diversity rankings::Washington, DC::black (from betterlegalprofession.org)
| partners |
|
associates |
|
| rank |
firm |
percent |
M |
F |
|
rank |
firm |
percent |
M |
F |
|
| 1 | Holland & Knight | 7.7 | 7 | 2 | A | 1 | Pillsbury Winthrop | 14.0 | 4 | 8 | A |
| 2 | Baker Botts | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Dewey & Leboeuf | 13.0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Jones Day | 6.7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Howrey | 11.7 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Venable Llp - Baltimore | 6.3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Nixon Peabody | 11.4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | White & Case | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Goodwin Procter | 11.1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Patton Boggs | 5.3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | Patton Boggs | 11.0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Williams & Connolly | 4.7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Foley & Lardner | 10.9 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Dickstein Shapiro | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | Dickstein Shapiro | 10.9 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Sughrue Mion, P | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 10.2 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Howrey | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Arnold & Porter | 9.3 | 9 | 14 |
| 11 | Wilmerhale | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | B | 11 | Holland & Knight | 8.8 | 2 | 4 | B |
| 12 | Covington & Burling | 3.9 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Kirkland & Ellis | 8.7 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Kirkland & Ellis | 3.8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | Wilmerhale | 8.6 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | Mcdermott Will & Emery | 3.8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | Mcdermott Will & Emery | 8.3 | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | Mayer Brown | 3.8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Winston & Strawn | 7.9 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Nixon Peabody | 3.6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Skadden, Arps | 7.4 | 4 | 13 |
| 17 | Arnold & Porter | 3.6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | K&L Gates | 7.3 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Bingham Mccutchen | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | Dla Piper Us | 7.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Crowell & Moring | 3.1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | Venable Llp - Baltimore | 7.0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Akin Gump | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | Hogan & Hartson | 6.8 | 3 | 16 |
| 21 | Boies, Schiller & Flexner | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | C | 21 | Akin Gump | 6.7 | 3 | 7 | C |
| 22 | Foley & Lardner | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | Crowell & Moring | 6.6 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | Paul, Hastings | 2.9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | Covington & Burling | 6.6 | 4 | 11 |
| 24 | Sutherland Asbill | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | King & Spalding | 6.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Dla Piper Us | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | Baker Botts | 6.2 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Skadden, Arps | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | Sughrue Mion, P | 5.8 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Hogan & Hartson | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | Mckenna Long & Aldridge | 5.8 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Arent Fox | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | Sidley Austin | 5.4 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 | Alston & Bird | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | Steptoe & Johnson | 5.1 | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | Finnegan, Henderson | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 5.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | D | 31 | Fried, Frank | 5.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | Wiley Rein | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | Boies, Schiller & Flexner | 4.9 | 3 | 2 | D |
| 33 | O'Melveny & Myers | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | Arent Fox | 4.9 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | Steptoe & Johnson | 1.8 | 0 | 2 | 34 | Jones Day | 4.6 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | King & Spalding | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 35 | White & Case | 4.4 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Dewey & Leboeuf | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 36 | Dow Lohnes | 4.3 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | K&L Gates | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 37 | Hunton & Williams | 4.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | Hunton & Williams | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 38 | Sutherland Asbill | 3.9 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Pillsbury Winthrop | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | Alston & Bird | 3.7 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Latham & Watkins | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | Cleary Gottlieb | 3.7 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | Sidley Austin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | F | 41 | Bingham Mccutchen | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | F |
| 42 | Goodwin Procter | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Wiley Rein | 2.9 | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | Latham & Watkins | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | Williams & Connolly | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | Fried, Frank | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | Finnegan, Henderson | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Dow Lohnes | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | Mayer Brown | 2.2 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Cleary Gottlieb | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | O'Melveny & Myers | 2.1 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Mckenna Long & Aldridge | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Paul, Hastings | 1.3 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | Winston & Strawn | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 1.3 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
This chart ranks the percentage of black partners and associates at Washington, DC law offices.
An asterisk indicates that the firm did not provide this information. We treated missing data as if it were zero.
The chart includes all firms with 100 attorneys in their Washington, DC office. See
How We Did This for more on our ranking process.
Firms are graded on a curve. We divide the firms into quintiles, and then assign letter grades based on
this division. We combined the grades with those from other diversity rankings to create a
diversity report card of firms' overall minority employment rates. Note that firms with zero representation in any demographic category receive an "F"
regardless of quintile.
Bold denotes the top 15 most prestigious law firms in Washington, DC, according to vault's 2009 regional rankings
Firms highlighted in pink laid off a number of attorneys equivalent to 15% or more of their U.S. non-partner lawyers after February 1, 2009.