Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)Atlanta Law Firms Ace LGBTQ Equality Rating
Twenty-six firms in Atlanta earned perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign's annual Corporate Equality Index.
March 28, 2019 at 05:18 PM
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Atlanta Big Law firms participating in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's ranking of LGBTQ policies passed with flying colors in the group's latest report.
Of the 164 large law firms assessed nationally, all seven of the Atlanta-based firms scored a perfect 100 on HRC's Corporate Equality Index, released on Thursday.
They are: Alston & Bird; Eversheds Sutherland; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton; King & Spalding; Morris Manning & Martin; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart; and Troutman Sanders.
Overall, 35 Am Law 200 firms with an Atlanta location participated in the survey, which assesses how supportive the nation's largest law firms and corporations are of their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees. Of the 35, 26 achieved a perfect score.
The Corporate Equality Index evaluates firms on sexual orientation and gender identity protections; equitable health insurance and other benefits; and education and training efforts for LGBTQ inclusion.
Since HRC started publishing the CEI report in 2002, it has steadily increased the requirements for a perfect score. This year it focused on health care provisions, with new criteria for full spousal and partner health care coverage, gender-transition coverage and LGBTQ inclusion in supply chain programs.
The 19 other firms in Atlanta scoring 100 are: Ballard Spahr; Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; Carlton Fields; Dentons; DLA Piper; Duane Morris; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner; Fish & Richardson; Fox Rothschild; Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani; Holland & Knight; Littler Mendelson; Locke Lord; Paul Hastings; Polsinelli; Seyfarth Shaw; Squire Patton Boggs; Thompson Hine and Womble Bond Dickinson.
Other firms in Atlanta that participated in the survey for the first time achieved high scores—and some others upped their scores.
Hunton Andrews Kurth scored 95, losing five points on non-discrimination standards for vendors.
New participants Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and Burr & Forman both entered the ranking with scores of 90, while Greenberg Traurig's score increased to 90 from 85.
Another new participant, Baker & Hostetler, scored 85.
Barnes & Thornburg and McGuireWoods scored 80. Cozen O'Connor, another new entrant, scored 75, as did Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough.
This article has been updated to reflect that Locke Lord was among the firms with an Atlanta office that achieved a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index.
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