managing
Partner
Litigation, Medical
Malpractice, Products
Liability/Mass Torts
WND
82.
77.
(tie)
MacElree Harvey
17 W. Miner St.
West Chester, PA 19382
610-436-0100 / 610-429-4486
info@macelree.com / www.macelree.com
Kennett Square, Pa.; Centreville, Del.
29
WND
Mary Ann Rossi, CEO
WND
Family Law, Banking,
Taxation, Trusts &
Estates, Labor &
Employment, Business
& Finance
WND
80.
80.
(tie)
Edgar Snyder & Associates
600 Grant St.
412-394-1000
contactus@edgarsnyder.com
www.edgarsnyder.com
Altoona, Ebensburg and Erie, Pa.
28
WND
Edgar Snyder, President;
Richard Rosenthal,
Managing Partner
WND
Personal
Injury, Workers’
Compensation, Social
Security
WND
87.
80.
(tie)
Gross McGinley
33 S. Seventh St.
Allentown, PA 18105
610-820-5450
dfaulkinberry@grossmcginley.com
www.grossmcginley.com
Easton and Emmaus, Pa.
28
WND
Malcolm J. Gross,
Founding Partner; Paul
McGinley, Founding
Partner
WND
Business & Finance,
Trusts & Estates, Real
Estate, Intellectual
Property, Family Law,
Litigation
Rodale; PPL;
KidsPeace; Lehigh
Valley Hospital;
Viamedia; First Star
Bank
82.
80.
(tie)
Houston Harbaugh
Three Gateway Center
401 Liberty Ave., 22nd Floor
412-281-5060 / 412-281-4499
cameron@hh-law.com / www.hh-law.com
28
WND
Bradley J. Franc, Michael
J. Dempster and MaryJo Rebelo, Executive
Committee Members
WND
Business & Finance,
Litigation, Labor &
Employment, Health
Care, Real Estate,
Trusts & Estates
WND
68.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
80.
(tie)
Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers
Centre Square, 1500 Market St., Suite 4100
215-735-7200 / 215-735-1714
jem@defensecounsel.com
www.defensecounsel.com
Pittsburgh; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.;
New York and Hicksville, N.Y.; Tampa and
Miami, Fla.
28
WND
Jay E. Mintzer, Managing
Partner
WND
Insurance, Medical
Compensation,
Commercial
Litigation, Litigation,
E-Commerce &
Technology, Labor
& Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts
Western World
Insurance Co.;
J.C. Penney Co.
Inc.; Harrah’s
Entertainment Inc.;
National Indemnity
Co.; Capital
Insurance Co.;
Academy Bus
93.
80.
(tie)
Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo
475 Allendale Road
610-354-9700 / 610-354-9760
info@powelltrachtman.com
www.powelltrachtman.com
Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.
28
WND
Michael G. Trachtman,
President; Gunther
O. Carrle, SecretaryTreasurer; Paul A. Logan,
Vice President*
WND
Business & Finance
WND
75.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
80.
(tie)
Reger Rizzo & Darnall
Cira Centre, 2929 Arch St., 13th Floor
215-495-6500 / 215-495-6600
info@regerlaw.com / www.regerlaw.com
Mount Laurel, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Towson, Md.
28
WND
Louis J. Rizzo Jr.,
Managing Partner
WND
Trusts & Estates,
Business & Finance,
Construction, Family
Law, Criminal Defense,
Labor & Employment
Aqua America;
Comcast Corp.;
Prudential Fox &
Roach Realtors;
Travelers
82.
86.
(tie)
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba
4001 Schoolhouse Lane, P.O. Box 219
Center Valley, PA 18034
610-797-9000
mbeste@flblaw.com / www.flblaw.com
27
WND
Joseph A. Bubba,
Managing Partner
WND
Health Care, Real
Estate, Litigation,
Bankruptcy, Trusts
& Estates, Labor &
Employment, Family
Law, Taxation, Banking
St. Luke’s Hospital;
American
International
Group (AIG); First
Commonwealth
Federal Credit
Union; Stabler Land
Company; T-Mobile
USA Inc.; Wegmans
Food Markets Inc.
NR
86.
(tie)
Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt*
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
215-568-5116 / 215-568-2077
www.naulty.com
Media, Pa.; Marlton, N.J.
27
WND
William Cilingin,
Managing Partner
WND
Labor & Employment,
Envrionmental/
Toxic Torts, Health
Care, Insurance,
Litigation, Medical
Compensation
WND
87.
86.
(tie)
Rothman Gordon
310 Grant St., Third Floor
412-338-1100 / 412-281-7304
rgpc@rothmangordon.com
www.rothmangordon.com
27
WND
William E. Lestitian,
WND
Real Estate, Workers’
Compensation, Trusts
& Estates, Business &
Finance, Commercial
Litigation, Labor &
Employment, ADR
WND
93.
86.
(tie)
Wisler Pearlstine
Blue Bell Executive Campus, 460 Norristown Rd.,
Suite 110
Blue Bell, PA 19422
610-825-8400 / 610-828-4887
mscarpone@wispearl.com
www.wislerpearlstine.com
27
WND
Kenneth A. Roos,
Administrative Partner
WND
Education, Municipal,
Construction,
Banking, Family Law,
Employment, Trusts
& Estates, Litigation,
ADR
WND
93.
90.
(tie)
Goehring Rutter & Boehm
Frick Building, 437 Grant St., 14th Floor
412-281-0587
www.grblaw.com
Sewickley, Pa.
26
WND
Daniel F. Gramc, President WND
& Managing Director;
Michael K. Parrish, Vice
President; Robert J.
Winters, Treasurer
Trusts & Estates,
& Securities,
Environmental/
Toxic Torts, Labor &
Employment, Family
Law
WND
87.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
90.
(tie)
Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin
375 Morris Road
Lansdale, PA 19446-0773
215-661-0400 / 215-661-0315
lawyers@hrmml.com / www.hrmml.com
26
WND
Steven Lupin, Managing
Partner
WND
Business & Finance,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Family Law,
Real Estate, Medical
Malpractice, Trust &
Estates
WND
87.
90.
(tie)
Ratner Prestia
1235 Westlakes Drive, Suite 301
Berwyn, PA 19312
610-407-0700 / 610-407-0701
www.ratnerprestia.com
Allentown, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.
26
WND
Jonathan H. Spadt, Chief
Executive Officer
WND
Litigation
Panasonic; Porsche
AG; ITT Industries; B.
Braun Medical Inc.;
Micron; University of
Delaware
93.
90.
(tie)
Weir & Partners
215-665-8181 / 215-665-8464
wweir@weirpartners.com / www.weirpartners.com
Wilmington, Del.; Cherry Hill, N.J.
26
WND
Walter Weir Jr., Managing
Partner
WND
Real Estate, Banking,
Litigation, Trusts &
Estates
WND
NR
94.
(tie)
Blumling & Gusky
1200 Koppers Building, 436 Seventh Ave.
412-227-2500
www.blumlinggusky.com
25
WND
Robert Blumling,
Managing Partner
WND
Construction, Real
Estate, Corporate &
Securities, Commercial
Litigation, Labor
& Employment,
Bankruptcy, Taxation,
Trusts & Estates,
Litigation, Business &
Finance
WND
NR
94.
(tie)
Eastburn & Gray
60 E. Court St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-345-7000 / 215-345-9142
info@eastburngray.com
www.eastburngray.com
Blue Bell, Pa.
25
WND
D. Rodman Eastburn,
President; Derek J. Reid,
Vice President-Secretary;
John A. VanLuvanee,
Secretary
WND
Real Estate, Banking,
Litigation, Business &
Finance, Bankruptcy,
Family Law, Taxation,
Trusts & Estates,
Labor & Employment,
WND
87.
94.
(tie)
Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry*
540 Court St.
Reading, PA 19603
610-777-5700 / 610-777-2499
inquiries@forryullman.com
www.forryullman.com
King of Prussia, Bethlehem, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia and Scranton, Pa.
25
WND
Lee E. Ullman, Chairman,
Management Committee
WND
Insurance,
Compensation, Family
Law
WND
98.
Rank
Other Offices
Total
Full-Time
Attorneys
in PA
2010 Gross
Revenue
(millions)/
PPP/RPL
Firm Management
First-Year
Associate
Salary
Practice Areas
Representative
Clients
Rank
2010
94.
(tie)
German Gallagher & Murtagh*
215-545-7700 / 215-732-4182
ggm@ggmfirm.com / www.ggmfirm.com
Moorestown, N.J.
25
WND
Dean F. Murtagh,
Managing Partner
WND
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Health Care,
Workers’ Compensation, Products Liability,
Insurance, Medical
Malpractice
WND
98.
94.
(tie)
Grogan Graffam
Four Gateway Center, 12th Floor
412-553-6300 / 412-642-2601
info@grogangraffam.com
www.grogangraffam.com
25
WND
Dennis A. Watson,
President
WND
Litigation, Commercial
Environmental/
Toxic Torts, Products
Business & Finance,
Real Estate, Trusts
& Estates, Workers’
Compensation
WND
87.
94.
(tie)
Hartman Underhill & Brubaker
221 E. Chestnut St.
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-299-7254 / 717-299-3160
attys@hublaw.com / www.hublaw.com
25
WND
Mark Stanley, Managing
Partner
WND
Family Law,
Business & Finance,
Estates
WND
93.
