Firms with the largest Texas offices shed some lawyers between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, but the percentages of minority and female lawyers didn't slip. While 24 of the 26 firms with the most lawyers in Texas lost 2.9 percent of their lawyers, the percentage of minority lawyers increased by 0.6 percent and the percentage of female lawyers rose by 0.2 percent. "That statistic is definitely indicative of progress on some level in minority retention," says Weil, Gotshal & Manges' Emmanuel Obi.
October 08, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Taken as a whole, the firms with the largest Texas offices shed some lawyers between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, but the percentages of minority and female lawyers at those firms did not slip.
During that period, 24 of the 26 firms with the most lawyers in Texas lost 2.9 percent of their lawyers, but the percentage of minority lawyers increased by .6 percent and the percentage of female lawyers rose by .2 percent.
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