Fresh off its merger with a 100-lawyer New York firm, Venable extended its decade-long run of increases in profits and revenue per lawyer.

Venable, which completed its merger with Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in November 2018, grew its gross revenue 5.5 percent last year to $570.2 million. The firm increased its total lawyer head count by 3.3 percent and revenue per lawyer ticked up 2.1 percent to $868,000. The equity partnership contracted by 1.2 percent, helping boost profits per equity partner 2.7 percent to $1.165 million.