94.
(tie)
Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto
2222 W. Grandview Blvd.
Erie, PA 16506
814-833-2222 / 814-833-6753
info@quinnfirm.com / www.quinnfirm.com
25
WND
John M. Quinn Jr.,
Chairman, Litigation
Division
WND
Bankruptcy, Family Law, Insurance,
Real Estate, Criminal
Defense, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Environmental/
Toxic Torts
WND
NR
94.
(tie)
Zimmer Kunz
3300 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant St.
412-281-8000 / 412-281-1765
info@zklaw.com / www.zklaw.com
Greensburg, Pa.; Morgantown, W.Va.
25
WND
Jeffrey A. Ramaley,
President; Daniel E.
Krauth, Treasurer;
Christopher T. Yoskosky,
Secretary
WND
Compensation,
Labor & Employment,
Environmental/Toxic
Torts, Insurance
WND
75.
100 Largest Law Firms Alphabetically
Firm
Archer & Greiner
Babst Calland
Ballard Spahr
Barley Snyder
Berger & Montague
Blank Rome
Blumling & Gusky
Burns White
CGA Law Firm
Cipriani & Werner
Cohen & Grigsby
Conrad O’Brien
Cozen O’Connor
Dechert
Dilworth Paxson
DLA Piper
Duane Morris
Eastburn & Gray
Fox Rothschild
Gibbons
Greenberg Traurig
Grogan Graffam
Gross McGinley
Houston Harbaugh
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Kline & Specter
Littler Mendelson
MacElree Harvey
*Last year’s information
84 PaLAW 2011
Rank
73. (tie)
37.
12.
41. (tie)
48.
39.
8.
94. (tie)
4.
30.
77. (tie)
70. (tie)
40.
23.
49. (tie)
64. (tie)
7.
13. (tie)
20.
33.
57. (tie)
13. (tie)
11.
94. (tie)
6.
80. (tie)
41. (tie)
86. (tie)
94. (tie)
9.
94. (tie)
57. (tie)
90. (tie)
64. (tie)
94. (tie)
80. (tie)
90. (tie)
49. (tie)
94. (tie)
80. (tie)
45. (tie)
10.
67. (tie)
21. (tie)
34. (tie)
77. (tie)
56.
45. (tie)
51.
57. (tie)
77. (tie)
Total FT Attorneys in PA
31
72
193
58
49
64
228
25
275
81
29
33
63
107
47
35
239
183
110
77
40
183
195
25
240
28
58
27
25
211
25
40
26
35
25
28
26
47
25
28
50
209
34
108
75
29
41
50
45
40
29
Firm
Margolis Edelstein
McGuire Woods
McQuaide Blasko*
Pepper Hamilton
Post & Schell
Ratner Prestia
Rawle & Henderson
Reed Smith
Rhoads & Sinon
Rothman Gordon
Saul Ewing
Stevens & Lee
Swartz Campbell
The Webb Law Firm
Tucker Arensberg
Volpe & Koenig
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton
Fires & Newby
Rank
29.
61. (tie)
5.
73. (tie)
19.
67. (tie)
67. (tie)
54.
80. (tie)
27.
2.
86. (tie)
52. (tie)
25.
3.
36.
18.
80. (tie)
94. (tie)
90. (tie)
26.
1.
80. (tie)
45. (tie)
75. (tie)
86. (tie)
57. (tie)
24.
21. (tie)
70. (tie)
55.
17.
16.
70. (tie)
32.
64. (tie)
43.
75. (tie)
38.
28.
31.
63.
34. (tie)
Total FT Attorneys in PA
84
39
254
31
119
34
34
43
28
86
303
27
44
99
297
74
142
28
25
26
98
311
28
50
30
27
40
102
108
33
42
145
152
33
78
35
52
30
68
85
80
36
75
Weir & Partners
White & Williams
Wisler Pearlstine
Woodcock Washburn
Zimmer Kunz
90. (tie)
15.
61. (tie)
86. (tie)
52. (tie)
44.
94. (tie)
26
162
39
27
44
51
25
Total Attorneys Worldwide
Rank
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23. (tie)
23. (tie)
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35. (tie)
35. (tie)
37. (tie)
37. (tie)
39.
40.
41.
42.
43. (tie)
43. (tie)
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51. (tie)
Firm
DLA Piper
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Greenberg Traurig
Reed Smith
McGuire Woods
Littler Mendelson
Dechert
Duane Morris
Cozen O’Connor
Fox Rothschild
Ballard Spahr
Blank Rome
Pepper Hamilton
Saul Ewing
White & Williams
Gibbons
Archer & Greiner
Stevens & Lee
Post & Schell
Cohen & Grigsby
Rawle & Henderson
Margolis Edelstein
Swartz Campbell
Dilworth Paxson
Burns White
Tucker Arensberg
Babst Calland
Cipriani & Werner
Berger & Montague
Total Attorneys
in All Offices
4,092
2,469
1,825
1,723
1,632
1,349
900
828
780
714
621
540
513
504
494
473
443
437
336
227
226
223
203
203
177
167
154
141
138
134
131
122
120
119
113
113
105
105
102
100
90
85
82
82
80
78
77
75
73
70
67
Rank
51. (tie)
53. (tie)
53. (tie)
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60. (tie)
60. (tie)
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67. (tie)
67. (tie)
69.
70. (tie)
70. (tie)
72. (tie)
72. (tie)
72. (tie)
75. (tie)
75. (tie)
77. (tie)
77. (tie)
79. (tie)
79. (tie)
79. (tie)
82.
83. (tie)
83. (tie)
85. (tie)
85. (tie)
85. (tie)
85. (tie)
89. (tie)
89. (tie)
89. (tie)
89. (tie)
89. (tie)
94. (tie)
94. (tie)
96. (tie)
96. (tie)
96. (tie)
99. (tie)
99. (tie)
99. (tie)
Firm
Woodcock Washburn
Barley Snyder
Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin*
Rhoads & Sinon
Volpe & Koenig
Conrad O’Brien
McQuaide Blasko*
Houston Harbaugh
Ratner Prestia
The Webb Law Firm
MacElree Harvey
CGA Law Firm
Wisler Pearlstine
Kline & Specter
Weir & Partners
Gross McGinley
Eastburn & Gray
Rothman Gordon
Blumling & Gusky
Zimmer Kunz
Grogan Graffam
Total Attorneys
in All Offices
67
64
64
63
62
57
55
52
51
51
50
46
45
43
42
40
40
39
38
38
35
35
35
34
34
33
33
32
32
32
31
30
30
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
28
27
27
26
26
26
25
25
25
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time and Part-Time Attorneys *Last year’s information PaLAW 2011 85
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Fastest-Growing Firms
Fastest-Growing Firms
(Ranked by Increase in Number of Pa. Attorneys)
(Ranked by Percent Increase of Pa. Attorneys)
Rank
Firm
No. of
No. of
Attorneys Attorneys Change
2011
2010
in Number
1.
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check*
108
2.
Goggin
254
238
16
3.
Tucker Arensberg
80
70
10
4.
Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 51
42
9
5.
Littler Mendelson
45
37
8
6.
240
233
7
7. (tie)
Cipriani & Werner
63
57
6
7. (tie)
9. (tie) Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski
9. (tie) Rhoads & Sinon
78
Rank
30
1.
108
78
38.46%
2.
Littler Mendelson
45
37
21.62%
3.
51
42
21.42%
4.
39
33
18.18%
5.
Tucker Arensberg
80
70
14.28%
6.
Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe
34
30
13.33%
7. (tie)
Rhoads & Sinon
50
45
11.11%
7. (tie)
40
36
11.11%
39
33
6
58
53
5
Firm
No. of
No. of
Attorneys Attorneys Percent
2011
2010
Change
9.
Cipriani & Werner
63
57
10.52%
10.
33
30
10.00%
11.
58
53
9.43%
50
45
5
75
70
5
12.
35
32
9.37%
12. (tie) Ballard Spahr
193
189
4
13.
28
26
7.69%
12. (tie) Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe
34
30
4
14.
44
41
7.31%
12. (tie) Morgan Lewis & Bockius
303
299
4
12. (tie) Rubin Fortunato & Harbison
40
36
4
15.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires
& Newby
75
70
7.14%
9. (tie)
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires
& Newby
Fastest-Shrinking Firms
Fastest-Shrinking Firms
(Ranked by Decrease in Number of Pa. Attorneys)
(Ranked by Percent Decrease of Pa. Attorneys)
Rank
Firm
No. of
No. of
Attorneys Attorneys Change
2011
2010
in Number
Rank
Firm
No. of
No. of
Attorneys Attorneys Percent
2011
2010
Change
1.
Drinker Biddle & Reath**
183
221
-38
1.
Woodcock Washburn
44
59
-24.32%
2.
Dechert
183
208
-25
2.
Zimmer Kunz
25
31
-16.67%
3.
K&L Gates
209
232
-23
3.
183
221
-15.79%
4.
Woodcock Washburn
44
59
-15
4.
Houston Harbaugh
28
33
-14.86%
5. (tie) Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
99
111
-12
5.
43
49
-14.05%
5. (tie) Reed Smith
311
323
-12
6.
Dechert
183
208
-11.30%
97
-11
7.
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 86
97
-10.71%
7.
