diversity rankings::Manhattan::black (from betterlegalprofession.org)
| partners |
|
associates |
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| rank |
firm |
percent |
M |
F |
|
rank |
firm |
percent |
M |
F |
|
| 1 | Cleary Gottlieb | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | A | 1 | Nixon Peabody | 20.0 | 3 | 6 | A |
| 2 | Epstein Becker & Green | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 11.2 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Curtis, Mallet-prevost | 4.4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Pillsbury Winthrop | 10.8 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Chadbourne & Parke | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Alston & Bird | 9.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Pillsbury Winthrop | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Dla Piper Us | 9.3 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Reed Smith | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Bryan Cave | 9.2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Carter Ledyard & Milburn | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Holland & Knight | 8.3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Morrison & Foerster | 7.8 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Loeb & Loeb | 2.7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Wilmerhale | 7.7 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Winston & Strawn | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Wachtell, Lipton | 7.1 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | Alston & Bird | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Dewey & Leboeuf | 7.1 | 13 | 15 |
| 12 | Covington & Burling | 2.6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Cleary Gottlieb | 6.8 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | Mcdermott Will & Emery | 6.7 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Dewey & Leboeuf | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 6.5 | 12 | 11 |
| 15 | Nixon Peabody | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | Clifford Chance Us | 6.3 | 2 | 10 |
| 16 | Fitzpatrick, Cella | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | Baker & Mckenzie | 6.3 | 1 | 3 | B |
| 17 | O'Melveny & Myers | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 6.2 | 11 | 20 |
| 18 | Moses & Singer | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | B | 18 | Bingham Mccutchen | 6.2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Fulbright & Jaworski | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 5.9 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | Linklaters | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | Covington & Burling | 5.9 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Paul, Weiss | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | Fulbright & Jaworski | 5.9 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 1.9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | Simpson Thacher | 5.9 | 9 | 21 |
| 23 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | Reed Smith | 5.8 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Patterson | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 5.8 | 9 | 13 |
| 25 | Troutman Sanders | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | Kirkland & Ellis | 5.5 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Baker & Mckenzie | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Kaye Scholer | 5.5 | 2 | 8 |
| 27 | Akin Gump | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | Skadden, Arps | 5.5 | 14 | 21 |
| 28 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | Hogan & Hartson | 5.4 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | Paul, Hastings | 5.2 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 30 | Paul, Weiss | 5.1 | 8 | 11 |
| 31 | Dechert | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | C | 31 | Winston & Strawn | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | C |
| 32 | Paul, Hastings | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 4.8 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Ropes & Gray | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | Sidley Austin | 4.7 | 5 | 7 |
| 34 | Hogan & Hartson | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | 4.6 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | Bryan Cave | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | Blank Rome | 4.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | Pryor Cashman | 4.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Latham & Watkins | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | Carter Ledyard & Milburn | 4.2 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Mcdermott Will & Emery | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | Mayer Brown | 4.1 | 3 | 3 |
| 39 | Wachtell, Lipton | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | Latham & Watkins | 4.1 | 5 | 8 |
| 40 | Milbank, Tweed | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | Milbank, Tweed | 4.1 | 3 | 9 |
| 41 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | Troutman Sanders | 4.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Dla Piper Us | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | Curtis, Mallet-prevost | 4.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 43 | Shearman & Sterling | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 4.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 3.9 | 0 | 6 |
| 45 | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | Greenberg Traurig | 3.8 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Fried, Frank | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | D | 46 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | 3.8 | 3 | 6 | D |
| 47 | Sonnenschein Nath | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | 3.6 | 6 | 7 |
| 48 | Kramer Levin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | Fitzpatrick, Cella | 3.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | Jones Day | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | Jones Day | 3.5 | 2 | 5 |
| 50 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 3.4 | 6 | 9 |
| 51 | Kaye Scholer | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | Seward & Kissel | 3.4 | 2 | 2 |
| 52 | Skadden, Arps | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 52 | Proskauer Rose | 3.3 | 0 | 8 |
| 53 | Kirkland & Ellis | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 53 | Akin Gump | 3.3 | 3 | 1 |
| 54 | Simpson Thacher | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 54 | Fragomen, Del Rey | 3.1 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 | Sidley Austin | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 55 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 2.9 | 4 | 5 |
| 56 | Proskauer Rose | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 56 | White & Case | 2.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 57 | White & Case | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 57 | Ropes & Gray | 2.8 | 1 | 5 |
| 58 | King & Spalding | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | 58 | Shearman & Sterling | 2.8 | 3 | 7 |
| 59 | Holland & Knight | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | Herrick, Feinstein | 2.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | Blank Rome | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 2.7 | 1 | 3 |
| 61 | Bingham Mccutchen | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | Chadbourne & Parke | 2.7 | 1 | 2 |
| 62 | Pryor Cashman | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | Fried, Frank | 2.6 | 4 | 4 | F |
| 63 | Goodwin Procter | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 2.4 | 3 | 2 |
| 64 | Wilmerhale | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | Sonnenschein Nath | 2.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | Seward & Kissel | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | King & Spalding | 2.1 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Herrick, Feinstein | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Goodwin Procter | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | Patterson | 1.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | Kramer Levin | 1.9 | 2 | 2 |
| 69 | Fragomen, Del Rey | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | Loeb & Loeb | 1.8 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 | Morrison & Foerster | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | Linklaters | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 71 | Mayer Brown | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | O'Melveny & Myers | 1.4 | 0 | 2 |
| 72 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Dechert | 0.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Greenberg Traurig | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | Moses & Singer | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Clifford Chance Us | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | Epstein Becker & Green | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
This chart ranks the percentage of black partners and associates at Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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 20 most prestigious law firms in Manhattan, 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.