Female attorneys are highly valued at Dallas firm Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, where women comprised 43 percent of its lawyer ranks in 2016.

Thompson Coe is ranked 12th among 261 U.S. firms on The National Law Journal's Women's Scorecard for its relatively high percentage of women lawyers. The rankings were determined from survey responses from 261 of the nation's largest law firms in the NLJ 500 head count report. Each firm's ranking is determined by adding the percentage of female attorneys and percentage of female partners. Thompson Coe's score is a 73.1, with 43 percent women lawyers, and 30.1 percent women partners.

The 186-lawyer Thompson Coe is ranked far higher than other large Texas firms included in the Women's Scorecard. The next Texas firm on the list is Dallas' Strasburger & Price, with 33.3 percent women lawyers and 31.0 percent women partners, capturing the 31st spot in the ranking.