Each firm’s diversity score was calculated by adding its percentage of minority U.S. lawyers to its percentage of minority U.S. partners. For an explanation of our methodology, a list of nonresponding firms, and additional information on responding firms (including their number of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and multiracial or other minority attorneys), go to americanlawyer.com/diversity.

2011 Diversity Rank Firm Location Diversity Score Minority %–all U.S. Attorneys Minority %–all U.S. Partners Total U.S. Attorneys
1 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto 43.9 25.4% 18.5% 586
2 White & Case International 40.9 24.5% 16.4% 771
3 Munger, Tolles & Olson Los Angeles 39.5 23.4% 16.1% 188
4 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton International 37.8 26.1% 11.7% 629
5 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Los Angeles 36.6 23.0% 13.6% 765
6 Hughes Hubbard & Reed New York 36.4 25.4% 11.0% 307
7 Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Irvine, California 35.6 20.7% 14.9% 266
8 Fenwick & West Mountain View, California 34.7 25.2% 9.5% 270
8 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco 34.7 23.7% 11.0% 876
10 Townsend and Townsend and Crew1 San Francisco 33.6 19.3% 14.3% 171
11 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York 33.5 23.1% 10.4% 667
12 Kenyon & Kenyon New York 33.4 21.1% 12.3% 166
13 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York 32.6 23.0% 9.6% 444
14 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York 32.0 23.9% 8.1% 677
15 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Washington, D.C. 31.7 21.1% 10.6% 380
16 Epstein Becker & Green National 31.4 17.2% 14.2% 303
17 O’Melveny & Myers Los Angeles 31.3 21.8% 9.5% 760
18 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York 30.8 22.7% 8.1% 865
19 Best Best & Krieger Riverside, California 30.7 18.5% 12.2% 195
20 Carlton Fields Tampa 30.4 17.7% 12.7% 300
21 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York 29.1 23.9% 5.2% 758
22 Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C. 29.0 19.4% 9.6% 654
23 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe National 28.8 19.3% 9.5% 741
24 Baker & McKenzie Verein 27.7 16.4% 11.3% 651
24 Boies, Schiller & Flexner National 27.7 14.2% 13.5% 254
26 Debevoise & Plimpton New York 27.6 20.4% 7.2% 555
26 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker National 27.6 18.3% 9.3% 800
28 Chadbourne & Parke New York 27.1 17.7% 9.4% 283
29 Shearman & Sterling International 27.0 21.2% 5.8% 425
30 Irell & Manella Los Angeles 26.9 13.5% 13.4% 200
30 Kirkland & Ellis National 26.9 17.2% 9.7% 1,317
32 Dewey & LeBoeuf New York 26.6 19.9% 6.7% 735
32 Latham & Watkins National 26.6 18.7% 7.9% 1,485
34 Jackson Lewis National 26.5 15.6% 10.9% 646
34 Littler Mendelson National 26.5 16.6% 9.9% 814
36 Fish & Richardson National 26.2 16.0% 10.2% 350
36 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Los Angeles 26.2 19.7% 6.5% 513
38 Schulte Roth & Zabel New York 25.8 16.7% 9.1% 401
39 Sedgwick Los Angeles 25.5 15.1% 10.4% 350
40 Kelley Drye & Warren New York 25.3 17.7% 7.6% 299
40 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman National 25.3 15.5% 9.8% 658
42 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Los Angeles 25.2 17.8% 7.4% 338
43 Broad and Cassel Orlando 25.1 17.5% 7.6% 160
43 Crowell & Moring Washington, D.C. 25.1 16.4% 8.7% 440
45 Shutts & Bowen Miami 24.9 13.9% 11.0% 209
46 Ropes & Gray Boston 24.8 15.1% 9.7% 961
47 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom National 24.6 17.7% 6.9% 1,585
48 Jenner & Block Chicago 24.5 17.0% 7.5% 452
49 Holland & Knight National 24.0 13.8% 10.2% 972
50 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York 23.9 20.1% 3.8% 493
50 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr National 23.9 16.2% 7.7% 933
52 Greenberg Traurig National 23.6 13.9% 9.7% 1,657
53 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld National 23.5 14.7% 8.8% 797
53 Cooley Palo Alto 23.5 16.0% 7.5% 618
53 DLA Piper Verein 23.5 15.2% 8.3% 1,301
56 Haynes and Boone Dallas 23.4 13.1% 10.3% 518
