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Diversity Digest: The Diversity Scorecard

Corporate Counsel

07-01-2012


Diversity Scorecard

Each firm's score was calculated by adding the percentage of minority lawyers in its U.S. offices to the percentage of minority partners in the United States. Lawyer counts are average full-time-equivalent (FTE) figures for 2011. The chart below features the top 100 ranked firms. For a full ranking of all 233 firms that provided minority data, go to corpcounsel.com.

2012 Diversity Rank Firm Diversity Score Minority Percentage of All U.S. Attorneys Minority Percentage of All U.S. Partners African American or Black Attorneys Asian American Attorneys Hispanic or Latino Attorneys Other Minority/Multiracial Attorneys
1 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles 54.9 27.9% 27.0% 44 88 89 3
2 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto 46.1 26.2% 19.9% 13 97 27 14
3 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy National 45.3 26.5% 18.8% 3 33 14 3
4 Munger, Tolles & Olson Los Angeles 42.6 23.4% 19.2% 3 23 9 4
5 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle International 40.9 22.9% 18.0% 3 9 25 4
6 White & Case International 39.8 23.1% 16.7% 17 98 39 16
7 Kenyon & Kenyon New York 37.4 24.7% 12.7% 3 33 4 1
8 Bowman and Brooke Minneapolis 36.5 18.3% 18.2% 12 11 6 5
9 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco 36.3 24.6% 11.7% 22 123 42 11
10 Fenwick & West Mountain View, California 36.0 25.8% 10.2% 5 49 5 5
11 Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Irvine, California 35.6 19.2% 16.4% 0 43 5 3
12 Hughes Hubbard & Reed New York 34.8 24.7% 10.1% 22 22 22 5
13 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton International 34.7 23.7% 11.0% 35 56 41 15
14 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York 33.6 24.1% 9.5% 47 82 23 15
15 Best Best & Krieger Riverside, California 32.9 18.5% 14.4% 4 15 15 1
16 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York 32.7 24.1% 8.6% 16 53 29 11
17 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Washington, D.C. 32.2 21.4% 10.8% 7 54 6 10
18 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York 31.9 23.5% 8.4% 43 90 51 15
19 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York 31.4 23.5% 7.9% 26 84 27 13
20 Paul Hastings National 30.9 20.4% 10.5% 19 79 27 15
21 Shearman & Sterling International 30.7 23.9% 6.8% 19 53 20 8
22 Carlton Fields Tampa 30.6 17.7% 12.9% 13 1 30 6
23 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Los Angeles 30.1 20.6% 9.5% 10 40 17 1
24 Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C. 30.0 19.3% 10.7% 32 60 27 2
25 Gordon & Rees San Francisco 29.6 16.7% 12.9% 17 22 24 7
26 O'Melveny & Myers Los Angeles 29.3 20.9% 8.4% 16 77 26 12
27 Irell & Manella Los Angeles 29.0 15.2% 13.8% 2 19 8 1
28 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Los Angeles 28.6 19.8% 8.8% 23 55 9 35
29 Chadbourne & Parke New York 28.3 18.4% 9.9% 8 19 17 5
29 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York 28.3 23.5% 4.8% 29 87 27 20
31 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe National 28.2 19.2% 9.0% 16 79 15 16
32 BuckleySandler Washington, D.C. 28.1 24.0% 4.1% 19 4 6 2
