{"id":147675,"date":"2026-03-31T19:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/31\/as-big-law-firms-become-more-profitable-client-volume-can-shrink\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:13:27","slug":"as-big-law-firms-become-more-profitable-client-volume-can-shrink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/31\/as-big-law-firms-become-more-profitable-client-volume-can-shrink\/","title":{"rendered":"As Big Law Firms Become More Profitable, Client Volume Can Shrink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A preliminary analysis of Am Law 200 firm data shows that the number of clients that firms billed last year fell. At the same time, more revenue was concentrated among their top clients.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/952777544\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/952777544\/law\/legal-news,https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F64%2F88%2F3e13fdd14b0d9ad0674ca06147da%2Fbusiness-client-relationship-jpeg767x505.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>A preliminary analysis of Am Law 200 firm data shows that the number of clients that firms billed last year fell. At the same time, more revenue was concentrated among their top clients.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/952777544\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/952777544\/law\/legal-news,https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F64%2F88%2F3e13fdd14b0d9ad0674ca06147da%2Fbusiness-client-relationship-jpeg767x505.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/952777544\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A preliminary analysis of Am Law 200 firm data shows that the number of clients that firms billed last year fell. 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