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 86
8. (tie) Duane Morris
195
205
-10
8.
99
111
-10.61%
8. (tie) Saul Ewing
102
112
-10
9.
Barley Snyder
58
65
-10.17%
8. (tie) Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
108
118
-10
10.
K&L Gates
209
232
-10.00%
11. (tie) Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg
75
83
-8
11. (tie) Swartz Campbell
78
86
-8
11.
Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle &
Lombardo
28
31
-9.09%
13.
Barley Snyder
58
65
-7
12.
75
83
-8.76%
14. (Tie) Meyer Unkovic & Scott
43
49
-6
13.
47
52
-8.08%
14. (Tie) Thorp Reed & Armstrong
85
91
-6
14.
Swartz Campbell
78
86
-7.78%
-6
15.
Saul Ewing
102
112
-7.69%
14. (Tie) Zimmer Kunz
25
31
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only
*Growth due to inclusion of staff attorneys for the first time. **Firm changed reporting method to no longer include part-time attorneys.
PaLAW 2011 87
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Largest Firms by City
Rank
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. (tie)
15. (tie)
Firm
K&L Gates
Reed Smith
Cohen & Grigsby
Tucker Arensberg
Babst Calland
Burns White
Jones Day
Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe
Total Attorneys
in Pittsburgh
190
179
176
133
107
95
73
67
66
61
55
50
43
34
33
33
Rank
17. (tie)
17. (tie)
19. (tie)
19. (tie)
21.
22.
23. (tie)
23. (tie)
23. (tie)
23. (tie)
27.
28. (tie)
28. (tie)
30. (tie)
30. (tie)
30. (tie)
Firm
McGuire Woods
Pepper Hamilton
The Webb Law Firm
Houston Harbaugh
Rothman Gordon
Blumling & Gusky
Grogan Graffam
Goldberg Persky & White*
Fox Rothschild
Margolis Edelstein
Zimmer Kunz
Cipriani & Werner
Total Attorneys
in Pittsburgh
31
31
30
30
28
27
25
25
25
25
24
23
23
22
22
22
Rank
1.
Firm
Total Attorneys
in Philadelphia
281
Rank
16.
Firm
Post & Schell
Total Attorneys
in Philadelphia
82
2.
Blank Rome
228
17.
81
3.
Pepper Hamilton
226
18.
Rawle & Henderson
79
4.
Cozen O'Connor
214
19.
75
5.
Ballard Spahr
193
20. (tie)
Dilworth Paxson
72
6. (tie)
183
20. (tie)
Saul Ewing
72
6. (tie)
Dechert
183
22.
70
8.
Duane Morris
178
23.
66
9.
White & Williams
147
24.
Berger & Montague
64
10.
Reed Smith
135
25.
Lavin O'Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio
50
11. (tie)
126
26. (tie)
49
11. (tie)
126
26. (tie)
Margolis Edelstein
49
13.
Fox Rothschild
99
28.
47
14.
90
29.
Woodcock Washburn
44
15.
83
30.
42
Rank
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Firm
Rhoads & Sinon
Post & Schell
K&L Gates
Mette Evans & Woodside
Total Attorneys
in Harrisburg
107
50
39
32
30
21
19
17
Rank
9. (tie)
9. (tie)
9. (tie)
12.
13.
14.
15. (tie)
15. (tie)
Firm
Goldberg Katzman*
Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal
Saul Ewing
Stevens & Lee
Cipriani & Werner
Pepper Hamilton
Seratelli Schiffman & Brown
Total Attorneys
in Harrisburg
15
15
15
14
13
12
11
11
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only 88 PaLAW 2011
Percent of Female Attorneys (PA Only)
Rank
Firm
Total Attorneys in PA
Female Partners
Female Associates Female Of Counsel
Total Women
Percent Female
1.
40
10
13
0
23
57.50%
2.
Littler Mendelson
45
10
12
2
24
53.33%
3.
27
3
10
0
13
48.15%
4.
39
11
6
0
17
43.59%
5.
DLA Piper
40
4
13
0
17
42.50%
6.
49
6
12
2
20
40.82%
7.
108
3
40
1
44
40.74%
8. (tie)
Eastburn & Gray
25
5
4
1
10
40.00%
8. (tie)
25
1
8
1
10
40.00%
8. (tie)
Jones Day
50
5
13
2
20
40.00%
11.
Rawle & Henderson
98
6
27
5
38
38.78%
12.
26
4
6
0
10
38.46%
13.
152
14
37
7
58
38.16%
14.
50
7
12
0
19
38.00%
15.
303
18
93
2
113
37.29%
16
Greenberg Traurig
35
8
5
0
13
37.14%
17.
47
8
9
0
17
36.17%
18.
Houston Harbaugh
28
6
4
0
10
35.71%
19.
Burns White
81
3
25
0
28
34.57%
20.
Ballard Spahr
193
20
45
1
66
34.20%
21. (tie)
27
3
5
1
9
33.33%
21. (tie)
108
14
21
1
36
33.33%
21. (tie)
33
1
7
3
11
33.33%
24. (tie)
Dechert
183
7
51
1
59
32.24%
24. (tie)
183
13
44
2
59
32.24%
26.
Swartz Campbell
78
11
14
0
25
32.05%
27.
Cohen & Grigsby
107
12
22
0
34
31.78%
28.
35
6
4
1
11
31.43%
29.
Pepper Hamilton
297
22
65
6
93
31.31%
30.
119
17
15
5
37
31.09%
31.
42
4
8
1
13
30.95%
32.
275
25
44
16
85
30.91%
33.
Duane Morris
195
26
27
7
60
30.77%
34.
33
4
5
1
10
30.30%
35.
Dilworth Paxson
77
14
8
1
23
29.87%
36.
Wisler Pearlstine
27
2
6
0
8
29.63%
37.
99
6
19
4
29
29.29%
38.
Post & Schell
142
19
22
0
41
28.87%
39.
254
28
44
0
72
28.35%
40.
Reed Smith
311
32
47
9
88
28.30%
41.
Zimmer Kunz
25
2
5
0
7
28.00%
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only *Last year’s information
PaLAW 2011 89
Rank
Firm
Female Partners
Total Women
Percent Female
42.
86
14
10
0
24
27.91%
43.
58
3
11
2
16
27.59%
44.
44
4
8
0
12
27.27%
45.
White & Williams
162
16
26
1
43
26.54%
46.
Archer & Greiner
31
7
1
0
8
25.81%
47.
Conrad O’Brien
35
5
3
1
9
25.71%
48.
28
1
6
0
7
25.00%
49.
Blank Rome
228
16
37
3
56
24.56%
50.
74
6
12
0
18
24.32%
51.
240
28
27
3
58
24.17%
52. (tie)
CGA Law Firm
29
3
4
0
7
24.14%
52. (tie)
Kline & Specter
29
2
5
0
7
24.14%
54. (tie)
Blumling & Gusky
25
3
3
0
6
24.00%
54. (tie)
Grogan Graffam
25
3
3
0
6
24.00%
56.
Cipriani & Werner
63
3
11
1
15
23.81%
57. (tie)
34
4
4
0
8
23.53%
57. (tie)
68
9
7
0
16
23.53%
59.
Berger & Montague
64
7
8
0
15
23.44%
60.
43
1
5
4
10
23.26%
61.
75
6
8
3
17
22.67%
62.
Saul Ewing
102
10
13
0
23
22.55%
63. (tie)
Gibbons
40
3
6
0
9
22.50%
63. (tie)
Tucker Arensberg
80
2
16
0
18
22.50%
65.
85
6
10
3
19
22.35%
66.
Babst Calland
72
4
12
0
16
22.22%
67.
Gross McGinley
28
4
2
0
6
21.43%
68.
Cozen O’Connor
239
27
24
0
51
21.34%
69.
Barley Snyder
58
8
3
1
12
20.69%
70.
K&L Gates
209
15
23
4
42
20.10%
71.
110
12
8
2
22
20.00%
72.
Fox Rothschild
211
16
25
1
42
19.91%
73.
51
2
8
0
10
19.61%
74.
Volpe & Koenig
36
0
7
0
7
19.44%
75. (tie)
26
3
2
0
5
19.23%
75. (tie)
52
2
8
0
10
19.23%
77.
Stevens & Lee
145
13
8
6
27
18.62%
78.
Rothman Gordon
27
2
3
0
5
18.52%
79.
33
3
2
1
6
18.18%
80.
Rhoads & Sinon
50
1
8
0
9
18.00%
81. (tie)
28
2
3
0
5
17.86%
81. (tie)
28
1
4
0
5
17.86%
90 PaLAW 2011
Rank
Firm
Female Partners
Total Women
Percent Female
83.
40
4
3
0
7
17.50%
84.
47
0
8
0
8
17.02%
85.
Margolis Edelstein
84
8
6
0
14
16.67%
86.
McGuire Woods
31
2
2
1
5
16.13%
87.
25
2
2
0
4
16.00%
88.
Woodcock Washburn
44
2
4
0
6
13.64%
89.
The Webb Law Firm
30
2
2
0
4
13.33%
90.
41
3
2
0
5
12.20%
91.
Ratner Prestia
26
0
2
1
3
11.54%
92.
28
0
2
1
3
10.71%
93.
MacElree Harvey
29
1
2
0
3
10.34%
94.
