These law firms are named the best for women
The percentage of firms with three or more women as top rainmakers has doubled in two years in the 50 law firms named the best for women.
Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers announced this year’s top 50 law firms for women on Tuesday. Twenty-two percent of the law firms reported that three or more women were among their top 10 rainmakers, up from 11 percent two years ago, according to a press release. (The latest statistic is based on the 46 best law firms that responded to the question.) An executive summary is here and an article is here.
Thirty percent of nonequity partners at the best firms were women, the highest percentage in nine years. In 2007, the percentage was 22 percent. And 20 percent of equity partners were women, compared to the nationwide average of 18 percent. In 2007, the percentage was 16 percent.
A list of the 50 best law firms, along with more detailed information about the percentage of women partners at each one, is here. The 50 best law firms are:
Arnold & Porter
Baker & McKenzie
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Cooley
Crowell & Moring
Davis Wright Tremaine
Debevoise & Plimpton
DLA Piper
Dorsey & Whitney
Duane Morris
Faegre Baker Daniels
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Foley & Lardner
Fox Rothschild
Fredrikson & Byron
Gibbons
Goodwin Procter
Gray Plant Mooty
Hanson Bridgett
Hogan Lovells US
Holland & Hart
Holland & Knight
Ice Miller Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kaye Scholer
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Littler
Lowenstein Sandler
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
McDermott Will & Emery
McGuireWoods
Morrison & Foerster
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg
Norton Rose Fulbright
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Perkins Coie
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Quarles & Brady
Reed Smith
Schiff Hardin
Seyfarth Shaw
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Sidley Austin
Troutman Sanders
Vinson & Elkins
WilmerHale
Only firms with 50 or more lawyers are eligible. The rankings are based on information provided by the firms about their workforce flexibility and the development, retention and promotion of women.
