Female Attorneys at Large Texas Firms – 2008

Firm (Attorneys in Texas*) 2008 % Female Attorneys in Texas Offices 2007 % Female Attorneys in Texas Offices Change 2008 % Female Partners in Texas Offices 2007 % Female Partners in Texas Offices Change 2008 % Female Associates in Texas Offices 2007 % Female Associates in Texas Offices Change Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (257) 35.00% 35.40% -0.40% 16.50% 19.20% -2.70% 40.60% 42.00% -1.40% Andrews Kurth (340) 31.80% 28.70% 3.10% 15.40% 15.40% 0.00% 48.30% 44.00% 4.30% Baker Botts (514) 33.90% 32.90% 1.00% 16.20% 17.80% -1.60% 42.40% 41.10% 1.30% Bracewell & Giuliani (305) 30.20% 31.90% -1.70% 17.70% 18.50% -0.80% 41.80% 45.60% -3.80% Brown McCarroll (125) 33.60% 34.30% -0.70% 24.70% 25.00% -0.30% 54.80% 55.90% -1.10% Clark, Thomas & Winters (115) 33.00% 32.50% 0.50% 26.30% 28.40% -2.10% 46.20% 34.90% 11.30% Cox Smith Matthews (127) 22.80% 24.60% -1.80% 15.10% 16.20% -1.10% 31.10% 31.40% -0.30% Fulbright & Jaworski (556) 34.40% 33.70% 0.70% 20.50% 19.00% 1.50% 42.10% 43.70% -1.60% Haynes and Boone (414) 31.40% 30.70% 0.70% 20.50% 21.00% -0.50% 41.30% 42.00% -0.70% Hunton & Williams** (142) 23.90% 22.40% 1.50% 7.60% 7.90% -0.30% 46.30% 41.70% 4.60% Jackson Walker (324) 28.70% 27.70% 1.00% 16.00% 14.90% 1.10% 49.50% 49.50% 0.00% Jones Day** (245) 35.90% 36.70% -0.80% 23.00% 22.50% 0.50% 45.90% 47.00% -1.10% K&L Gates** (162) 30.90% 24.90% 6.00% 16.70% 9.30% 7.40% 46.20% 43.80% 2.40% Kelly Hart & Hallman (126) 21.40% 19.80% 1.60% 14.00% 14.30% -0.30% 27.50% 24.60% 2.90% King & Spalding** (94) 34.00% 34.10% -0.10% 15.60% 10.70% 4.90% 43.50% 44.40% -0.90% Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell*** (386) 27.50% 26.80% 0.70% 16.80% 15.40% 1.40% 36.60% 36.20% 0.40% Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (102) 21.60% 25.50% -3.90% 9.70% 15.40% -5.70% 44.40% 48.40% -4.00% Patton Boggs** (99) 25.30% 20.80% 4.50% 17.50% 14.00% 3.50% 30.50% 25.90% 4.60% Strasburger & Price (174) 29.90% 29.40% 0.50% 23.20% 25.70% -2.50% 48.80% 38.10% 10.70% Thompson & Knight (349) 29.20% 29.00% 0.20% 20.10% 21.80% -1.70% 42.50% 42.00% 0.50% Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons (95) 34.70% 36.10% -1.40% 21.50% 25.00% -3.50% 86.40% 57.60% 28.80% Vinson & Elkins (538) 34.00% 33.10% 0.90% 16.70% 17.50% -0.80% 46.80% 45.80% 1.00% Weil, Gotshal & Manges** (127) 40.90% 45.50% -4.60% 32.30% 29.00% 3.30% 43.80% 48.90% -5.10% Winstead (279) 25.40% 22.90% 2.50% 12.30% 12.00% 0.30% 41.30% 37.40% 3.90% Source: the firms.
* Attorney count is as of July 1.
** Firms not based in Texas.
*** Formerly Locke Liddell & Sapp.
Note: The 25 largest firms in Texas, as listed on Texas Lawyer‘s “The Texas 100″ poster, published April 28, 2008, reported women and minority attorney counts for their Texas offices. Gardere Wynne Sewell declined to participate.