25
0
2
0
2
8.00%
95.
30
0
1
0
1
3.33%
The following firms either had no women or did not report any gender-specific information: Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney, McQuaide Blasko*, Metz Lewis Brodman
Must O’Keefe, Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, Weir & Partners. PaLAW 2011 91
Percent of Minority Attorneys (PA Only)
Rank
Firm
Total Pa.
Attorneys
Minority
Partners
Minority
Associates
Minority
Of Counsel
Total
Minorities
Percent
Minority
1.
DLA Piper
40
2
8
0
10
25.00%
2.
108
1
25
0
26
24.07%
3.
Volpe & Koenig
36
0
5
0
5
13.89%
4.
49
2
4
0
6
12.24%
5.
303
5
32
0
37
12.21%
6.
Ballard Spahr
193
6
15
1
22
11.40%
7.
108
4
7
1
12
11.11%
8.
Kline & Specter
29
0
3
0
3
10.34%
9. (tie)
Gibbons
40
0
4
0
4
10.00%
9. (tie)
40
0
4
0
4
10.00%
11.
51
1
4
0
5
9.80%
12. (tie)
Archer & Greiner
31
3
0
0
3
9.68%
12. (tie)
McGuire Woods
31
1
2
0
3
9.68%
14.
White & Williams
162
2
13
0
15
9.26%
15. (tie)
33
1
2
0
3
9.09%
15. (tie)
Woodcock Washburn
44
0
4
0
4
9.09%
17.
Tucker Arensberg
80
3
4
0
7
8.75%
18.
152
3
8
2
13
8.55%
19.
47
3
1
0
4
8.51%
20.
183
3
11
0
15
8.20%
21.
Pepper Hamilton
297
7
15
1
23
7.74%
22.
Wisler Pearlstine
27
0
2
0
2
7.41%
23.
28
0
2
0
2
7.14%
24.
Dechert
183
0
12
1
13
7.10%
25.
254
8
10
0
18
7.09%
26.
99
3
3
1
7
7.07%
27.
86
2
4
0
6
6.98%
28.
Reed Smith
311
4
15
2
21
6.75%
29.
Littler Mendelson
45
0
3
0
3
6.67%
30.
Dilworth Paxson
77
3
2
0
5
6.49%
31.
50
0
3
0
3
6.00%
32.
34
2
0
0
2
5.88%
33.
52
3
0
0
3
5.77%
34.
Conrad O’Brien
35
0
2
0
2
5.71%
35.
275
2
11
2
15
5.45%
36.
74
2
2
0
4
5.41%
37.
Barley Snyder
58
1
0
2
3
5.17%
38.
Rawle & Henderson
98
1
4
0
5
5.10%
Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only *Last year’s information 92 PaLAW 2011
Percent of Minority Attorneys (PA Only)
Rank
Firm
Total Pa.
Attorneys
Minority
Partners
Minority
Associates
Minority
Of Counsel
Total
Minorities
Percent
Minority
39.
Burns White
81
0
4
0
4
4.94%
40.
Fox Rothschild
211
3
6
1
10
4.74%
41.
Cohen & Grigsby
107
0
5
0
5
4.67%
42.
Duane Morris
195
5
4
0
9
4.62%
43.
Cozen O’Connor
239
4
6
1
11
4.60%
44.
240
4
6
0
10
4.17%
45.
Stevens & Lee
145
4
2
0
6
4.14%
46. (tie)
Eastburn & Gray
25
0
1
0
1
4.00%
46. (tie)
Grogan Graffam
25
0
1
0
1
4.00%
46. (tie)
Rhoads & Sinon
50
1
1
0
2
4.00%
49.
Swartz Campbell
78
0
3
0
3
3.85%
50.
K&L Gates
209
0
7
1
8
3.83%
51.
27
1
0
0
1
3.70%
52.
85
0
3
0
3
3.53%
53.
Blank Rome
228
2
6
0
8
3.51%
54.
MacElree Harvey
29
1
0
0
1
3.45%
55.
Cipriani & Werner
63
0
2
0
2
3.17%
56.
33
0
1
0
1
3.03%
57.
Saul Ewing
102
1
2
0
3
2.94%
58. (tie)
Greenberg Traurig
35
0
1
0
1
2.86%
58. (tie)
35
0
1
0
1
2.86%
60.
Post & Schell
142
1
3
0
4
2.82%
61.
Babst Calland
72
0
2
0
2
2.78%
62.
110
0
3
0
3
2.73%
63.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby 75
0
2
0
2
2.67%
64.
39
0
1
0
1
2.56%
65.
40
0
1
0
1
2.50%
66.
Margolis Edelstein
84
0
2
0
2
2.38%
67.
43
0
1
0
1
2.33%
68.
44
0
1
0
1
2.27%
69.
119
1
1
0
2
1.68%
70.
68
1
0
0
1
1.47%
71.
75
0
1
0
1
1.33%
The following firms either had no minorities or did not report any ethnic information: Blumling & Gusky, CGA Law Firm, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, Edgar Snyder &
Associates, Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry*, German Gallagher & Murtagh*, Goehring Rutter & Boehm, Gross McGinley, Hamburg
Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin, Hartman Underhill & Brubaker, Houston Harbaugh, Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, Ratner Prestia, Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald, Rothman Gordon,
Sherrard German & Kelly, Spector Gadon & Rosen, The Webb Law Firm, Zimmer Kunz, Berger & Montague, Jones Day, Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney, McQuaide Blasko*, Metz Lewis
Brodman Must O’Keefe, Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo, Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto, Reger Rizzo & Darnall, Weir & Partners. PaLAW 2011 93
Analysis: Growth Strategies for Law Firms
Navigating a No-Growth Legal Economy
By Ward Bower
Growing market share in a
declining or static economy
or economic sector is difficult. Generally it requires
either pirating customers
from competitors or combining with them.
The U.S. Economy
Post-recession U.S. economic recovery is
anemic, at best. Projected GDP growth for
2011 was 2 percent to 3 percent. Actual results were 0.4 percent in the first quarter
and 1.3 percent in the second quarter. It is
likely that growth will barely top 1 percent for
the rest of the year.
Expectations for 2012 are equally gloomy.
A recent poll of economists indicated a 50
percent chance of sliding into a double-dip
recession in 2012.
Corporations are hunkered down. There is
some baseline merger and acquisition activity and there have been a few IPOs. However,
for the most part, corporations and investors are hoarding cash, not investing or hiring. Uncertainty regarding the national debt,
trade deficits and the government’s ability to
function are inhibiting investment activity.
The Legal Economy
Historically, the legal economy mirrors the
national economy, albeit with a time lag of
six to nine months. The U.S. economy came
out of recession in 2009, but it wasn’t until
2010 that the recovery began in the legal
sector. And the legal recovery has not been
robust, either. Revenue and profit projections for 2011 are in the +/- 5 percent range.
The first quarter of 2011 was robust for many
firms, the second quarter disappointing,
third quarter mixed. No one is projecting a
fourth-quarter boom.
Positive results for law firm performance
in 2010 were largely attributable to cost cuts
implemented during the recession. Many
firms saw a decline in revenues but increase
in profits due to belt tightening. In many of
these cases, there is little room for more cuts
without drastic restructuring at all levels.
Theprevailing leverage-based business mod94 PaLAW 2011
el for law firms needs to be rethought.
Corporate clients are seriously seeking reductions in legal fees. Their focus has been
on bringing work in-house rather than sending it out, use of alternative service providers (legal process outsourcers, temporary
and contract lawyers, etc.), rate pressures,
dictating law firm staffing on corporate matters, even directing case or matter strategy.
They also are consolidating their legal work
in smaller numbers of outside firms. All of
those pressures will continue into the future.
In a slow- to no-growth general economy,
the legal economy can be expected to be
static, at best. Gone are the days when a rising tide can be expected to float all boats, as
in past economic recoveries.
Law Firm Strategies, 2011 and Forward
After two years of hunkering down during
the recession and operating in survival mode,
law firm strategies in the post-recession recovery are oriented toward the following:
• Keeping existing clients from moving their
work to other law firms;
• Gaining access to new clients;
• Gaining access to new markets;
• Positioning the firm to prevail as corporations reduce the number of outside law
firms they use;
• Slashing costs;
• Reorganizing at a partner level (de-equitization, implementation of new partner criteria and accountability, etc.).
The impact of implementation of these
strategies will define critical trends in the legal marketplace over the next few years.
Consolidation
Law firms are employing growth strategies
to keep their growing clients from moving to
larger firms, to ensure access to large matters that clients might otherwise take to
larger firms with greater depth and breadth
in practice areas, and to gain access to larger
clients as corporations reconsolidate their legal work in a smaller number of outside firms.
Much of that growth is by merger. Altman
Weil MergerLine shows a 79 percent increase
in the number of U.S. law firm mergers during
the first three quarters of 2011, over comparable figures for the first three quarters of
2010. After decreases in the number of U.S.
law firm mergers in 2009 and 2010, 2011 projections of 57 or more mergers will bring us
back to 2007 levels of merger activity.
Consolidation is evident in the largest law
firms, as can be seen in the Am Law 100. In
2010 the top 10 firms generated 25 percent
of aggregate Am Law 100 revenues, up from
21 percent in 2000. Conversely, the bottom
10 commanded 4 percent of Am Law 100
revenues, down from 5.5 percent in 2000.
