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

partners   associates
rank firm percent M F rank firm percent M F
1Fragomen, Del Rey44.72621A1Fragomen, Del Rey72.13693A
2Kirkland & Ellis24.894312Fulbright & Jaworski66.71734
3Epstein Becker & Green23.951163Alston & Bird60.42132
4Hughes Hubbard & Reed23.150154Epstein Becker & Green60.02030
5Jones Day23.077235Blank Rome59.11826
6Davis Polk & Wardwell22.5100296Carter Ledyard & Milburn58.32028
7Shearman & Sterling21.772207Hogan & Hartson58.13143
8Winston & Strawn20.861168Morrison & Foerster57.34459
9Fried, Frank20.677209Stroock & Stroock & Lavan55.96785
10Weil, Gotshal & Manges20.51283310Morgan, Lewis & Bockius55.86886
11Morgan, Lewis & Bockius20.5701811Clifford Chance Us54.786104
12Morrison & Foerster20.3511312Mcdermott Will & Emery54.73441
13Dewey & Leboeuf20.21303313King & Spalding54.22226
14Mcdermott Will & Emery20.0681714Greenberg Traurig52.94955
15Katten Muchin Rosenman19.8651615Goodwin Procter52.54752
16Blank Rome19.75714B16Debevoise & Plimpton52.2181198B
17Simpson Thacher19.71062617Mayer Brown52.17076
18Goodwin Procter19.7491218Dla Piper Us51.96267
19Nixon Peabody19.637919Wilmerhale51.95054
20Skadden, Arps19.41744220Cleary Gottlieb51.2164172
21Paul, Weiss19.2842021Pillsbury Winthrop50.03737
22Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe18.8651522Dewey & Leboeuf49.6200197
23Baker & Mckenzie18.6481123Reed Smith49.33534
24Willkie Farr & Gallagher18.4841924Kelley Drye & Warren48.55249
25Ropes & Gray18.3581325Baker & Mckenzie48.43331
26Sidley Austin18.31162626Paul, Hastings48.48075
27Patterson 18.2451027Kramer Levin47.6111101
28Sonnenschein Nath18.2811828Weil, Gotshal & Manges47.6262238
29Hogan & Hartson18.1591329Winston & Strawn47.56357
30Covington & Burling17.932730Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe47.56256
31Latham & Watkins17.96915C31Ropes & Gray47.2112100C
32Debevoise & Plimpton17.6891932Covington & Burling47.13632
33Reed Smith17.5521133Seward & Kissel47.16356
34Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft17.3621334Latham & Watkins47.0168149
35Kaye Scholer17.3861835Kaye Scholer47.09786
36Wilmerhale17.134736Holland & Knight46.73228
37King & Spalding17.039837Linklaters46.77263
38Cleary Gottlieb16.9741538Proskauer Rose46.4128111
39Loeb & Loeb16.4611239Paul, Weiss46.3202174
40Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher16.2571140Hughes Hubbard & Reed46.37262
41Greenberg Traurig16.21142241Sonnenschein Nath45.94639
42Pillsbury Winthrop16.1521042Akin Gump45.86555
43Akin Gump16.1521043Katten Muchin Rosenman45.84538
44Cravath, Swaine & Moore16.1781544O'Melveny & Myers45.77563
45Troutman Sanders15.848945Willkie Farr & Gallagher45.5169141
46Kelley Drye & Warren15.8641246Curtis, Mallet-prevost45.34134D
47Cahill Gordon & Reindel15.56011D47Milbank, Tweed45.3162134
48Alston & Bird15.433648Nixon Peabody44.42520
49Linklaters15.444849Jones Day44.111389
50Bryan Cave14.7641150Bryan Cave43.44333
51Moses & Singer14.641751Dechert43.47356
52Bingham Mccutchen14.043752Simpson Thacher43.3289221
53Proskauer Rose13.91242053Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher42.68563
54Stroock & Stroock & Lavan13.5831354Patterson 42.36044
55Curtis, Mallet-prevost13.339655Davis Polk & Wardwell42.3255187
56Fitzpatrick, Cella13.040656Shearman & Sterling42.0207150
57O'Melveny & Myers13.040657Sidley Austin42.0148107
58Clifford Chance Us13.0801258Pryor Cashman41.32719
59Paul, Hastings12.762959Skadden, Arps41.3377265
60Schulte Roth & Zabel12.5771160Cahill Gordon & Reindel40.812586
61Kramer Levin12.18712F61White & Case40.7188129F
62Herrick, Feinstein11.959862Chadbourne & Parke40.56645
63Holland & Knight11.753763Loeb & Loeb40.43423
64White & Case11.61291764Schulte Roth & Zabel39.6218143
65Dla Piper Us11.0811065Herrick, Feinstein38.94428
66Pryor Cashman10.460766Bingham Mccutchen38.54025
67Fulbright & Jaworski9.647567Fried, Frank37.7190115
68Chadbourne & Parke9.567768Fitzpatrick, Cella37.65332
69Wachtell, Lipton9.378869Troutman Sanders36.03218
70Dechert8.565670Cravath, Swaine & Moore35.2230125
71Seward & Kissel7.736371Kirkland & Ellis35.014176
72Milbank, Tweed6.981672Moses & Singer33.32613
73Carter Ledyard & Milburn5.733273Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft33.215979
74Mayer Brown3.653274Wachtell, Lipton30.78839

This chart ranks the percentage of female 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.