33 Epstein Becker & Green National 27.7 15.3% 12.4% 16 16 8 2
33 Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman New York 27.7 17.7% 10.0% 16 20 17 9
33 Kelley Drye & Warren New York 27.7 18.5% 9.2% 8 31 11 6
36 Jackson Lewis National 27.4 15.8% 11.6% 33 30 33 6
37 Sedgwick San Francisco 27.3 17.3% 10.0% 10 26 15 6
38 Fish & Richardson National 26.6 15.6% 11.0% 6 40 8 1
38 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton Los Angeles 26.6 17.9% 8.7% 9 43 16 18
40 Kirkland & Ellis National 26.5 16.7% 9.8% 41 118 36 20
41 Debevoise & Plimpton New York 26.1 19.1% 7.0% 17 51 20 6
42 Schulte Roth & Zabel New York 25.9 17.3% 8.6% 9 36 13 4
43 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom National 25.7 18.7% 7.0% 68 147 59 12
44 Baker & McKenzie Verein 25.6 17.3% 8.3% 16 56 31 4
44 Hogan Lovells Verein 25.6 17.0% 8.6% 34 58 34 17
46 Greenberg Traurig National 25.5 15.7% 9.8% 49 99 93 10
47 Ford & Harrison Atlanta 25.4 15.4% 10.0% 9 11 4 2
47 Holland & Knight National 25.4 14.2% 11.2% 33 26 59 11
49 Latham & Watkins National 25.2 17.9% 7.3% 25 160 39 28
50 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld National 25.0 15.0% 10.0% 22 49 23 12
50 Sullivan & Cromwell New York 25.0 18.0% 7.0% 15 63 22 12
52 Cooley Palo Alto 24.9 16.6% 8.3% 3 62 19 17
52 Jenner & Block Chicago 24.9 17.3% 7.6% 18 28 14 15
52 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr National 24.9 16.5% 8.4% 34 73 13 9
55 Ropes & Gray Boston 24.8 14.3% 10.5% 18 92 21 0
56 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart National 24.7 15.7% 9.0% 39 24 18 5
57 DLA Piper Verein 24.4 16.3% 8.1% 45 94 38 29
57 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto New York 24.4 15.6% 8.8% 3 18 3 3
57 McKenna Long & Aldridge National 24.4 16.2% 8.2% 18 30 11 9
60 Crowell & Moring Washington, D.C. 24.3 15.7% 8.6% 15 31 16 2
60 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman National 24.3 15.2% 9.1% 11 56 18 5
62 Reed Smith National 24.2 15.3% 8.9% 39 91 21 10
63 Haynes and Boone Dallas 24.1 13.6% 10.5% 9 25 28 4
64 McDermott Will & Emery National 23.9 15.0% 8.9% 20 76 20 13
64 Perkins Coie Seattle 23.9 16.4% 7.5% 16 66 21 20
66 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher National 23.7 16.7% 7.0% 19 89 29 17
66 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Verein 23.7 12.6% 11.1% 15 28 21 2
68 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York 23.4 19.5% 3.9% 23 43 12 9
69 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York 23.3 14.3% 9.0% 12 32 12 10
70 Alston & Bird Atlanta 23.1 15.9% 7.2% 51 47 21 9
71 Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. 23.0 16.4% 6.6% 22 44 21 15
72 Baker Botts Houston 22.8 14.2% 8.6% 18 28 24 19
72 Davis Wright Tremaine Seattle 22.8 14.7% 8.1% 13 34 9 8
72 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Minneapolis 22.8 16.8% 6.0% 10 17 9 5
75 Hinshaw & Culbertson Chicago 22.7 14.3% 8.4% 23 22 21 2
75 Sidley Austin National 22.7 15.9% 6.8% 36 123 37 14
77 Williams & Connolly Washington, D.C. 22.4 11.7% 10.7% 13 9 5 4
78 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National 22.1 15.6% 6.5% 35 113 39 4
79 Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart West Palm Beach, Florida 21.8 12.6% 9.2% 4 1 15 1