Six of the top 10 U.S. firms in 2010 were not
in the top 10 in 2000. Three of them arrived
there as a result of mergers or significant
lateral growth (DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells,
Greenberg Traurig).
Geographic scope mergers (between firms
in different locations) dominate. Of the 43
mergers announced during the first three
quarters of 2011, 67 percent were between
firms in different cities. Geographic scope
mergers provide access to new clients and
new markets. Additionally, they create competitive advantage as corporations reconsolidate work in a smaller number of outside
firms, enabling a single firm to serve a corporation in multiple markets. Geographic scope
mergers are typically domestic, although
there is an increasing number of international
mergers, exemplified by recent trans-Atlantic
blockbusters, including Hogan Lovells, Squire
Sanders Hammonds and SNR Denton.
Globalization
Trans-Atlantic mergers are reflective of the
impact of globalization on the legal market.
U.S. law firms are expanding internationally
to serve U.S.-based clients doing business
overseas, an essentially defensive strategy
designed to avoid losing those clients to foreign firms that have U.S. offices who might
offer a one-stop solution to their international clients. Merger is the preferred method to
enter international markets, as greenfield operations are expensive to grow to a competitive position and take way too much time and
investment. Next year will see some significant mergers of U.S. national firms with U.K.
firms and possibly even some U.S.-Australian
Analysis: Growth Strategies for Law Firms
and U.S.-Asian mergers. In the future, we can
expect PRC firms to establish significant U.S.
and U.K. offices to retain work associated
with outbound investment by Chinese clients
and funds in the U.S. and U.K.
Price Competition
Corporate clients are viewing more of their
outside legal work as commodity in nature,
and giving it to the lowest bidder. They are
placing extreme pressure on hourly rates.
Even major law firms are discounting some
billing rates to keep existing clients and gain
access to new clients.
Corporations are also prodding outside
law firms to provide pricing alternatives to
hourly billing in a search for cost savings
and to gain certainty of overall legal fees.
In some cases, law firms are using alternative providers, including legal process outsourcers, both domestic and offshore. In
some large matters, work is bifurcated, for
example, in litigation with document review
and litigation support functions going to
LPOs, while law firms handle trial preparation and courtroom functions. In the future
we can expect to see significant effort by
corporations to find innovative alternatives to reduce the cost of legal services
through the use of LPOs, virtual law firms
and the like.
Cost Reduction
Law firms will respond to corporate efforts
at cost reduction by reducing their own
costs to enable them to be more price competitive, while maintaining profit margins.
Staffing cuts are just the tip of the iceberg.
Law firms themselves will outsource, primarily domestically rather than overseas
(although U.K. firms are outsourcing both
front- and backoffice operations to Asia and
India). Onshore outsourcing by U.S. law firms
will enable reduction of both staffing and occupancy costs, the two major categories on
the expense side of most law firms’ profit
and loss statements. Onshore outsourcing
by U.S. firms is exemplified by Orrick and
Wilmer Hale operations in Wheeling, W.Va.
and Dayton, Ohio, respectively. Onshore outsourcing by U.S. firms will inevitably include
some lawyer functions such as document review and litigation support, to enable them
to compete with LPO companies and keep
entire matters within the law firm.
Occupancy costs are the second major
cost category, after staffing. As leases expire we can expect innovation in space utilization featuring smaller lawyer offices, less
“library” space and workspaces consistent
with reduced staffing and new information
technologies. Space innovations will also
take into consideration increased remote
working by lawyers and staff, whether it be
from home, client workplaces or on the road.
Lawyer offices will become smaller and defined functionally as workplaces, not work
and meeting places. Investment in and expenditure on the fit out of new office space
will be concentrated in conference centers,
meeting spaces, reception and other areas
which clients will see, not on the offices and
work spaces that house lawyers and staff.
U.S. law firms. Should nonlawyer or corporate investment in one or more major London firms occur, it is possible that capital may
be used to attract lateral partners from the
London offices of U.S. firms. Should clients
follow those partners to London firms, then
U.S. firms may become much more interested in seeking regulatory liberalization in the
U.S. to level the playing field by allowing for
nonlawyer investment in U.S. firms. The issues presented by the MDP (multidisciplinary
partnership) debates of the late 1990s will
re-emerge, in the context of globalization
and allowance of nonlawyer ownership in law
firms in the U.K. Australia already allows nonlawyer ownership and other jurisdictions are
likely to follow in eliminating restrictions on
outside investment in law practices.
Restructuring
Law firms are rethinking their partnership
structure. At the associate level, fixed expenses, primarily associate lawyers, are being replaced by the increased use of temporary and contract lawyers. Permanent
staffing will be lean, augmented in peak loads
by temporaries and contract resources.
Criteria for becoming or remaining an
equity partner and sharing in profits will be
adjusted. Lifetime equity partner tenure will
become an antiquated concept. Equity partners will be accountable for contribution to
the firm on a continuing basis.
Non-equity partner ranks will expand but
criteria will be tightened for becoming or remaining a non-equity partner. Any stigma previously attached to non-equity partner status
has already disappeared in many firms.
Partner compensation systems will be
rationalized to allow downward movement,
as well as upward. Seniority will give way to
meritocracy.
As baby boomers approach retirement,
succession plans will allow for client and
leadership transitions. Compensation will be
adjusted accordingly. Mandatory retirement
policies will disappear. Partner production
expectations and compensation will be reduced as client succession is implemented
over multiyear spans.
Shakeout
The shakeout or business failure of firms unable to compete in the new legal marketplace
is likely to continue. The demise, in recent
years, of major firms like Heller Ehrman, Wolf
Block, Coudert Brothers and Howrey will
continue in the future. Economic and competitive pressures in the no-growth legal
market which, by necessity, require firms
seeking new clients to effectively steal them
from other firms, will result in dissolutions.
Nonlawyer Ownership
Implementation of the Legal Services Act in
England and Wales, beginning in the fourth
quarter of 2011, will be carefully observed by
Conclusion
Consolidation, price competition, cost reduction, globalization, restructuring, non-lawyer
ownership and shakeout will be the dominant
trends in the slow-growth, no-growth legal
economy of the coming years. These trends
are a predictable result of implementation
of law firm strategies for continued success,
or even survival. Firms that act quickly and
decisively to implement strategies for
growth, client acquisition, cost control and
restructuring will be winners in the new
legal economy. Those who dawdle face existential risk. The legal marketplace of the
future will not be the kind, generous marketplace of the past. 
Ward Bower is a principal of Altman Weil
Inc. based in Newtown Square, PA. He has
consulted to law firms on strategy, mergers,
organization and profitability issues for
more than 35 years. His bio can be found at
www.altmanweil.com/bower.
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Firm Financials 2010
Firms’ Profits and, to a Lesser
Extent, Revenue Rose in 2010
By Zack Needles
Of the Legal Staff
K&L GATES
Pittsburgh-based K&L Gates continued in
2010 its streak of growing revenue and
partner profits, increasing gross revenue
by 2 percent and profits per equity partner
by 8 percent.
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Firm Chairman Peter Kalis said this was
the 16th straight year the firm has managed that feat. It did see, however, a dip in
revenue per lawyer (RPL) of about 1.3 percent, according to numbers provided by
the firm.
The firm’s gross revenue grew from
2010
PPP
$930,000
2009
RPL
$607,000
PPP
RPL
2008
K&L GATES
$599,000
RPL
0.25
0.5
Gross Revenue: $1.06B
Equity Partners: 294
Total Attorneys: 1,763*
$861,000
Gross Revenue: $1.03B
Total Attorneys: 1,705‡
$854,000
Gross Revenue: $959M
$618,000
PPP
0
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
(RPL and PPP in Millions)
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
2009
DECHERT
2010
*Based on Dec. 31 FTE ‡Based on Aug. 31 FTE
Due to a change in reporting methodology, the RPL, PPP and headcount figures are not an exact year-over-year
comparison for 2009 and 2010.
2008
A
s the economy slowly reeled itself
back from the brink in 2010, several of Pennsylvania’s largest firms
posted big gains in equity partner profits
that often didn’t appear to correspond to
comparable leaps in revenue.
In fact, two firms — Dechert and Pepper
Hamilton — increased their profits per
equity partner (PPP) despite experiencing
decreases in revenue and making no major
cuts to their equity partner tiers.
The common explanation among firms
whose profit growth outpaced their revenue growth was that they were conservative in their spending on non-essentials
in 2010.
In fact, one firm head said annual profit
increases should be about three times
larger than annual revenue increases, but
only if expenses are kept on a tight leash.
All in all, 2010 represented a marked
upswing from the prior year, which had
been one of the toughest the profession
had ever seen.
One quick note: Legal affiliate The
American Lawyer began tracking headcount figures differently this year, making
a year-over-year comparison of revenue
per lawyer, profits per equity partner and
average compensation for all partners a
bit tricky considering those metrics are
calculated based on the full-time equivalent headcount. The magazine now tracks
full-time equivalent lawyers based on a
Dec. 31 cutoff date, not the Aug. 31 cutoff it
previously used.
$1.03 billion to $1.06 billion due to what
Kalis said was simply an uptick in some of
its practices. He pointed specifically to
litigation, intellectual property litigation
and regulatory work. Kalis said the firm’s
corporate mergers and acquisitions
practice showed some comeback, but the
real comeback kid was its real estate
practice.
