And if the list were longer… These 20 firms were close to making it on our annual A-List ranking. With some small changes to certain scores, we could see them there next year. Here are the 20 runners up to the A-List.

21. Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Moving up by 12 spots, Steptoe saw improvement in multiple categories. The firm had a 32-point jump in associate satisfaction to a score of 95, and a six-point rise in female equity partners. Still, its diversity score has room to improve (now 49).