Some Southeastern law firms were first-time participants this year among the group of firms that were certified or recertified under the Mansfield Rule leadership diversity initiative.

Large regionally based firms or firms founded in the region participating for the first time included Bradley Arant Boult Cummings; Burr & Forman; Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete; Jones Walker; Maynard Nexsen; Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; and Parker Poe Adams Bernstein. Two midsize firms, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry and Hawkins, Parnell & Young, also were in their initial years of participation, according to organizers.