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diversity rankings::Manhattan::black (from betterlegalprofession.org)

partners						associates
rank	firm	percent	M	F		rank	firm	percent	M	F
1	Curtis, Mallet-prevost	4.3	1	1	A	1	Hughes Hubbard & Reed	12.6	8	9	A
2	Loeb & Loeb	4.1	2	1		2	Dla Piper Us	9.7	5	5
3	Moses & Singer	4.0	1	1		3	Pillsbury Winthrop	9.3	3	2
4	Chadbourne & Parke	4.0	3	0		4	Morrison & Foerster	9.0	1	8
5	Patterson	3.8	2	0		5	Alston & Bird	8.3	0	4
6	Pillsbury Winthrop	3.5	2	0		6	Cleary Gottlieb	8.3	10	23
7	Epstein Becker & Green	3.3	2	0		7	Fulbright & Jaworski	7.9	0	3
8	Cahill Gordon & Reindel	3.0	2	0		8	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	7.6	2	5
9	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	2.7	1	1		9	Pryor Cashman	7.5	1	2
10	Dewey & Leboeuf	2.6	2	2		10	Simpson Thacher	7.5	14	23
11	Alston & Bird	2.5	1	0		11	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	7.3	11	22
12	Covington & Burling	2.4	0	1		12	Baker & Mckenzie	7.0	1	2
13	Latham & Watkins	2.3	0	2		13	Dewey & Leboeuf	6.8	7	14
14	O'Melveny & Myers	2.3	1	0	B	14	Wachtell, Lipton	6.7	7	2	B
15	Cleary Gottlieb	2.2	1	1		15	Kaye Scholer	6.2	3	9
16	Baker & Mckenzie	2.0	0	1		16	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	6.0	9	13
17	Fulbright & Jaworski	2.0	1	0		17	Bryan Cave	5.8	0	3
18	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	1.9	2	1		18	Skadden, Arps	5.5	8	19
19	Paul, Weiss	1.9	2	0		19	Paul, Hastings	5.4	4	4
20	Linklaters	1.9	1	0		20	Debevoise & Plimpton	5.2	6	14
21	Mayer Brown	1.8	0	1		21	Kirkland & Ellis	5.2	3	6
22	White & Case	1.8	2	0		22	Mayer Brown	5.0	3	3
23	Paul, Hastings	1.6	1	0		23	Latham & Watkins	4.7	4	6
24	Hogan & Hartson	1.6	0	1		24	Bingham Mccutchen	4.6	0	5
25	Dechert	1.6	1	0		25	Clifford Chance Us	4.6	2	4
26	Akin Gump	1.6	1	0		26	Paul, Weiss	4.5	10	8
27	Hughes Hubbard & Reed	1.5	0	1	C	27	Mcdermott Will & Emery	4.4	0	2	C
28	Ropes & Gray	1.5	1	0		28	Covington & Burling	4.3	2	1
29	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	1.4	1	0		29	Milbank, Tweed	4.3	2	10
30	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	1.4	0	1		30	Davis Polk & Wardwell	4.2	9	10
31	Mcdermott Will & Emery	1.4	0	1		31	Stroock & Stroock & Lavan	4.0	2	4
32	Winston & Strawn	1.4	1	0		32	Wilmerhale	4.0	1	3
33	Bryan Cave	1.4	0	1		33	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	4.0	2	7
34	Dla Piper Us	1.2	1	0		34	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	4.0	1	6
35	Milbank, Tweed	1.2	1	0		35	Loeb & Loeb	3.8	1	1
36	Wachtell, Lipton	1.2	1	0		36	Katten Muchin Rosenman	3.8	0	3
37	Stroock & Stroock & Lavan	1.1	0	1		37	Sidley Austin	3.5	4	3
38	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	1.1	1	0		38	White & Case	3.4	2	7
39	Shearman & Sterling	1.1	0	1		39	Greenberg Traurig	3.4	1	2
40	Schulte Roth & Zabel	1.1	1	0	D	40	Fried, Frank	3.2	4	4	D
41	Fried, Frank	1.1	0	1		41	Hogan & Hartson	3.2	0	2
42	Kramer Levin	1.1	1	0		42	Winston & Strawn	3.1	2	1
43	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	1.0	1	0		43	Fitzpatrick, Cella	3.1	3	0
44	Kaye Scholer	1.0	0	1		44	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	3.0	4	5
45	Skadden, Arps	1.0	2	0		45	Chadbourne & Parke	3.0	1	2
46	Debevoise & Plimpton	0.9	1	0		46	Shearman & Sterling	2.9	3	4
47	Jones Day	0.9	0	1		47	Schulte Roth & Zabel	2.8	1	7
48	Sidley Austin	0.8	0	1		48	Jones Day	2.7	2	4
49	Simpson Thacher	0.8	1	0		49	Moses & Singer	2.6	0	1
50	Kirkland & Ellis	0.7	0	1		50	Carter Ledyard & Milburn	2.5	0	1
51	Proskauer Rose	0.7	1	0		51	Dechert	2.4	1	1
52	Carter Ledyard & Milburn	0.0	0	0	F	52	Cahill Gordon & Reindel	2.3	1	4
53	Blank Rome	0.0	0	0		53	Proskauer Rose	2.3	0	5	F
54	Pryor Cashman	0.0	0	0		54	Ropes & Gray	2.3	2	3
55	Fitzpatrick, Cella	0.0	0	0		55	Goodwin Procter	2.2	1	1
56	Kelley Drye & Warren	0.0	0	0		56	Kelley Drye & Warren	2.1	0	2
57	Goodwin Procter	0.0	0	0		57	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	2.1	0	2
58	Seward & Kissel	0.0	0	0		58	O'Melveny & Myers	1.9	0	2
59	Herrick, Feinstein	0.0	0	0		59	Seward & Kissel	1.8	1	1
60	Wilmerhale	0.0	0	0		60	Patterson	1.8	2	0
61	Katten Muchin Rosenman	0.0	0	0		61	Kramer Levin	1.6	1	2
62	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	0.0	0	0		62	Akin Gump	1.3	1	0
63	Bingham Mccutchen	0.0	0	0		63	Curtis, Mallet-prevost	1.2	0	1
64	Clifford Chance Us	0.0	0	0		64	Linklaters	1.2	1	1
65	Morrison & Foerster	0.0	0	0		65	Epstein Becker & Green	0.0	0	0
66	Greenberg Traurig	0.0	0	0		66	Blank Rome	0.0	0	0
67	Davis Polk & Wardwell	0.0	0	0		67	Herrick, Feinstein	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