K&L Gates closed out 2010 with an average PPP of $930,000, compared to PPP of
$861,000 in 2009. The firm’s average RPL
was $599,000 in 2010 compared to
$607,000 in 2009. The average compensation for all partners was $545,514 in
2010 compared to $532,724 in 2009.
RPL
$858,000
$2.01M
PPP
RPL
$908,000
PPP
Total Attorneys: 786
$1.96M
$915,000
RPL
PPP
0
Gross Revenue: $648.6M
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
$2.14M
2
2.25
*Due to a change in reporting methodology, the RPL, PPP and headcount figures are not an exact year-over-year
2.5
DECHERT
Philadelphia-based Dechert saw a 9 percent drop in gross revenue in 2010, bringing in $65 million less than it had in 2009.
The firm earned $648.6 million in revenue in 2010, compared to $713 million in
2009 and $815.9 million in 2008.
The firm’s headcount dropped 8.8 percent between 2009 and 2010 to 756 fulltime equivalent lawyers. Between 2008
and 2009, the firm’s headcount dropped
by nearly 12 percent.
Dechert grew in profits and profitability,
however, while maintaining close to the
same number of equity partners.
With The American Lawyer’s new calculations, Dechert saw a 5.5 percent decrease
in RPL to $858,000 in 2010 from $908,000
in 2009 and a 2.6 percent increase in PPP
from $1.96 million in 2009 to $2.01 million
last year. The firm’s average compensation
for all partners grew by about 2.5 percent
from $1.37 million in 2009 to $1.41 million
in 2010.
The firm was able to grow profits at a
higer rate than it shrunk the equity partner tier. The firm had 148 equity partners
in 2009 under the Dec. 31 cutoff date compared to 146 in 2010, making for a 1.3 percent decline in that tier. The non-equity
partner tier dropped by about 3 percent
from 106 to 103.
Dechert grew its net profit by nearly 1
percent to $294.3 million. The firm’s profit
margin grew from 41 percent in 2009 to
45.4 percent in 2010.
2009
REED SMITH
2008
K&L Gates inched up its headcount by
just under 1 percent, moving from 1,747
lawyers in 2009 under the Dec. 31 cutoff
date to 1,763 in 2010. The equity partner
tier remained relatively flat, moving from
295 equity partners in 2009 to 294 in
2010. The non-equity tier increased by 1.3
percent from 605 non-equity partners to
613, the firm said.
When asked how the firm managed to
grow PPP 8 percent when revenue
increased just 2 percent and no equity
partners were cut nor were major costcuts conducted, Kalis said the firm was
busier and was able to hold its pricing.
2010
$661,000
RPL
PPP
$1.05M
RPL
$660,000
PPP
$1M
$660,000
RPL
PPP
0
Total Attorneys: 1,449*
$938,000
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
*Based on Dec. 31 FTE ‡Based on Aug. 31 FTE
Due to a change in reporting methodology, the RPL, PPP and headcount figures are not an exact year-over-year
Chairman Barton J. Winokur said the
firm’s strategy of focusing on the highestend work for clients as well as moving
quickly to adjust to a changing legal landscape during the recession allowed it to
maintain profitability without significantly
cutting equity partners and despite seeing
gross revenue fall.
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS
Morgan Lewis & Bockius saw its gross revenue increase 1.5 percent to $1.08 billion.
The firm’s revenue per lawyer increased
more than 6 percent to $875,000 and its
profits per equity partner grew nearly 10
percent to $1.4 million. The firm’s headcount fell 4.4 percent to 1,239 attorneys.
The firm was ranked 11th last year and 12th
the year before that.
REED SMITH
Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith grew its revenue 1.7 percent from $942 million in 2009
to $958 million in 2010.
The firm was also able to bump up its
profit margin a percentage point from 33.6
percent to 34.6 percent, bringing in net
revenue in 2010 of $331.7 million.
After seeing headcount drop between
2008 and 2009, Reed Smith moved in the
opposite direction in 2010, bumping headcount a little more than 1 percent from
1,433 lawyers to 1,449 last year. The equity
partner tier remained virtually flat, mov-
ing up from 315 to 316 equity partners
year-over-year. The non-equity partner
tier grew 3.3 percent from 362 non-equity
partners in 2009 to 374 in 2010.
Based on the Dec. 31 cutoff, Reed Smith
averaged revenue per lawyer in 2010
of $661,000 and profits per equity partner
of $1.05 million. The firm’s average
compensation for all partners came in at
$677,222. Under the Aug. 31 cutoff date
used in 2009, Reed Smith’s RPL was
$660,000, its PPP was $1 million and its
average compensation for all partners was
$652,415.
Though not an exact comparison,
between 2009 and 2010 the firm roughly
increased its RPL by 0.2 percent, its PPP
by 4.7 percent and its average compensation for all partners by 3.8 percent.
While the firm’s headcount barely
inched up, its hours billed grew by 3.4 percent from 2.39 million in 2009 to 2.47 million in 2010. That didn’t result, however, in
an equal rise in gross revenue.
“To move the revenue needle in this
year was not easy,” Reed Smith managing
partner Gregory B. Jordan said. “Keeping
the productivity up was really a challenge.
When there is a lack of demand, price competition becomes more intense and that
definitely has an impact on realization and
the net results.”
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2010
2010
2009*
2009*
Pepper Hamilton’s gross revenue was
down about 5.8 percent in 2010, dipping
from $333 million in 2009 to $313.7 million
in 2010, and RPL slipped about 1.2 percent,
from $691,000 to $683,000.
However, PPP rose 1.4 percent from
$721,000 in 2009 to $731,000 in 2010 and
average compensation for all partners
rose about 5.5 percent from $599,000 to
$632,000.
Executive partner Robert E. Heideck
said the firm had “some extraordinary
expenses” in 2009 but was largely able to
keep costs down in 2010.
For example, he said, the firm used
fewer contract attorneys since several
large matters were resolved in 2009.
The firm also decreased its headcount
by 4.8 percent in 2010, dropping from 482
lawyers under the fiscal year cutoff date in
2009 to 459 lawyers. Its non-equity partner tier shrank 21.4 percent from 70 lawyers in 2009 to 55 lawyers in 2010, while
its equity partner tier grew 7 percent, from
142 lawyers in 2009 to 152 lawyers in
2010.
Heideck said natural attrition and
departures, like the firm’s loss of seven
Pittsburgh real estate attorneys to Reed
Smith, coupled with a reduction in hiring
throughout the year as compared to 2005
and 2006 levels, contributed to the drop in
overall headcount in 2010.
In its restatements, the net income for
2009 turned out to be $5 million less and
the equity partner tier was actually five
lawyers fewer, resulting in a larger-thanfirst-reported RPL and a lower PPP than
was first reported.
In comparing the restated numbers for
2009 to the firm’s reported numbers for
2010, Blank Rome increased its profit margin from 30.7 percent in 2009 to 33.1 percent in 2010.
The firm’s RPL dropped 3 percent from
$665,000 in 2009 to $645,000 in 2010.
The PPP grew 6.2 percent from $650,000
to $690,000 and the average compensation for all partners increased 4.3 percent
from $513,000 to $535,000.
PEPPER
PEPPERHAMILTON
HAMILTON
PEPPER HAMILTON
2008
2008
$683,000
$683,000
RPL
RPL
PPP
PPP
$691,000
$691,000
PPP
PPP
$721,000
$721,000
RPL
RPL
$689,000
$689,000
PPP
PPP
0
0
$731,000
$731,000
RPL
RPL
Equity Partners: 145‡
Total Attorneys: 481‡
$728,000
$728,000
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.5
Blank Rome’s headcount dropped by
less than 1 percent from 485 lawyers to
481. The firm’s equity partner tier
decreased 2 percent from 152 equity partners to 149 and the non-equity tier grew
1.8 percent from 109 to 111. Total compensation for the non-equity lawyers increased
by $1 million over 2009 to $36 million.
The firm’s billable hours dropped more
than the headcount, falling 3.8 percent
from $796,000 in 2009 to $766,000 in
2010.
Co-chairman Alan Hoffman said the
firm was able to increase profitability
despite hour and revenue decreases
because of prepayments of expenses, a
full-year’s benefit of 2009 layoffs of law-
0.75
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
1.75
2
2
2.25
2.25
2.5
2.5
*Due to a change in reporting methodology, the RPL, PPP and headcount figures were restated for 2009 to reflect a
*Due to a change in reporting methodology, the RPL, PPP and headcount figures were restated for 2009 to reflect a
full-year average FTE cutoff.
full-year average FTE cutoff.
‡ Based on Aug. 31 FTE
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BLANK ROME
2009*
2008
Blank Rome saw a 3.4 percent dip in gross
revenue in 2010 but managed a 6 percent
rise in profits thanks in part to its prepayment of 2010 expenses out of 2009 profits, the firm said.
Blank Rome’s gross revenue dipped
from $322 million in 2009 to $311 million in
2010.
Blank Rome had to restate some of its
2009 financial reports, recalculating its
net income, number of lawyers, number of
equity partners, RPL, PPP and average
compensation for all partners. The firm
said it hadn’t finished its distributions last
year before submitting its 2009 numbers.