56 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Minneapolis 23.4 17.2% 6.2% 262
56 Sullivan & Cromwell New York 23.4 17.4% 6.0% 679
59 Perkins Coie Seattle 23.3 15.6% 7.7% 745
60 Baker Botts Houston 23.2 14.9% 8.3% 638
60 Gordon & Rees San Francisco 23.2 12.2% 11.0% 411
62 Reed Smith National 23.1 14.6% 8.5% 1,071
63 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey National 23.0 12.2% 10.8% 547
64 McDermott Will & Emery National 22.9 13.6% 9.3% 912
64 Williams & Connolly Washington, D.C. 22.9 12.6% 10.3% 254
66 Alston & Bird Atlanta 22.7 15.2% 7.5% 808
67 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher National 22.6 16.2% 6.4% 992
68 Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. 22.3 16.5% 5.8% 656
68 Hinshaw & Culbertson Chicago 22.3 13.9% 8.4% 498
70 Akerman Senterfitt Miami 22.0 13.1% 8.9% 450
70 Andrews Kurth Houston 22.0 13.4% 8.6% 388
70 McKenna Long & Aldridge National 22.0 15.2% 6.8% 414
73 Winston & Strawn National 21.8 14.3% 7.5% 845
74 Ford & Harrison Atlanta 21.6 14.2% 7.4% 176
75 Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Missouri 21.5 11.1% 10.4% 487
76 Sidley Austin National 21.3 14.6% 6.7% 1,334
77 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Los Angeles 21.0 13.6% 7.4% 221
77 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart National 21.0 13.8% 7.2% 523
79 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Los Angeles 20.9 14.0% 6.9% 528
80 Fulbright & Jaworski Houston 20.8 13.9% 6.9% 763
80 Quarles & Brady Milwaukee 20.8 12.2% 8.6% 427
80 Winstead Dallas 20.8 12.2% 8.6% 263
83 Dickstein Shapiro Washington, D.C. 20.7 12.8% 7.9% 368
83 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National 20.7 14.1% 6.6% 1,204
83 Thompson & Knight Dallas 20.7 12.5% 8.2% 280
86 Steptoe & Johnson Washington, D.C. 20.6 12.3% 8.3% 422
87 Kaye Scholer New York 20.5 14.3% 6.2% 434
87 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler New York 20.5 12.8% 7.7% 218
87 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York 20.5 15.7% 4.8% 254
90 Bingham McCutchen National 20.4 13.4% 7.0% 935
90 Jackson Walker Dallas 20.4 12.9% 7.5% 341
92 Davis Wright Tremaine Seattle 20.3 13.2% 7.1% 485
93 Jones Day National 20.2 13.5% 6.7% 1,803
94 Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York 20.1 13.6% 6.5% 492
95 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Denver 19.9 11.2% 8.7% 223
96 Mayer Brown International 19.6 14.1% 5.5% 880
96 Vinson & Elkins Houston 19.6 15.2% 4.4% 692
98 Hunton & Williams National 19.4 12.4% 7.0% 780
98 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan New York 19.4 14.8% 4.6% 298
100 Fennemore Craig Phoenix 19.2 11.1% 8.1% 180
100 Hogan Lovells Verein 19.2 13.0% 6.2% 908
100 Proskauer Rose New York 19.2 14.1% 5.1% 617
103 Foley & Lardner Milwaukee 18.8 11.9% 6.9% 910
104 King & Spalding National 18.7 12.6% 6.1% 746
105 Duane Morris National 18.5 10.8% 7.7% 692
106 Cahill Gordon & Reindel New York 18.4 12.3% 6.1% 277
107 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York 18.2 14.0% 4.2% 413
107 SNR Denton Verein 18.2 11.5% 6.7% 633
109 K&L Gates National 18.1 11.2% 6.9% 1,505
110 Foley Hoag Boston 18.0 14.8% 3.2% 210
110 Goodwin Procter Boston 18.0 13.8% 4.2% 821
112 Ballard Spahr Philadelphia 17.8 11.2% 6.6% 492
113 Baker & Hostetler National 17.4 12.3% 5.1% 699
113 Katten Muchin Rosenman National 17.4 12.3% 5.1% 594
115 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York 17.3 12.9% 4.4% 434
115 Snell & Wilmer Phoenix 17.3 10.5% 6.8% 410
117 Kutak Rock Omaha 17.0 10.2% 6.8% 422
118 Day Pitney Hartford 16.9 12.4% 4.5% 338
118 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Boston 16.9 10.6% 6.3% 452
120 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel New York 16.8 11.0% 5.8% 337
120 Schiff Hardin Chicago 16.8 10.3% 6.5% 360
122 Arent Fox Washington, D.C. 16.7 12.6% 4.1% 341
123 Dow Lohnes Washington, D.C. 16.4 12.1% 4.3% 132
123 Seyfarth Shaw National 16.4 11.6% 4.8% 773
125 Wiley Rein Washington, D.C. 16.3 8.6% 7.7% 266
126 Troutman Sanders Atlanta 16.1 10.6% 5.5% 623
126 Venable National 16.1 10.2% 5.9% 527
128 Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis 16.0 7.9% 8.1% 517
