Am Law 100 Firms That Are Failing Women
Some major firms have embarrassingly pathetic rates of female equity partners. And we're naming names.
June 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Every time I see one of those lists of firms where women are "succeeding" or "winning" I want to bang my head against the wall. Why? Because they're always so damn predictable. And so damn depressing.
Let me cut to the chase: The top dozen or so firms where women are doing fantastically well are never big names such as Cravath Swaine & Moore or Sullivan & Cromwell. Nor are they the most profitable ones. Quite the contrary.
Once again, the latest "best" list compiled by The National Law Journal, "The NLJ 500: Where Are Women Winning?" is nothing to brag about. (The score is determined by adding the percentage of female attorneys and percentage of female partners—equity and nonequity.) With the very notable exception of Ropes & Gray (No. 20 on the NLJ list), the other 19 firms are largely regional firms or firms with low-profit margin practices, such as immigration or labor and employment law.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Alston & Bird
- Greenberg Traurig
- Boies Schiller Flexner
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Locke Lord LLP
- Duane Morris
- Milbank LLP
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- DLA Piper
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Sidley Austin
- Gordon & Rees
- Jones Day
- Ropes & Gray
- Troutman Sanders
- Foley & Lardner
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Vinson & Elkins
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