All percentage figures are for attorneys in the firms’ Texas offices only. 2008 data is as of July 1, 2008. 2007 data is as of July 1, 2007. Texas Lawyer, September 2008




Minority Attorneys at Large Texas Firms – 2008
Firms (Attorneys in Texas*) 2008 % Minority Attorneys in Texas Offices 2007 % Minority Attorneys in Texas Offices Change 2008 % Minority Partners in Texas Offices 2007 % Minority Partners in Texas Offices Change 2008 % Minority Associates in Texas Offices 2007 % Minority Associates in Texas Offices Change
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (257) 13.20% 15.30% -2.10% 9.90% 11.50% -1.60% 25.00% 20.70% 4.30%
Andrews Kurth (340) 10.00% 9.80% 0.20% 7.70% 7.40% 0.30% 14.70% 14.30% 0.40%
Baker Botts (514) 13.80% 11.40% 2.40% 8.10% 8.60% -0.50% 17.80% 14.10% 3.70%
Bracewell & Giuliani (305) 11.50% 13.30% -1.80% 6.10% 5.70% 0.40% 15.80% 21.10% -5.30%
Brown McCarroll (125) 17.60% 12.90% 4.70% 13.60% 11.50% 2.10% 22.60% 14.70% 7.90%
Clark, Thomas & Winters (115) 13.90% 14.50% -0.60% 10.50% 8.10% 2.40% 20.50% 25.60% -5.10%
Cox Smith Matthews (127) 11.80% 11.00% 0.80% 6.80% 8.10% -1.30% 22.20% 20.00% 2.20%
Fulbright & Jaworski (556) 11.20% 9.10% 2.10% 6.30% 5.30% 1.00% 16.30% 13.90% 2.40%
Haynes and Boone (414) 14.30% 11.90% 2.40% 9.70% 8.50% 1.20% 17.90% 14.20% 3.70%
Hunton & Williams** (142) 11.30% 9.20% 2.10% 3.00% 2.60% 0.40% 20.40% 20.00% 0.40%
Jackson Walker (324) 10.50% 9.10% 1.40% 8.80% 6.40% 2.40% 16.80% 15.80% 1.00%
Jones Day** (245) 11.00% 10.00% 1.00% 8.10% 5.60% 2.50% 12.00% 14.40% -2.40%
K&L Gates** (162) 11.70% 10.70% 1.00% 9.50% 6.20% 3.30% 14.10% 16.30% -2.20%
Kelly Hart & Hallman (126) 5.60% 3.80% 1.80% 5.30% 4.10% 1.20% 5.80% 3.50% 2.30%
King & Spalding** (94) 14.90% 15.40% -0.50% 6.30% 10.70% -4.40% 19.40% 17.50% 1.90%
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell*** (386) 10.90% 10.90% 0.00% 6.30% 4.40% 1.90% 16.90% 20.00% -3.10%
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (102) 9.80% 10.20% -0.40% 6.50% 7.70% -1.20% 16.70% 16.10% 0.60%
Patton Boggs** (99) 11.10% 8.90% 2.20% 7.50% 7.00% 0.50% 13.60% 10.30% 3.30%
Strasburger & Price (174) 9.80% 8.20% 1.60% 4.50% 5.50% -1.00% 25.60% 16.70% 8.90%
Thompson & Knight (349) 11.70% 9.90% 1.80% 6.70% 7.10% -0.40% 20.00% 15.20% 4.80%
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons (95) 9.50% 6.20% 3.30% 4.60% 4.70% -0.10% 27.30% 9.10% 18.20%
Vinson & Elkins (538) 13.90% 12.50% 1.40% 6.30% 5.70% 0.60% 22.50% 20.40% 2.10%
Weil, Gotshal & Manges** (127) 21.30% 24.00% -2.70% 12.90% 9.70% 3.20% 22.90% 28.90% -6.00%
Winstead (279) 11.10% 7.20% 3.90% 7.70% 5.10% 2.60% 18.30% 9.90% 8.40%
Source: the firms.
* Attorney count is as of July 1.
** Firms not based in Texas.
*** Formerly Locke Liddell & Sapp.
Note: The 25 largest firms in Texas, as listed on Texas Lawyer‘s “The Texas 100″ poster, published April 28, 2008, reported women and minority attorney counts for their Texas offices. Gardere Wynne Sewell declined to participate.
All percentage figures are for attorneys in the firms’ Texas offices only. 2008 data is as of July 1, 2008. 2007 data is as of July 1, 2007.
Texas Lawyer, September 2008