128 McGuireWoods Richmond 16.0 10.4% 5.6% 849
130 Loeb & Loeb New York 15.9 10.8% 5.1% 306
131 Bracewell & Giuliani Houston 15.8 10.3% 5.5% 445
131 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Dallas 15.8 9.8% 6.0% 625
133 Nixon Peabody National 15.7 10.9% 4.8% 615
134 Gardere Wynne Sewell Dallas 15.6 11.2% 4.4% 249
134 Phelps Dunbar New Orleans 15.6 8.1% 7.5% 272
136 Bryan Cave National 15.4 10.4% 5.0% 853
136 Chapman and Cutler Chicago 15.4 11.5% 3.9% 183
138 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker National 15.3 9.9% 5.4% 791
139 Fox Rothschild Philadelphia 15.1 9.1% 6.0% 514
140 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Atlanta 14.8 10.0% 4.8% 419
141 Fisher & Phillips Atlanta 14.5 8.7% 5.8% 252
141 Gibbons Newark 14.5 10.8% 3.7% 223
143 Holland & Hart Denver 14.4 9.4% 5.0% 416
143 Lowenstein Sandler Roseland, New Jersey 14.4 9.5% 4.9% 253
143 McCarter & English Newark 14.4 9.7% 4.7% 393
143 Pepper Hamilton Philadelphia 14.4 8.7% 5.7% 461
147 Kilpatrick Stockton2 Atlanta 14.3 9.4% 4.9% 413
148 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo Boston 14.2 10.0% 4.2% 442
149 Dickinson Wright Detroit 14.1 8.5% 5.6% 260
150 Drinker Biddle & Reath Philadelphia 14.0 9.5% 4.5% 642
151 Dykema Gossett Detroit 13.7 8.6% 5.1% 338
151 Miles & Stockbridge Baltimore 13.7 8.9% 4.8% 224
153 Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon Chicago 13.5 8.7% 4.8% 149
154 Archer & Greiner Haddonfield, New Jersey 13.2 7.6% 5.6% 172
155 Godfrey & Kahn Milwaukee 12.4 9.2% 3.2% 185
155 Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps San Diego 12.4 10.1% 2.3% 148
155 Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Charlotte 12.4 9.0% 3.4% 210
155 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Winston-Salem 12.4 6.9% 5.5% 480
159 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Memphis 12.2 7.6% 4.6% 577
159 Strasburger & Price Dallas 12.2 7.5% 4.7% 174
161 Vedder Price Chicago 12.0 6.7% 5.3% 253
162 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Columbia, South Carolina 11.7 7.4% 4.3% 418
163 Blank Rome Philadelphia 11.6 7.6% 4.0% 472
163 Dechert National 11.6 9.1% 2.5% 618
163 Thompson Hine Cleveland 11.6 7.4% 4.2% 364
166 Miller & Martin Chattanooga, Tennessee 11.5 8.4% 3.1% 191
167 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn Detroit 11.1 6.9% 4.2% 233
168 Faegre & Benson Minneapolis 10.9 7.3% 3.6% 425
169 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter Morristown, New Jersey 10.7 7.9% 2.8% 279
170 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Toledo 10.6 6.3% 4.3% 206
170 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Columbus 10.6 6.6% 4.0% 350
172 White and Williams Philadelphia 10.5 8.3% 2.2% 230
173 Barnes & Thornburg Indianapolis 10.3 6.3% 4.0% 510
174 Baker & Daniels Indianapolis 10.1 5.9% 4.2% 321
175 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Pittsburgh 9.9 7.8% 2.1% 422
175 Williams Mullen Richmond 9.9 6.8% 3.1% 281
177 Goulston & Storrs Boston 9.8 7.7% 2.1% 182
177 Ice Miller Indianapolis 9.8 7.3% 2.5% 232
179 Harris Beach Rochester 9.7 7.1% 2.6% 196
180 Burr & Forman Birmingham 9.6 5.9% 3.7% 236
181 Fredrikson & Byron Minneapolis 9.5 5.2% 4.3% 230
182 Adams and Reese New Orleans 9.2 5.6% 3.6% 270
182 Bass, Berry & Sims Nashville 9.2 6.3% 2.9% 207
184 Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale St. Louis 8.6 5.4% 3.2% 166
185 Dinsmore & Shohl Cincinnati 8.5 4.7% 3.8% 443
186 Polsinelli Shughart Kansas City, Missouri 8.2 5.4% 2.8% 521
187 Thompson Coburn St. Louis 7.4 4.8% 2.6% 334
188 Stinson Morrison Hecker Kansas City, Missouri 6.6 5.0% 1.6% 303
189 Husch Blackwell St. Louis 6.4 4.2% 2.2% 591
189 Warner Norcross & Judd Grand Rapids 6.4 4.5% 1.9% 220
191 Leonard, Street and Deinard Minneapolis 6.3 3.8% 2.5% 185
192 Ulmer & Berne Cleveland 6.0 3.9% 2.1% 179
193 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Louisville 4.4 3.6% 0.8% 195
194 Stites & Harbison Louisville 4.2 4.2% 0.0% 212

2 Merged with Townsend and Townsend and Crew in January 2011 to form Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

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