80 Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Missouri 21.7 10.9% 10.8% 14 11 21 5
81 Akerman Senterfitt Miami 21.5 12.2% 9.3% 10 8 36 4
81 Winston & Strawn National 21.5 14.4% 7.1% 21 55 26 17
83 Andrews Kurth Houston 21.3 13.1% 8.2% 13 16 15 2
83 Jackson Walker Dallas 21.3 13.3% 8.0% 10 8 24 1
85 Kaye Scholer New York 21.2 14.5% 6.7% 18 32 9 3
85 Winstead Dallas 21.2 12.5% 8.7% 9 8 8 6
87 Patton Boggs Washington, D.C. 20.8 13.5% 7.3% 26 13 17 8
88 Baker & Hostetler National 20.7 14.9% 5.8% 31 40 25 13
88 Fulbright & Jaworski Houston 20.7 13.9% 6.8% 32 28 30 13
90 Buchalter Nemer Los Angeles 20.5 13.3% 7.2% 3 11 5 2
90 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan New York 20.5 16.7% 3.8% 5 26 16 2
92 Foley Hoag Boston 20.4 16.2% 4.2% 6 20 7 1
92 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel New York 20.4 13.1% 7.3% 6 25 4 4
94 Schiff Hardin Chicago 20.2 12.4% 7.8% 15 14 4 5
95 Locke Lord Dallas 20.1 12.2% 7.9% 19 24 16 8
96 Hunton & Williams National 20.0 12.8% 7.2% 27 22 32 8
96 Strasburger & Price Dallas 20.0 10.8% 9.2% 3 5 9 6
98 Jones Day National 19.9 12.9% 7.0% 49 109 46 21
98 SNR Denton Verein 19.9 13.0% 6.9% 27 30 10 13
100 Dickstein Shapiro Washington, D.C. 19.7 12.0% 7.7% 11 19 3 8
101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Atlanta 19.3 12.0% 7.3% 16 32 12 4
102 Quarles & Brady Milwaukee 19.0 11.9% 7.1% 11 16 17 5
103 Mayer Brown International 18.8 13.5% 5.3% 30 38 28 12
104 McAfee & Taft 18.7 9.8% 8.9% 1 1 5 11
105 Duane Morris National 18.6 10.1% 8.5% 12 28 14 7
105 Miller Canfield Detroit 18.6 11.6% 7.0% 15 12 3 2
105 Vinson & Elkins Houston 18.6 14.1% 4.5% 29 33 26 1
108 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Los Angeles 18.4 11.7% 6.7% 2 15 6 0
109 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York 18.3 12.3% 6.0% 10 30 12 1
110 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler New York 18.2 12.3% 5.9% 4 16 0 3
110 Proskauer Rose New York 18.2 14.1% 4.1% 18 50 17 6
110 Steptoe & Johnson Washington, D.C. 18.2 10.3% 7.9% 10 13 10 6
113 Thompson & Knight Dallas 18.1 10.3% 7.8% 9 2 8 8
113 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York 18.1 14.3% 3.8% 9 19 4 3
115 K&L Gates National 18.0 11.0% 7.0% 32 62 45 18
115 Katten Muchin Rosenman National 18.0 12.7% 5.3% 22 34 16 1
115 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo Boston 18.0 12.5% 5.5% 7 22 12 7
118 Smith, Gambrell & Russell Atlanta 17.9 10.4% 7.5% 6 9 1 2
119 Goodwin Procter Boston 17.8 13.8% 4.0% 18 56 14 15
120 Ballard Spahr Philadelphia 17.7 11.1% 6.6% 14 16 15 8
120 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Atlanta 17.7 11.2% 6.5% 20 12 7 3
122 Bingham McCutchen National 17.5 11.8% 5.7% 14 54 15 11
123 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York 17.4 14.0% 3.4% 13 31 7 8
124 Cahill Gordon & Reindel New York 17.3 12.8% 4.5% 8 22 5 1
125 Bracewell & Giuliani Houston 17.2 10.3% 6.9% 11 7 22 3
126 Kutak Rock Omaha 17.0 9.6% 7.4% 11 9 11 9
126 Wiley Rein Washington, D.C. 17.0 9.3% 7.7% 6 12 7 0
128 Nixon Peabody National 16.9 11.7% 5.2% 16 29 18 6
128 Venable National 16.9 10.2% 6.7% 20 12 12 7
130 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Denver 16.8 10.0% 6.8% 4 6 3 8
130 Seyfarth Shaw National 16.8 11.6% 5.2% 22 37 23 3
