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diversity rankings::Washington, DC::female (from betterlegalprofession.org)

partners						associates
rank	firm	percent	M	F		rank	firm	percent	M	F
1	Dla Piper Us	29.1	61	25	A	1	Patton Boggs	57.0	37	49	A
2	Sutherland Asbill	29.0	49	20		2	Crowell & Moring	56.5	47	61
3	Wilmerhale	27.1	78	29		3	King & Spalding	55.8	34	43
4	Arent Fox	25.4	88	30		4	Venable Llp - Baltimore	55.4	41	51
5	Hogan & Hartson	25.1	179	60		5	K&L Gates	54.7	34	41
6	White & Case	25.0	24	8		6	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	52.9	32	36
7	King & Spalding	24.6	43	14		7	O'Melveny & Myers	51.7	42	45
8	Covington & Burling	23.9	105	33		8	Covington & Burling	51.4	122	129
9	Mckenna Long & Aldridge	23.7	45	14		9	Paul, Hastings	51.3	37	39
10	Holland & Knight	22.9	84	25	B	10	Hogan & Hartson	51.3	112	118	B
11	Mcdermott Will & Emery	22.8	95	28		11	Wilmerhale	50.7	109	112
12	Crowell & Moring	22.7	102	30		12	Arent Fox	50.5	48	49
13	Howrey	22.4	90	26		13	Akin Gump	49.6	57	56
14	Kirkland & Ellis	22.4	66	19		14	Pillsbury Winthrop	49.3	37	36
15	Latham & Watkins	22.3	73	21		15	Howrey	48.8	65	62
16	Kelley Drye & Warren	21.7	36	10		16	Dickstein Shapiro	48.4	48	45
17	Baker Botts	21.7	36	10		17	Mcdermott Will & Emery	47.4	41	37
18	Pillsbury Winthrop	21.6	69	19		18	Dewey & Leboeuf	47.4	30	27
19	Dow Lohnes	21.1	45	12	C	19	Holland & Knight	47.4	30	27
20	K&L Gates	21.0	83	22		20	Dla Piper Us	46.2	21	18	C
21	Wiley Rein	20.9	102	27		21	Bingham Mccutchen	45.8	39	33
22	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	19.8	81	20		22	White & Case	45.2	57	47
23	Venable Llp - Baltimore	19.0	102	24		23	Steptoe & Johnson	45.2	57	47
24	Patton Boggs	19.0	111	26		24	Fried, Frank	45.2	34	28
25	Mayer Brown	18.8	56	13		25	Sidley Austin	44.9	65	53
26	Finnegan, Henderson	18.3	76	17		26	Sutherland Asbill	43.9	37	29
27	O'Melveny & Myers	17.9	32	7		27	Skadden, Arps	43.9	83	65
28	Steptoe & Johnson	17.6	89	19	D	28	Foley & Lardner	43.9	23	18	D
29	Skadden, Arps	17.1	63	13		29	Kelley Drye & Warren	43.6	31	24
30	Sughrue Mion, P	17.0	39	8		30	Arnold & Porter	43.2	134	102
31	Dickstein Shapiro	17.0	88	18		31	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	43.1	58	44
32	Dewey & Leboeuf	16.7	35	7		32	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	43.1	74	56
33	Arnold & Porter	16.4	117	23		33	Dow Lohnes	42.9	20	15
34	Cleary Gottlieb	15.8	16	3		34	Mayer Brown	41.9	36	26
35	Sidley Austin	15.7	91	17		35	Latham & Watkins	41.5	93	66
36	Bingham Mccutchen	15.7	75	14		36	Wiley Rein	41.5	55	39
37	Paul, Hastings	15.6	27	5	F	37	Cleary Gottlieb	41.4	41	29	F
38	Jones Day	14.9	80	14		38	Winston & Strawn	40.0	42	28
39	Foley & Lardner	14.3	54	9		39	Jones Day	39.8	65	43
40	Williams & Connolly	13.9	93	15		40	Finnegan, Henderson	39.7	79	52
41	Hunton & Williams	13.3	72	11		41	Kirkland & Ellis	39.6	67	44
42	Fried, Frank	12.9	27	4		42	Mckenna Long & Aldridge	36.7	31	18
43	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	12.7	48	7		43	Baker Botts	34.4	40	21
44	Akin Gump	11.2	87	11		44	Williams & Connolly	34.4	86	45
45	Winston & Strawn	7.0	53	4		45	Hunton & Williams	34.0	62	32
46	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	5.6	17	1		46	Sughrue Mion, P	30.8	36	16

This chart ranks the percentage of female 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