2010
BLANK ROME
$645,000
RPL
PPP
$690,000
RPL
$665,000
PPP
$650,000
RPL
$610,000
PPP
0
$590,000
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
*Blank Rome restated certain 2009 figures, including RPL, PPP and headcount.
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
BALLARD SPAHR
Last year marked the first full year that all
of Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr’s partners were equity partners. And with a total
2009
COZEN O’CONNOR
2008
2010
$550,000
RPL
PPP
$605,000
RPL
$575,000
PPP
RPL
$650,000
$520,000
PPP
0
2009
Cozen O’Connor saw dips in all of its key
financial metrics in 2010 after seeing major
rises in those figures the year before
thanks to a large contingency fee in 2009.
The firm’s gross revenue fell 4.6 percent from $290.7 million in 2009 to $277.3
million in 2010. Cozen O’Connor’s RPL
dropped by a similar margin of 4.5 percent
from $575,000 to $550,000 and its PPP
fell 7.4 percent from $650,000 to
$605,000. The firm’s average compensation for all partners fell 6.7 percent from
$475,000 to $445,000, according to numbers provided by the firm.
Cozen O’Connor’s profit margin also fell
from 32.4 percent in 2009 to about 30
percent in 2010.
In 2009, Cozen O’Connor saw a 23 percent rise in revenue and a 19 percent jump
in profits from 2008 due to a large contingency fee coming in that year as well as
the addition of more than 65 lawyers from
disbanding Wolf Block in April 2009.
Cozen O’Connor CEO Thomas A. “Tad”
Decker said at the time that the firm’s
2010 gross revenue, while down from the
previous year, was up over what the firm
would have had in 2009 without the contingency fee. He said the firm’s financial
performance in 2010 actually showed that
the group of laterals remained busy and,
in fact, even increased hours.
After a year of significant growth in
2009, Cozen O’Connor held its headcount
relatively flat in 2010, moving from 505
full-time equivalent lawyers in 2009 to
503 in 2010. The equity partner tier
decreased 4.8 percent from 145 equity
partners to 138 and the non-equity tier
moved from 121 down to 120.
BALLARD SPAHR
COZEN O’CONNOR
2008
yers and staff and a continued management of expenses. He said the firm was
able to get better deals on employee benefits and save on office operations and
general administration.
2010
$545,000
0.25
0.5
$615,000
RPL
PPP
$525,000
RPL
PPP
$555,000
$430,000
RPL
PPP
0
$550,000
$415,000
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
headcount reduction of about 8.6 percent
from 488 lawyers in 2009 to 446 in 2010,
that resulted in 49.5 percent of the firm
having an equity stake.
That nearly 1-1 leverage model is not a
common one, with most Pennsylvania
firms keeping between 20 and 30 percent
of their lawyers in the equity tier.
But for former Chairman Arthur Makadon, nothing changed. A non-equity partner who made a fixed income of $250,000
in 2008 makes the same now. But they
now get paid like equity partners do, with
some money held back until the end of the
year. Makadon said at the time that a number of the non-equity partners made about
$40,000 more in 2010 than they expected
to because the firm saw a near 22 percent
rise in PPP from $430,000 in 2009 to
$525,000 in 2010, according to numbers
provided by the firm.
The average compensation for Ballard
Spahr partners grew 21.7 percent, or nearly
$100,000, last year. It also makes sense to
compare the firm’s 2010 PPP to its 2009
average profits per all partners (equity
and non-equity), since each of those figures included the whole of the firm’s partnership now that all partners are equity.
When comparing 2010 PPP to 2009 average compensation for all partners, the
firm grew profits from $427,000 in 2009
to $525,000 last year, or 22.9 percent.
No matter how you look at it, the firm’s
more than 20 percent rise in PPP is a big
switch from the 25 percent cut it took in
PPP in 2008. Makadon said the firm was
early into the downturn and now is earlier
to come out of it.
Ballard Spahr was able to grow its gross
revenue by about 1 percent from $270 mil(continued on Page 100)
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2009
2008
DUANE MORRIS
2010
Drinker Biddle & Reath saw only a slight
rise in gross revenue in 2010 but was able
to significantly increase RPL and partner
profits through what its executive partner
called “expense control.”
Revenue rose 0.8 percent from about
$373 million in 2009 to about $376 million
in 2010.
Though not an exact comparison, RPL
2010
2010
$654,000
RPL
PPP
$832,000
RPL
$633,000
PPP
$637,000
PPP
0.5
$625,000
$625,000
RPL
RPL
PPP
PPP
$660,000
$660,000
RPL
RPL
$600,000
$600,000
PPP
PPP
$605,000
$605,000
RPL
RPL
$615,000
$615,000
PPP
PPP
$605,000
$605,000
0
0
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.5
$727,000
0.25
rose 4.2 percent from about $600,000 in
2009 to about $625,000 in 2010.
PPP grew 9.1 percent from about
$605,000 in 2009 to about $660,000 in
2010.
The PPP percentage change was not
affected by the new methodology because
the firm’s 2009 equity partner headcount
was the same for both the Aug. 31 and Dec.
31 cutoff dates.
Firm executive partner Andrew C. Kassner said the rise in profits was the result of
a cost-conscious approach that included
being mindful of occupancy costs and
focusing on efficient project management.
Kassner said productivity also increased,
$753,000
RPL
0
2009
2009
Philadelphia-based Duane Morris’ gross
revenue rose 6 percent and PPP rose 10.5
percent in 2010 due in part to some small
rate increases and strong collection activity, coupled with continued cost-containment measures, the firm said.
Gross revenue climbed from $387.7 million in 2009 to $411.1 million in 2010.
Although Chairman John J. Soroko told
The Legal last year that 5 to 10 percent of
the firm’s revenues in 2009 came from
contingency fees and other types of alternative fee arrangements, he said in an
interview this year that contingency fees
were not as much of a factor in 2010,
accounting for less than 4 percent of the
firm’s revenue.
Soroko said that along with “modest”
rate increases in 2010, the firm was able to
collect in 2010 a lot of leftover receivables
from 2009.
The average compensation for all partners in 2010 was $540,000, up 5.7 percent
from $511,000. RPL rose 3.3 percent from
$633,000 to $654,000. PPP increased
10.5 percent from $753,000 in 2009 to
$832,000 last year, exceeding the firm’s
previous all-time PPP high of $800,000 in
2007.
Meanwhile, Duane Morris’ headcount
grew 2.6 percent from 613 in 2009 to 629
in 2010 and the number of equity partners
rose 4.6 percent from 130 to 136.
Soroko said the rise in PPP was the
result of a continued philosophy of cost
consciousness rather than cost-cutting.
While it made no layoffs or associate salary cuts in 2010, Duane Morris was already
much less leveraged in its associate tier
than other firms, according to Soroko.
Soroko said the firm’s PPP actually
could have been higher had it not made
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH
DRINKER
DRINKERBIDDLE
BIDDLE&&REATH
REATH
DUANE MORRIS
several “very aggressive” down payments
on its 2011 expenses.
The non-equity partner tier shrank 1.8
percent from 221 to 217, while total nonequity partner compensation fell 4.7 percent from $81.2 million to $77.4 million.
2008
2008
lion in 2009 to $273.6 million in 2010
thanks to a smaller reduction in billable
hours than there was in headcount. While
the headcount fell 8.6 percent, billable
hours dropped 6.7 percent to nearly
828,500 hours. Ballard Spahr’s RPL grew
10.5 percent from $555,000 to $615,000.
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
1.75
1.75
2
2
2.25
2.25
2.5
2.5
Gross
Gross Revenue:
Revenue: $376M
$376M
Equity
Equity Partners:
Partners: 185
185
Total
Total Attorneys:
Attorneys: 602*
602*
Gross
Gross Revenue:
Revenue: $373M
$373M
Equity
Equity Partners:
Partners: 193
193
‡
Total
Total Attorneys:
Attorneys: 621
621‡
Gross
Gross Revenue:
Revenue: $382M
$382M
Equity
Equity Partners:
Partners: 195
195
‡
Total
Total Attorneys:
Attorneys: 619
619‡
0.75
0.75
11
1.25
1.5
1.25
1.5
(RPL and
(RPL
and PPP
PPP in
in Millions)
Millions)
‡
*Based
*Based on
on Dec.
Dec. 31
31 FTE
FTE ‡Based
Based on
on Aug.
Aug. 31
31 FTE
FTE
Due
Due to
to aa change
change in
in reporting
reporting methodology,
methodology, the
the RPL
RPL and
and headcount
headcount figures
figures are
are not
not an
an exact
exact year-over-year
year-over-year
comparison
comparison for
for 2009
2009 and
and 2010.
2010. PPP
PPP was
was unaffected.
unaffected.
$616,000
$616,000
2010
2010
RPL
RPL
2009*
2009*
PPP
PPP
2008
2008
while the firm’s overall headcount shrank
4.4 percent from 630 under the Dec. 31
cutoff date in 2009 to 602 in 2010.
This was largely due to a reduction in
the firm’s equity partner tier, which
dropped 4.1 percent from 193 lawyers in
2009 to 185 in 2010.
While Drinker Biddle’s billable hour total
dropped slightly from 2009 to 2010, Kassner said the firm “blew right through” its
billable hour budget last year.