132 Fisher & Phillips Atlanta 16.5 10.8% 5.7% 10 6 6 4
133 Arent Fox Washington, D.C. 16.4 12.1% 4.3% 17 13 6 2
133 Lewis and Roca Los Angeles 16.4 11.1% 5.3% 4 6 5 6
133 McGuireWoods Richmond 16.4 10.2% 6.2% 43 30 7 8
133 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker National 16.4 10.4% 6.0% 16 40 19 7
137 Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia 16.0 10.0% 6.0% 17 23 3 4
138 Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis 15.8 8.0% 7.8% 9 18 4 7
139 Loeb & Loeb New York 15.6 11.5% 4.1% 10 19 5 0
139 Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin Philadelphia 15.6 11.1% 4.5% 21 10 10 7
141 Dykema Gossett Detroit 15.5 10.3% 5.2% 15 14 3 2
141 Snell & Wilmer Phoenix 15.5 8.0% 7.5% 3 10 12 8
143 Phelps Dunbar New Orleans 15.4 7.8% 7.6% 13 2 6 0
144 Chapman and Cutler Chicago 15.3 12.1% 3.2% 4 17 4 0
144 GrayRobinson Orlando 15.3 9.3% 6.0% 2 3 16 3
144 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Philadelphia 15.3 9.2% 6.1% 6 6 1 2
147 Fennemore Craig Phoenix 15.1 9.0% 6.1% 1 1 9 4
148 Day Pitney Hartford 14.9 10.2% 4.7% 4 12 12 4
148 Troutman Sanders Atlanta 14.9 10.2% 4.7% 23 25 9 1
150 Edwards Wildman Palmer Boston 14.8 9.6% 5.2% 12 24 7 5
150 Gardere Dallas 14.8 10.0% 4.8% 5 8 9 2
152 McCarter & English Newark 14.7 10.2% 4.5% 13 17 8 1
153 Choate Hall & Stewart Boston 14.6 10.8% 3.8% 4 6 3 3
154 Bryan Cave National 14.5 9.7% 4.8% 33 22 13 12
155 Dickinson Wright Detroit 14.3 8.3% 6.0% 9 5 3 2
156 Fox Rothschild Philadelphia 14.0 9.9% 4.1% 14 19 10 4
157 Morris, Manning & Martin Atlanta 13.9 8.1% 5.8% 3 6 0 1
158 Drinker Biddle & Reath Philadelphia 13.8 9.2% 4.6% 21 23 7 2
159 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Philadelphia 13.7 8.8% 4.9% 5 6 5 2
160 Gibbons Newark 13.4 9.5% 3.9% 7 4 8 0
161 Holland & Hart Denver 13.2 8.7% 4.5% 5 7 18 5
162 Dechert National 12.9 9.3% 3.6% 12 27 9 3
163 Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell Los Angeles 12.7 7.2% 5.5% 0 5 3 1
164 Baker & Daniels Indianapolis 12.6 7.2% 5.4% 7 7 3 3
164 Vedder Price Chicago 12.6 7.2% 5.4% 0 11 3 3
166 Thompson Hine Cleveland 12.5 7.7% 4.8% 10 9 8 0
167 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Memphis 12.3 7.9% 4.4% 26 7 7 3
168 LeClairRyan Richmond 12.2 5.8% 6.4% 6 9 2 3
169 Harris Beach Rochester 12.1 7.8% 4.3% 6 5 2 1
169 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn Detroit 12.1 6.4% 5.7% 7 4 2 1
171 Herrick, Feinstein New York 12.0 10.5% 1.5% 1 6 5 4
172 Blank Rome Philadelphia 11.9 8.0% 3.9% 12 17 6 2
173 Brown Rudnick Boston 11.5 8.8% 2.7% 2 3 5 4
173 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Columbia, South Carolina 11.5 7.2% 4.3% 13 13 1 3
173 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Winston-Salem 11.5 7.0% 4.5% 15 9 5 5
176 Hodgson Russ Buffalo 11.4 6.7% 4.7% 1 5 4 3
177 Burr & Forman Birmingham 11.3 6.9% 4.4% 5 5 1 5
178 Miles & Stockbridge Baltimore 11.2 7.0% 4.2% 9 2 1 3
179 Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Charlotte, North Carolina 10.9 7.3% 3.6% 7 2 2 4
180 Moore & Van Allen Charlotte 10.8 6.8% 4.0% 8 5 4 2
181 Armstrong Teasdale St. Louis 10.7 6.7% 4.0% 6 7 2 1
181 Miller & Martin Chattanooga, Tennessee 10.7 8.2% 2.5% 10 2 1 0
