diversity rankings::Northern California::female (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| partners |
|
associates |
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| rank |
firm |
percent |
M |
F |
|
rank |
firm |
percent |
M |
F |
|
| 1 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 30.2 | 30 | 13 | A | 1 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 61.7 | 23 | 37 | A |
| 2 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 28.8 | 47 | 19 | 2 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 61.2 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 28.6 | 30 | 12 | 3 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 57.9 | 16 | 22 |
| 4 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 28.6 | 60 | 24 | 4 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 56.6 | 43 | 56 | B |
| 5 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 28.1 | 23 | 9 | B | 5 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 56.2 | 39 | 50 |
| 6 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 23.3 | 33 | 10 | 6 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 55.2 | 30 | 37 |
| 7 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 23.0 | 77 | 23 | C | 7 | Reed Smith | 54.0 | 23 | 27 | C |
| 8 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 22.2 | 35 | 10 | 8 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 50.5 | 102 | 104 |
| 9 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 22.2 | 56 | 16 | 9 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 47.6 | 75 | 68 |
| 10 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 19.5 | 66 | 16 | D | 10 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 46.7 | 32 | 28 | D |
| 11 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 19.5 | 91 | 22 | 11 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 45.6 | 56 | 47 |
| 12 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 18.9 | 30 | 7 | 12 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 43.5 | 26 | 20 |
| 13 | Reed Smith | 18.5 | 53 | 12 | F | 13 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 40.7 | 35 | 24 | F |
| 14 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 18.3 | 58 | 13 | 14 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 35.6 | 29 | 16 |
The chart includes all firms with 100 attorneys in their Northern California office, as well as any
firm included in Vault's 2011 rankings for top 10 firms in Northern California.
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.