The Law Firm Leaders Survey is conducted annually in the fall by the research staff of The American Lawyer. Heads of Am Law 200 firms are surveyed about their expectations for the coming year as well as their thoughts about law firm management issues such as billing rates, alternative billing practices, cost reductions and training and staffing challenges. Some percentages do not add up to 100 due to rounding. Others may exceed 100 percent because firms were allowed to select multiple responses. Not all firms answered all questions.

In addition to receiving the current year's response to the 2011 Survey results you will receive a 5 year trending report, which compares this years results to the previous 5 years.