diversity rankings::Northern California::hispanic (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| partners | associates | ||||||||||
| rank | firm | percent | M | F | rank | firm | percent | M | F | ||
| 1 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 6.2 | 7 | 0 | A | 1 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 10.5 | 0 | 4 | A |
| 2 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 4.7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 7.7 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 6.7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | B | 4 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 6.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Reed Smith | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | B | |
| 6 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | C | 7 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 4.9 | 6 | 4 | C |
| 8 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Reed Smith | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | 10 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | D |
| 11 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | F | |
| 14 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 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.