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Dozen major law firms had new partnership classes with 50% or more women for at least 4 years
October 31, 2024, 11:27 am CDT
Female lawyers made up at least half of new partner promotions in 82 major law firms this year, according to the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance. (Image from Shutterstock)
Female lawyers made up at least half of new partner promotions in 82 major law firms this year, according to the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance.
The 82 firms are “tipping the scales” toward gender parity, the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance—a consulting and membership organization helping businesses optimize diversity, equity and inclusion, flexible work environments and well-being—said in an Oct. 29 press release.
The group looked at public information for 196 firms to determine gender breakdowns in new partner classes in the United States and globally. The “tipping the scales” firms had 50% or more women in new partner classes in total or in the United States, according to an infographic.
Several firms on the list had 50% or more women in their new partner classes for multiple years. They are:
• Six years: Davis Wright Tremaine
• Five years: Epstein Becker & Green; Jackson Lewis; Littler Mendelson; Miller & Chevalier
• Four years: Boies Schiller Flexner; Debevoise & Plimpton; Dechert; Jenner & Block; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Wiley Rein
Although more firms are achieving gender parity in new partner classes, there is an overall decline in female representation in new partner classes, said Manar Morales, president and CEO of the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance, in the press release.
Overall, 41.6% of U.S.-based new partners at 196 major firms were women this year. Last year, the percentage was 43.7%.
The decline “is a stark reminder that progress isn’t inevitable—it requires intentional action,” Morales said.
Here is the complete list of 82 firms that included 50% or more women in their new partner classes:
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
Armstrong Teasdale
Arnall Golden Gregory
Baker McKenzie
Baker Botts
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Baker & Hostetler
Ballard Spahr
Barnes & Thornburg
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff
Beveridge & Diamond
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod
Blank Rome
Boies Schiller Flexner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Burns & Levinson
Burr & Forman
Chapman and Cutler
Cooley
Cox, Castle & Nicholson
Cozen O’Connor
Davis Wright Tremaine
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Dickinson Wright
Dinsmore & Shohl
Duane Morris
Dykema Gossett
Eversheds Sutherland
Epstein Becker & Green
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Fredrikson & Byron
Goldberg Segalla
Gordon Feinblatt
Goulston & Storrs
Greenspoon Marder
Herrick, Feinstein
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
Husch Blackwell
Ice Miller
Irell & Manella
Jackson Lewis
Jenner & Block
Kelley Drye & Warren
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Lane Powell
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie Lewis Roca
Littler Mendelson
McCarter & English
McDermott Will & EmeryMcDermott
Miller & Chevalier
Moore & Van Allen
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Morris, Manning & Martin
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Nixon Peabody
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Polsinelli
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Pryor Cashman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Robins Kaplan
Ropes & Gray
Saul Ewing
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Sidley Austin
Snell & Wilmer
Susman Godfrey
Thompson Hine
Tucker Ellis
Venable
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Wiley Rein
Williams & Connolly
Williams Mullen
