diversity rankings::Northern California::black (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| partners | associates | ||||||||||
| rank | firm | percent | M | F | rank | firm | percent | M | F | ||
| 1 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 9.3 | 3 | 1 | A | 1 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | A |
| 2 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 4.2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 4.7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Reed Smith | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Reed Smith | 4.6 | 2 | 1 | B | 4 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | B |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | C | 7 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | C |
| 8 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 2.4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | 9 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | D | |
| 11 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | |
| 14 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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.