2017 Report of the Economic Survey
Distribution of support staff by size of firm in 2016 (Q13)
Secretarial, clerical, and other non-billable staff devoted primarily to IP
One
Two
Three
4-5
6-10
11-20
21 or More
Number of Attorneys in Firm
Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting Percent Number of Firms Reporting
14.6%
8.2%
12.3%
11.7%
14.0%
16.4%
22.8%
All Firms
25
14
21
20
24
28
39
75.0%
25.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
One
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
66.7%
22.2%
.0%
11.1%
.0%
.0%
.0%
Two
6
2
0
1
0
0
0
31.8%
27.3%
22.7%
9.1%
4.5%
.0%
4.5%
3-5
7
6
5
2
1
0
1
6.9%
.0%
31.0%
31.0%
20.7%
6.9%
3.4%
6-10
2
0
9
9
6
2
1
7.1%
7.1%
1.8%
7.1%
26.8%
32.1%
17.9%
11-30
4
4
1
4
15
18
10
11.5%
3.8%
11.5%
7.7%
.0%
11.5%
53.8%
31-100
3
1
3
2
0
3
14
.0%
.0%
12.0%
8.0%
8.0%
20.0%
52.0%
101 or More
0
0
3
2
2
5
13
Number of support staff by size of firm in 2016 (Q13)
Number of support staff (secretarial, clerical, and other non-billable staff) devoted primarily to the support of the IP practice were in the firm in 2016
Number of Firms Reporting
First Quartile 25%
Third Quartile 75%
All Firms One Two 3-5 6-10 11-30 31-100 101 or More Number of Attorneys in Firm All Firms One Two 3-5 6-10 11-30 31-100 101 or More Number of Attorneys in Firm
Mean (Average)
Median (Midpoint)
173
22.1
3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 8.0
6.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 4.0
20.0
4 9
1.3 1.6 4.9 6.1
1.8 2.0 3.0 8.0
22 29 56 26 25
13.4 44.0 64.4
10.5 38.5 31.0
19.0 59.8 49.5
Number of support staff per IP attorney by size of firm (Q13)
Support Staff per IP Attorney
Number of Firms Reporting
First Quartile 25%
Third Quartile 75%
Mean (Average)
Median (Midpoint)
171
.9
.4
.6
1.0 1.8 1.0 1.0
4 9
1.3
1.0
1.0
.8
.5 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3
.5 .7 .6 .7 .7 .5
22 29 55 26 24
1.2
.9 .8 .9 .6
.9
1.0 1.2
.9
AIPLA Report of the Economic Survey 2017 F-12
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