181 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Columbus 10.7 6.2% 4.5% 11 4 3 3
184 Barnes & Thornburg Indianapolis 10.5 6.8% 3.7% 15 11 3 2
184 Sherman & Howard Denver 10.5 5.3% 5.2% 2 1 6 1
184 White and Williams Philadelphia 10.5 8.4% 2.1% 6 9 3 0
187 Faegre & Benson Minneapolis 10.4 7.0% 3.4% 7 13 4 4
187 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg Chicago 10.4 6.8% 3.6% 2 7 2 0
189 Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Nashville 10.2 9.1% 1.1% 9 7 0 0
190 Cozen O'Connor Philadelphia 10.1 7.1% 3.0% 9 13 11 2
190 Lane Powell Seattle 10.1 6.5% 3.6% 1 5 3 2
192 Bond, Schoeneck & King Syracuse 10.0 5.0% 5.0% 2 7 1 0
192 Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada Ridgeland, Mississippi 10.0 6.2% 3.8% 7 3 1 0
192 Ice Miller Indianapolis 10.0 7.5% 2.5% 12 2 2 0
195 Frost Brown Todd Cincinnati 9.9 7.0% 2.9% 12 7 5 3
195 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Toledo 9.9 5.9% 4.0% 3 2 8 0
197 Godfrey & Kahn Milwaukee 9.7 7.5% 2.2% 3 4 4 2
197 McGlinchey Stafford New Orleans 9.7 5.0% 4.7% 2 3 3 0
199 Adams and Reese New Orleans 9.6 4.9% 4.7% 8 1 2 2
200 Bass, Berry & Sims Nashville 9.3 5.1% 4.2% 7 1 2 0
200 Roetzel & Andress Akron 9.3 5.6% 3.7% 5 3 4 0
202 Briggs and Morgan Minneapolis 9.2 6.3% 2.9% 1 6 1 3
202 Clark Hill Detroit 9.2 6.3% 2.9% 7 3 2 0
204 Williams Mullen Richmond 9.0 5.9% 3.1% 5 3 3 5
205 Stevens & Lee Reading 8.9 5.2% 3.7% 3 4 1 1
205 Stoel Rives Portland 8.9 6.2% 2.7% 6 8 6 3
205 Thompson Coburn St. Louis 8.9 5.6% 3.3% 9 3 2 3
208 Dinsmore & Shohl Cincinnati 8.8 5.3% 3.5% 13 5 4 0
209 Lewis, Rice & Fingersh Phoenix 8.6 3.8% 4.8% 4 0 0 2
209 Polsinelli Shughart Kansas City, Missouri 8.6 5.4% 3.2% 11 10 4 2
211 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter Morristown, New Jersey 8.5 6.7% 1.8% 6 10 3 0
212 Bingham Greenebaum Doll 8.2 5.3% 2.9% 4 3 6 0
212 Stinson Morrison Hecker Kansas City, Missouri 8.2 5.9% 2.3% 9 3 3 1
214 Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale St. Louis 7.9 5.8% 2.1% 6 2 2 0
215 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Birmingham 7.7 4.7% 3.0% 12 3 1 1
215 Goulston & Storrs Boston 7.7 6.6% 1.1% 2 7 2 0
217 Lindquist & Vennum Minneapolis 7.4 5.1% 2.3% 1 7 1 0
218 Lathrop & Gage Kansas City 7.3 5.9% 1.4% 9 7 1 0
218 Plunkett & Cooney Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 7.3 4.2% 3.1% 5 0 0 2
220 Leonard, Street and Deinard Minneapolis 7.2 4.7% 2.5% 3 4 0 2
221 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott Detroit 7.1 4.8% 2.3% 5 7 2 2
221 Ulmer & Berne Cleveland 7.1 5.1% 2.0% 6 3 0 0
223 Husch Blackwell St. Louis 6.7 4.6% 2.1% 11 7 5 1
224 Warner Norcross & Judd Grand Rapids 6.4 4.6% 1.8% 3 5 2 0
225 Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Columbus 6.3 4.8% 1.5% 6 2 3 0
226 Michael Best & Friedrich Milwaukee 6.1 4.4% 1.7% 1 4 3 0
227 Saul Ewing Philadelphia 5.9 4.2% 1.7% 6 3 1 0
228 Stites & Harbison Louisville 5.8 4.1% 1.7% 5 3 0 1
229 Wyatt Tarrant & Combs Louisville 4.9 4.1% 0.8% 5 0 1 2
230 Sullivan & Worcester Boston 4.8 2.2% 2.6% 1 2 1 0
231 Balch & Bingham Birmingham 4.4 3.0% 1.4% 5 0 1 1
232 Hiscock & Barclay Syracuse 3.5 2.3% 1.2% 1 0 1 1
233 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Charleston, West Virginia 2.3 1.3% 1.0% 2 1 0 0