diversity rankings::Northern California::asian (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| partners | associates | ||||||||||
| rank | firm | percent | M | F | rank | firm | percent | M | F | ||
| 1 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 15.6 | 2 | 3 | A | 1 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 44.1 | 15 | 11 | A |
| 2 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 15.6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 28.3 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 11.3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 27.2 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 8.8 | 7 | 3 | B | 4 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 27.2 | 22 | 34 | |
| 5 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 7.6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 25.8 | 8 | 15 | B | |
| 6 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 23.9 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 7 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | C | 7 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 21.7 | 7 | 3 | C |
| 8 | Reed Smith | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 21.7 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 9 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 17.9 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 4.8 | 1 | 1 | D | 10 | Reed Smith | 16.0 | 5 | 3 | D |
| 11 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 4.2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 15.2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 12 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 3.7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 13.3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | F | 13 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 13.2 | 2 | 3 | F |
| 14 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 8.3 | 3 | 2 | ||
An asterisk indicates that the firm did not provide this information. We treated missing data as if it were zero.
See How We Did This for more information on our methodology.
Bold denotes the most prestigious law firms in Northern California, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings
"SV" in this chart stands for Silicon Valley and includes Palo Alto and Menlo Park.