BUCHANAN
BUCHANANINGERSOLL
INGERSOLL&&ROONEY
ROONEY
Gross
Gross Revenue:
Revenue: $250M
$250M
Equity
Equity Partners:
Partners: 102
102
Total
Total Attorneys:
Attorneys: 406
406
$661,000
$661,000
RPL
RPL
$584,000
$584,000
PPP
PPP
$590,000
$590,000
RPL
RPL
$565,000
$565,000
PPP
PPP
$563,000
$563,000
Gross
Gross Revenue:
Revenue: $249M
$249M
Equity
Equity Partners:
Partners: 101
101
Total
Total Attorneys:
Attorneys: 421
421
Gross
Gross Revenue:
Revenue: $272.8M
$272.8M
Equity
Equity Partners:
Partners: 109
109
Total
Total Attorneys:
Attorneys: 483
483
0
0
Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll &
Rooney’s gross revenue stayed almost flat
last year, but Chief Executive Officer John
A. “Jack” Barbour called 2010 a “spectacular” year for the firm.
The firm’s revenue crept up just 0.2 percent from $249.4 million in 2009 to $250
million in 2010, but profits spiked.
Last year, the firm reported its 2009
gross revenue as $264.9 million but this
year restated that figure as $15.5 million
less.
According to Barbour, a “clerical error”
had led to the inclusion of reimbursed
expenses such as filing fees in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in last year’s
gross revenue figure.
Barbour said those reimbursements
amounted to “dollar in, dollar out” transactions and should not have been included
as part of the firm’s gross revenue.
But while, based on the adjusted 2009
figure, Buchanan Ingersoll’s gross revenue
saw only a slight increase in 2010, Barbour
said the firm “far exceeded expectations”
in his first full year at the helm since taking over as CEO in July 2009.
Part of the reason for his enthusiasm is
that PPP rose 12 percent, from $590,000
in 2009 to $661,000 in 2010.
Barbour said the firm was able to
achieve this in part by managing its
expenses well and making cuts where they
needed to be made, focusing on retaining
only “what was essential to our clients.”
The firm’s overall headcount did dip
3.6 percent in 2010, dropping from 421
to 406.
*Buchanan
*Buchanan Ingersoll
Ingersoll restated
restated certain
certain 2009
2009 figures,
figures, including
including RPL,
RPL, gross
gross revenue
revenue and
and headcount.
headcount.
2009
2008
STEVENS & LEE
2010
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL &
ROONEY
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.5
0.75
0.75
$685,000
RPL
PPP
$1M
RPL
$635,000
PPP
$905,000
RPL
$675,000
PPP
0
11
1.25
1.5
1.25
1.5
(RPL
(RPL and
and PPP
PPP in
in Millions)
Millions)
$865,000
0.25
0.5
0.75
1.75
1.75
2
2
2.25
2.25
2.5
2.5
2
2.25
2.5
Equity Partners: 62
Equity Partners: 62
Equity Partners: 72
1
1.25
1.5
The firm restated its 2009 headcount
to exclude 24 government relations nonlawyers. This change was also reflected by
the restated 2009 RPL.
Meanwhile, the number of equity partners rose 1 percent, from 101 to 102, and
the non-equity partner tier shrank by 8.4
percent, from 95 to 87.
Along with PPP, RPL in 2010 rose 5.5
percent from $584,000 to $616,000, and
average compensation for all partners in
2010 jumped 18.5 percent from $437,000
to $518,000.
STEVENS & LEE
Stevens & Lee was able to increase its
gross revenue by 5 percent in 2010 despite
seeing a 2 percent drop in headcount and
a 7 percent drop in billable hours. The firm
was also able to increase PPP 10.5 percent,
1.75
pushing it to the $1 million mark for the
first time.
The firm’s revenue rose from $108.6
million in 2009 to $114 million in 2010,
thanks to what firm President Ernie Choquette said was a validation of its business
model.
He said the firm spends a significant
amount of time researching the economic
climate in its local regions and nationally
as well as the economic situations of its
clients and their industries to determine
what services it could best provide. That
value-add, along with a lot of time spent
cross-selling, resulted in client loyalty during the recession, Choquette said.
He said Stevens & Lee was able to
increase revenue even though billable
hours went down from more than 312,000
PaLAW 2011 101
2009
SAUL EWING
2010
lawyers in 2010.
The firm’s 2009 RPL was only slightly
changed by the new calculation. The PPP
was not affected.
The firm’s equity partner tier shrunk
just 1.2 percent, from 81 lawyers in 2009 to
80 lawyers in 2010, and its non-equity
partner tier dropped 2 percent, from 49
lawyers in 2009 to 48 lawyers in 2010.
Average compensation for all partners
rose 14.6 percent, from $384,000 to
$440,000.
The firm saw its biggest increase, however, in its PPP, which shot up 18.2 percent
from $435,000 in 2009 to $514,000 in
2010.
According to managing partner David S.
Antzis, this was a record for the firm, which
2008
in 2009 to more than 290,000 in 2010
because of about a 3 percent rate increase
and the firm’s commitment to alternative
fee arrangements.
Choquette said the firm has been implementing more and more fixed-fee and
other alternative fee arrangements and
has employed an internal tracking system
to monitor their success. He said the
arrangements have worked out well for
both the firm and its clients and now contribute between 20 to 25 percent of the
firm’s revenue.
Choquette said there were also a few
contingency fees paid in 2010 that were
“marginally material” to the top line with
the bulk of the hours worked on those
cases done in 2009.
After the law firm saw its profit margin
fall from 57.2 percent in 2008 to 51.7 percent in 2009, the firm boosted that back
up to 54.4 percent in 2010. RPL moved up
nearly 8 percent from $635,000 to
$685,000. Profits per equity partner
reached a milestone, reaching for the first
time $1 million. That was a 10.5 percent
jump from 2009 when Stevens & Lee’s
PPP was $905,000. The firm’s average
compensation for all lawyers was up 5.5
percent to $695,000 in 2010.
The firm’s headcount dropped 2.3 percent from 171 lawyers in 2009 to 167 in
2010. After two years of shrinking, the
firm’s equity tier remained flat at 62 equity
partners. The non-equity tier grew nearly
6 percent from 51 to 54 last year.
$550,000
RPL
PPP
$514,000
RPL
$505,000
PPP
$435,000
RPL
$525,000
PPP $380,000
0
0.25
0.5
had never had PPP above $500,000.
Still, Antzis added that while the “enormous pressure to maximize PPP” has
caused some firms to hastily shed equity
partners whose practices have been slow
during the recent business cycle, Saul
Ewing was able to avoid such cuts and still
increase profits in 2010.
Antzis said he’s always believed that a
firm’s annual increase in PPP should be
about three times its annual revenue
increase.
For that to happen, he said, expenses
need to be kept under control, which was a
high priority for Saul Ewing in 2010.
“Our revenue [increased by] over $6
million and our expenses were static,”
he said.
Equity Partners: 80
Equity Partners: 81
Total Attorneys: 228*
Equity Partners: 79
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
*Due to a change in reporting methodology, the headcount figure was restated for 2009 to reflect a full-year
average FTE cutoff.
‡Based on Aug. 31 FTE
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FOX ROTHSCHILD
2009*
2008
After experiencing drops in its gross revenue and RPL in 2009, Philadelphia-based
Saul Ewing was able to bolster both along
with PPP and average compensation for
all partners in 2010 despite partnership
tiers that remained nearly flat.
The firm’s gross revenue was $121 million last year, up 5.2 percent from $115 million in 2009.
Meanwhile, the firm’s RPL rose 8.9 percent, from $505,000 in 2009 to $550,000
in 2010, while its headcount dipped 3.5
percent, from 228 lawyers in 2009 to 220
2010
SAUL EWING
RPL
$530,000
PPP
RPL
$570,000
$505,000
PPP
RPL
$550,000
$510,000
PPP
0
$535,000
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
*Due to a change in reporting methodology, the RPL and headcount figures were restated for 2009 to
reflect a full-year average FTE cutoff.
2.25
2.5
According to Antzis, the firm achieved
this not through cuts but rather by “not
falling back on old habits.”
FOX ROTHSCHILD
Philadelphia-based Fox Rothschild was the
rare Pennsylvania firm whose revenue
rose by a higher percentage than its profits per partner in 2010. The firm’s gross
revenue in 2010 was about $239.3 million,
up nearly 10.3 percent from 2009, when
its gross revenue was about $217 million.
Meanwhile, its PPP grew by 3.6 percent,
from about $550,000 in 2009 to about
$570,000 in 2010.
Firmwide managing partner Mark L.
Silow said 2010 was a “year of investment”
that included both geographic and practice growth.
Silow attributed the spike in the firm’s
revenue partly to the addition of new
lawyers.
The firm, with a fiscal year end of March
31, grew its total headcount by 5.6 percent
from 429 in 2009 to 453 in 2010.
Along with 14 first-year associates, several laterals joined the firm, helping to
ramp up the firm’s equity partner tier 9.8
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percent, from 122 to 134, and the nonequity partner tier 7.4 percent, from 68
to 73.
But Silow said the firm’s revenue also
grew because many of its existing lawyers
had productive years.
“Part of that involved a few alternative
fee arrangements, whether they were contingency or bonus fee arrangements,” he
said, adding that alternative fee arrangements accounted for about $6 million of
the firm’s revenue in 2010. 
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